Progress 5

Since we’ve decided to include a bathroom in our new barn, we get to replace our septic system. Currently we have a dry well – certainly not code anymore. If we upgrade, we need to put in an above ground system since the soil has such poor drainage. In an effort to make it as invisible as possible, the engineer suggested we put it at the edge of the woods, along the fence row that we are gradually removing. Yesterday, our builder Kevin brought his cool John Deere tractor up to dig the test holes and the engineer used a little book of colors to determine the types of soil layers in the holes. Of course Roger couldn’t resist the chance to sit on someone else’s bigger toys. Sure looks like fun to me.

And we have windows and doors! There’s one more door to install but they’ll wait on that one until the shower/tub unit arrives – hopefully tomorrow. It’ll be less of a challenge to get it up the stairs that way. Oh yeah, I guess I forgot to mention that we have stairs too. And walls upstairs. The electrician has been busy stringing wires and setting outlets and switches. There are lots of exciting things going on.

Graduation

Our son-in-law graduated from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary this past weekend. The picture is of Doug and his fellow student Andrew who is from Kenya. Turns out that Andrew is married to Stephanie who was in our oldest son’s sixth grade class. How crazy is that? She recognized me from my days as a volunteer in their elementary school. It’s a very small world sometimes, isn’t it? The funny thing is that James remembers her too. I need to see if I can find those old school photos.

After the ceremony there was a “meet and greet” on the lawn. The weather was spectacular and some of the fashions were interesting. We took photos of two things that caught my eye. Check out the polka dot shoes. They matched the dress perfectly and the red toe nails added a spot of color. The string – y jacket boasted of great texture and looked wonderful with this lady’s outfit. What fun!