Mystery photo … this one is significant: No peaking for the answer below until you have have a guess. Irena (Helen’s Mom) had ovarian cancer surgery last week. Not much fun. Boris slept on the pullout couch in her recovery room: And Helen helped when and where she could: Irena went home over the weekend…
This months mystery photo is from our kitchen: We are enjoying the last of this seasons flowers: Helen found the last of some tasty grapes in Irena & Boris garden: And the last of our cherry tomatoes: That process (or maybe it was the brain surgery that she finished the day with) wore her out. …
We had a nice 2+ weeks at Helen’s NH lake house, meeting up with Z&T. Here they are planning their lake entry strategy: Which they then execute in style: Helen provided lessons in mushrooming: They found lots of them: Not sure this was a mushroom, but it was cool: Some mushrooms came with frogs: We…
Did a few projects this month. Replaced the shelves in the pool pump room: Stained the bedroom deck … was a little redder than I expected. I can only image how red it really is to a non-color-blind person, but Helen likes it: Caught a mouse (I hired this task out): Re-potted a bunch of…
Another event in Nick’s bachelor partying was to go shoot some guns. Zach filled up the back of his car with 12+ guns and 4k rounds of ammo, then got pulled over because of a missing front license plate. Fortunately the officer didn’t notice the guns, as he was more concerned about the large machetes…
Nick was looking for an unconventional Bachelor party, so we suggested maybe a 34 mile hike to the top of Utah’s highest peak, Kings Peak. Game on, says he! So a week before his wedding, we gather the best men and do a practice hike in the hills behind our house: Nick’s big toe found…