Photo says it all.....

Jason took this picture yesterday, 4-25-08, at Alcock Park in Fredrika.

by Jeni

Iowa Weather!

WOW!

The weather around here lately has just been ........... strange.

I can hardly believe that it is the 25th of April and our furnace is on tonight. Last night we were kept awake by lighting and thunder, ALL NIGHT. We even lost electricity for a few hours. The drive to Tripoli to take Jordan to daycare and me to get to work in Waverly was very interesting. The ditches were full of water and you could see where the water was over the road at some time during the storm. During the drive to Tripoli I noticed something really strange in the ditch, upon closer observation this is what I noticed.......

This is a culvert that once went under a field drive along side the road. Notice in the second picture how the grass is still on the top of the culvert...

There were even places that I couldn't drive because the road was still covered in water. Somebody, in wonderful wisdom, placed a sign on the edge of the water over the road to warn drivers as to what was ahead...... the sign stated very clearly

"WATER OVER ROAD"

Gee, I didn't know that was what that was. I was going to get a picture, but there were about 3 cars behind me that were also trying to turn around to get to work.

On a nicer note, I took this sunrise photo about a month ago and would like to share it also.

This was taken just south of our house, once again on the way to Tripoli one morning. It was WONDERFUL!

Enjoy the Iowa weather!

by Jeni

Night of playing with Grandma & Papa

Grandma & Papa came up to our house tonight to see us. After supper, Jordan and Grandma built a tent in the living room and played. Even Papa got to visit the tent for awhile.

Above: Grandma & Jordan playing with LEGOS.
Below: Papa & Jordan staying "out of the rain".

by Jeni

Jordan's Saturday Activities

Well, today it was at least not raining so Daddy and Jordan decided to clean up the shop and be outside. Daddy charged up the battery on the four-wheeler and Jordan took a ride around the lawn.

While riding around, Jordan found pine cones in the lawn. He decided that he should pick them up and his bucket was the perfect place to put them.

Careful, here he comes to show me his finds.

The bounty of the day, lets go inside and show Daddy.

Last year when he was riding the four wheeler, he was having troubles remembering how to stop. This year, he has that figured out as well as how to put it into reverse.

by Jeni

Katie, the dog of "Hope"

Every meal we have, Katie sits either under the table or beside Jordan. She is just waiting for food to fall, and sometimes it does fall. The other night I shot these photos of the "dog of hope".

"If I sit here, maybe I can catch some supper"

"Alright, I'll move over here, maybe better luck here."

"He just doesn't want to share tonight"

by Jeni