Father's Day!

We had to take my youngest child to summer camp at my Alma mater, LSSU. As Rachel was the recipient of the Petoskey Education Foundation's $500 scholarship award, it was too good to pass up the opportunity, and she got to apply it to LSSU's Women in Technology summer camp.

Another cool thing for the day was being driven home by my other daughter -- her first long distance drive (2 hours) with a parent in the front seat!

Holds water now!

Got some good sealer from my buddy Den, fixed it right up!

Filling the tub ... but it leaks!

Now what?!?

Last day of school & Dam Site Inn

This morning was the last day of school for our girls.
Rachel made a dress for the occasion:


I took Dawn out for 'her' anniversary tonight to the Dam Site Inn.
That's because she is working on 'our' anniversary tomorrow.

Paneling at Dad's

We finished the common wall above the stairs and the balcony on Saturday:


Sunday got a start on the east gable end wall:

Dry fitting completed

Got around to putting together the pieces to get juice out to the tub from the basement panel...

Have you heard?

See Dawn's post for puppy news...

Back to work at Dad's

Got the last Cedar closet paneling completed upstairs,
The house door from the Garage mounted,
Most (all?) the drywall up,
Started on hallway paneling,
And a decent start on the pine over the stairway.

Memorial day parade

We got out to enjoy the Memorial Day parade.

Birthday & Unpacking Day

Beckie spent her birthday helping her brother move. She got a gift from Kasey and Adam first thing in the morning:


Then the unloading began:


Wow, there's that 'Grenade' not in my yard:


Taking a walk in the yard:


Van is empty!

Moving & Music

We spent the day helping Adam get packed to head south. Of course, we had to have as much fun doing it as possible.



It's been a long time since I thought I'd see the 'Grenade' leave my back yard...






After that, we enjoyed the Band-Aid program at NCMC put on by the Petoskey Middle and High School Bands.

New addition to the family

Nathaniel 'Nate' Christopher Ross was born this afternoon to Gerald and Amanda (and Aubra), weighing 8 lbs, 15 oz. and 19.5" long.

Family get-together yesterday

We took care of Mother's day and the family get-together for Beckie's birthday in one shot. See Dawn's write-up on her blog:

Computer power restored!

The computer I built with parts installed in an Antec case acquired at NewEgg.com in December 2004 had the power supply die over the weekend. A replacement Antec 380w supply through Buy.com arrived today and it's back up and running. Boy, it sure was a difficult few days with only one computer in the house to meet all the surfing, email and homework needs for 4 people!

Even though the supply died after 4.5 years, I'm still pleased with Antec, as we leave that computer on ALL the time, and the machine is quiet!

Mary has been moved

We spent Friday and Saturday moving Mary from her house to her new apartment and getting her situated. Pretty nice place! Need pictures!

Rebekah's Academic Award

PHS recognizes students with 3.5GPA or better for 3 semesters.
Go Beckie!

Quiet weekend

The girls and I had a quiet weekend as Mom was scrapping away in da U.P.

Rachel's home!

And we were so happy to see her!


(Does she look happy to see us)?

Today was Family Tree day

I worked on updating some of the Ross family tree information, so I could share the descendant report that Brother's Keeper can create. Also squeezed in some pictures that I've had for several years but haven't associated with people...

Check it out...

Snow Day + Rachel leaves town!

We had a clear driveway yesterday. Beckie was even drawing on it with her sidewalk chalk. Then, BAM! We didn't see this one coming. It started about 6pm last night, and by morning we had 12" to 18" across the area.

Before:






After the drive was plowed:


My poor mailbox! We won't talk about which plow destroyed it, though!


Then after noon we shipped our little girl off to New York and Washington DC for a class trip. WOW!