Landscaping

A little landscaping

Our van turned truck!

 We hauled load after load of rock into our front yard for a little landscaping.  We are not quite done, but it will be nice when it is completed.

One of our eager helpers!

Summer days at the Lake

Summer days at the lake

Remember those plastic balloons?  The kids had so much fun chasing them around in the wind!

 

Up close with Audrey

 

 What's that Mommy?

Bright eyed beauties

Some company

Jim's sister and family came to visit.  This is Josh with Audrey

and the whole group . . . well Grandma was in the car so not quite all of us. 

Jim, Me, Amber, Jim Miller, MaryAnn, Alora, Josh and Audrey

Amanda and Annelise were on a trip so they missed out on this visit

Over the hill, through the woods and into the river he went!

Well, apparently, rear wheel 2x2 is not the way to go in South Dakota.  I guarantee we will soon own a 4x4!  Jim was on the 7-11 road on his way to Whitewood Friday morning when his truck decided to grow a mind of it's own and not take the corner!  As Jim described it, "the wheels were like sleds".

he was fine, not a scratch, so he climbed out the passenger window, pulled out a few electronics he could reach, laid them on the side of the truck and flagged a trucker from Valentine, Nebraska down to give him a ride home.

We went back later to get some things and arrange a tow truck

about 3 hours after the accident, a trucker from Trout Haven stopped thinking there might be someone hurt inside and was amazed Jim was safe.

I couldn't resist . . . a beautiful sunset shot as we were there 

a gravel pit type business down the road offered some heavy equipment to pull the truck out

It was dark by the time the truck was out of the river, the passenger side is hardly scratched but the driver side is a mess!  It sat under water for over 4 hours so the tools were dripping wet!

Glad to have him home tonight safe and sound . . . looks like we will be car shopping!