So...our August seems pretty uneventful after working in Cheyenne last month! Carol has been working very hard in trying to get Mom Peters into a facility that will give her more help with medications, etc. And it looks like we'll be moving Mom from Rock Creek to Rosewood Retirement Community on September 1st. Nancy Dyer is flying in on the 31st..and we can't wait to see her again!

Jim & Vonnie Lash are helping us do the physical move (on the 1st) ...we'll put Jim's Dodge Truck to work that day :). 

In the middle of all our "busyness" we still find time to take -time out! Thursday was a very hot day in Beaverton...so, after work I suggested we head for the beach and have dinner at Mo's. A few minutes later we were in the Honda and cruisin' down highway 26.

 

It was a perfect evening to relax on the beach and enjoy some 74 degree weather. But...when the sun went down and the wind picked up...the sweatshirt went on!

Hope everyone had a good summer...September is coming fast...before you know it, it will be Thanksgiving! Will post more soon.

Here's some more DEMO pictures at Mom's house:

Now, all these walls are gone and this is all thay's left:

Carol and I loaded the CR-V on Thursday afternoon (July 14th) and headed for Cheyenne, WY. Our mission was to help demolish the "add-on" section of Mom Wegner's house, along with Don, Chris, Bob, Mike, Mom, and all the volunteers from Ft. Collins. We spent the night in Pendleton, OR. Friday, we drove to Evanston, WY. Saturday we arrived in Cheyenne, WY about 2:00p.m. After unloading suitcases and bags at Little America, we headed for Hillsdale, WY.

 

 

This is the BEFORE picture. Notice the door location. Don, Chris, Carol and I started inside and removed the carpet and padding. Then, we went up on the roof and removed asphalt tiles :(

Walls and ceiling lost their inside coverings. Insulation was removed. Electrical outlets and overhead lighting was removed. Outside siding was removed and roofing boards came off. Windows came out, walls came down, and the door was removed.

 







 

Don and Bob framed in a new door and window. I helped re-route some electrical lines. So, Mom got a new porch out of the deal and Don and Chris put siding on after we left on Wednesday, July 20th.

Today, Saturday July 9th, 2016 we went to the Veterans Car Show in Beaverton. No threat of rain, but it got cloudy sometimes. So, here's a few pics we took:

So many cars...so little time :)  I'll post more pics soon !

So, a few pictures from yesterday's trip to Grand Ronde, 18 June, car show (in the rain) :

 

I didn't take a lot of pictures, it started raining pretty steady. So, we had breakfast and drove home.

Last Sunday, 12 June 2016, we went to the airport and got to visit a little with Mikayla, Madison, and Grace. It was Madison's Birthday :)  We talked with The Douglas family for a little while, then rushed to the other end of the airport to pick up Kelly, Savannah, and Jackson. After a short nap session we had a small window of good weather at the coast...so, Cannon Beach was our destination !!

The wind was pretty strong, so we didn't stay too long. But, the kids got to "go to the beach" and I got my ocean fix. We had lots of fun visiting and catching up on what the kids are up to this summer.

 

Thursday we took Kelly and the kids back to the airport :(   Carol and I had breakfast and went to Hillsboro to look at a Honda we've had our eyes on...

We traded the 2002 Ford van in on this 2016 CRV. We took it to Grand Ronde yesterday for the Car Show and got 32.9 MPG :)

Will share pictures of the car show soon. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all you Dad's out there!!!

I honestly don't know where the time goes! So much has happened since my last posting!! Here goes...hope I can remember everything :)

On Saturday, 21 May, we went to Clay and Cindy Nagel's house for dinner, along with the  Lash's and the Bartlow's. After dinner we all went to Lake Oswego and attended the play "Man of La Mancha". I've seen it done before, and thought they did a great job! Fun night out! 

Friday, 27 May, Carol and I packed up the van and headed for Redding, CA to visit with Roberta and the kids. Great weather and smooth driving all the way. It was really great to see everyone and the kids are growing like weeds!!! Charity and Joy brought their families and we had a BBQ while the kids were swimming. The added bonus was... we got to talk to Andrew on the phone. We had to leave in the late afternoon and stopped at Seven Feathers in Cannyonville, OR overnight. Sunday morning we were back on the road home. This was the Memorial Day weekend, so I had Monday off. 

Today, 12 June, we're getting ready for Kelly and the girls to fly in from Denver. So, I'll post more soon and do better with pictures!