Jeff & Em

Monday, September 05, 2005

We spent the Labor Day weekend in Dexter, Maine. Our friend Steve Olmsted's (the guy in red) uncle owns a camp on Lake Wassookeag (pronounced woss-a-keg) and Steve & his wife Haley were kind enough to invite us along. L to R: Steve, his wife Haley & daughter Sadie; Josh, Kate, & Maggie; Jeff, Emily, Asa, & Ethan

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Cousin Hannah

Our hostess Aunt Pam with cousin Emma

Let...me...OOUUT! (Cousin Maggie)

Uncle Joel playing with Josiah & Ethan

Asa with his Mommy

Ethan playing in the lake at the cookout

My (Jeff's) Aunt Pam had all my uncles, their kids, and their kids' kids over for a BBQ this afternoon. Just before we left we stuck all the tired cranky kids in one spot and took pictures of them. I think it will be a few years before we can get them all looking in the same direction.

Asa in his swing smiling at Dad

Asa sportin' his new duds from Uncle Ted & Aunt Rachel Ficek

Saturday, August 20, 2005

Two of my brothers spent the morning at my house helping me split & stack firewood for the winter. There were a lot of interesting critters living at the bottom of the wood pile. Here's a closeup of some baby mice we found within a nest of grass & sawdust.

Sunday, August 14, 2005

This blog is about to change

In the past, this blog has contained mostly pictures, with the exception of a eulogy (see the March 2005 archive) that I posted earlier this year. Posts won't come daily, but I have decided to begin using this blog as an outlet for my thoughts on current issues and other things.

You've been forewarned! :)

Here's what it looked like before I started building the wall.

Saturday, August 13, 2005

Here's a progress update on my stone wall. When I had posted my last picture, the wall was only about at the height of the string you can barely see in this pic.

This is the wall that I have started on the other side of our steps. This one is about 50' long, as compared with about 12' long in the post above this one.