Catching Up

It’s amazing how fast summers fly by. I’m also suffering from internet accessibility issues. Anyway, while I’m only able to get online every few days I’ve been documenting the summer in photos. This week I was at Calvary Lutheran in Rapid City for Day Camp.



When Aaron and I were in Ohio we celebrated Shannon’s 24th birthday at Mom’s.



1-3 Pre-party pics.
4-6 The 38. This pickup has been in my family for a few decades. Great Uncle Kenny found it rusting in a West Virginia field and restored it. It’s for sale now – only $10,000 and worth every penny!
7-9 The Party!
7 The cakes were baked and decorated by Amber.
8 Some years ago Wes had to stand on a corner with a sign like we’re holding because he got the worse bowling score. Wes, this one’s for you.
9 It was Shan’s birthday and her last day of school. Time for a big drink!

The Rock

Last night Aaron got a call from Audra (his sis) - she's engaged to Jake! The rock is large and breathtaking. Congratulations!

Country Living

Aaron and I arrived in Presho for his summer job. Yesterday I found an upside to every downside.

We have a three-bedroom two-bath house, but no dressers. We have two skylights but there is a dead stuffed pheasant on the entertainment center. We have a dishwasher, washer and dryer but the washer leaks (supposedly only for the first few loads because it hasn’t been used in months). We have two TV’s and a VCR but no cable, internet, stereo or DVD player. Luckily Aaron brought his Play Station 2 which doubles as a DVD player, but at 1:15AM we lost power because wind so we couldn’t finish the episode of West Wing where Josh Lyman is shot. The greatest shock for me was grocery shopping. Aaron was told the town 10 miles away has the best grocery selection so I went there. I’m pretty sure that of the available produce I bought half of each possible fruit and vegetable. I couldn’t get cilantro, asparagus, garlic, wine, eggbeaters, vegetable bouillon, couscous or tortellini (dry or fresh), and I spent $150 on 5 bags of groceries, 1 case of soda and a 18-pack of domestic beer.

Outlaw

The first week of staff training is almost over and Aaron and I are having a blast. Wednesday morning we were in a van by 5:30AM to tour Custer State Park and Wind Cave National Forest on the Wildlife Loop. We saw jackrabbits, deer, antelope, prairie dogs, elk, buffalo and blue birds. Many of the pictures are from that adventure. The bottom row and the third row on the right are from Outlaw.