The fence is so nice and the Magnolia is so pretty.

Our part of the fence is almost finished. It took our Magnolia 25 years to bloom where we could see it and take pictures.

Aug. is a busy time in the back yard for a new fence the back neighbor is having put up and for Tom building a retaining wall.

What a blessing to have 4 Uganda children and their chaperone stay with us for 3 nights. There were 10 children and 4 adults traveling for 11 months singing in different churches. Deo 12 yrs., Shanet 12, Rose 10, Joseph 9, and Alisha the adult from Maryland. What a joy!

Faith Center had a Women's Retreat and these are some new friends that want to continue to meet.

This is a pot luck at our house on July 16th with our house church friends.

You can know you live in the country when you hear a gun shot and look out to see a steer being butchered out across your back yard.

Jonny had his 10th birthday so we got to celebrate with him by going to the boardwalk.

Beth flew from San Jose to Onterio to visit with Vicki and see Pam, her sisters for eight days. We went to Harvest for Father's Day and bought flowers. It was good to see Stephanie and the girls, and Steve and Julie.

Bob (the) Cat has joined Jeff's family and she is so funny to watch. She was 6 weeks old and loves to play and attack.

We were so happy to be able to attend Kaitlyn's graduation from high school. There were 625 other graduates. It was a hot summer morning outdoors.