Relay for Life

Tonight we went out to the fairgrounds for the Relay for Life event. This is a fund raising event for cancer. Richard was asked to sit in the dunking booth . He was fortunate to have such a warm evening to "be dunked". Having lost a sister to cancer, it was amazing to me to see so many people touched by cancer. There were a lot of yellow balloons released by survivors of cancer, which makes it so important to continue to raise money for a cure!
Feeling a little caged up!
Waiting to be dunked!
Down he goes!
Even I made an attempt but..............he was safe with the ball in my hand!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO TWO SPECIAL DADS!

This is a little late but we wanted to honor the special Dad's in our life.
This is one of my favorite pictures of our children with their Dad. When we were doing concessions in Canada, every night in Edmonton there was a firework show at 11:00PM. The kids would have their baths and pajamas on and then we climbed up the ladder and onto the top of the cube van. We would sit on milk crates and we waited for Dad to come and when he arrived he had 3 bags of mini-donuts. It was an every night event and one of our special memories with Dad. Now I wonder what in the world we were thinking having 3 small children sitting on top of a truck!
Richard and I were out in Bismarck for Father's Day and this is a picture of a "painting break" when we celebrated and watched him open a few gifts.
When we got home that evening Nick was there and he gave Dad a new yellow shirt. Thanks Nick!
Sunday evening as we were driving home from Bismarck we stopped in Moorhead at my sister's house. We celebrated with my Dad who will be 92 in just a few weeks. What a blessing to have my Dad here for Father's Day. We didn't think to take a picture until after my sister, Jane had left to take our Mom home. This is my Dad with my sister Sandy, and brother Dennis and myself. You look very young for being almost 92 Dad!

Making the move!

This past week-end we went to Bismarck to see Lindsay and Sam's house. They bought a home in Bismarck. I am not publishing a lot of pictures because it would be more fun for Lindsay to do that on her blog (gietzenground.blogspot.com) and I have great confidence she will do it soon.....but I will put on some pictures of the work we did and a few of my favorite things about this over a century old home. We had a great week-end of working and visiting together. It went so fast!
On the front porch there is a cute swing so I thought we should get a picture of these two on their porch swing. The dog belongs to us but loves to visit too.
This is a spot in the livingroom that Lindsay put her curb shopping table. You can get a glimpse of the paint she picked out.
This is a beautiful stain glass window in their living room. The window faces the front of their house and looks out onto the porch.
A peak of one corner of the kitchen. Scrubbed from the top of the ceiling to the floor.
Richard is painting in the livingroom. Lindsay is standing in the front entry where there is a nice bookshelf. You can see their bedroom door.
This ledge and the wood piece that Sam is putting up will help define the living room from the dining room. That is the old paint color you see in the dining room
I really didn't paint....but who wants their picture scrubbing toilets!
Richard and Sam installing a new light fixture. The camera did not portray an accurate picture of the soft yellows Lindsay picked out for this room. Pealing off the last of the wallpaper.