Labor Day

We've been trying to labor as little as possible this holiday weekend. Craig finished up the water line project on Friday...so now we have a "water hydrant" at the end of the lane. He did a great job. He also hung the new door on the tobacco shed...with the help of our neighbor. It looks good too. This is the first time that the tobacco shed has been used since Craig's father grew tobacco. It's nice to make use of the barn.

Saturday afternoon Mitchell and I headed out to the Hospice Auction for a bit. He was a real hit. Everyone said he looks like me...I hope that's a good thing.

When we got home, we headed out to the pond with Connor, Jackson and Daddy and did some fishin'. Didn't catch a darn thing, but we had a good time trying. Turns out our fishing rods are not in the best shape (not a big surprise). We'll have to work on them for next time.


jackson loved helping Craig get the line ready...though he was the most patient of fishermen. As soon as I headed in to get Mitchell a hat...Jackson was right behind.


Connor enjoyed it. When I asked if he caught anything he said...no fish...just a bunch of this green stuff! Yech. He though maybe we'd eat fish for dinner if they caught something. I have a feeling his "fish" would have turned out looking a lot like chicken nuggets.

Connor and Jackson had a cute moment on the way home from church. Jackson was trying to talk to me while Craig was in the store getting milk and a paper...I was having a hard time hearing him so he kept repeating himself. To which Connor yelled out..."shut it off Jackson". Jackson responded defiantly..."I will not shut it off...I'm trying to talk here.". Craig and I cracked up. Connor quickly pointed out that he did not say shut up...that's not allowed in our house!

Oh, my.

We're (okay...it's actually Craig that's done 99.6% of the work) almost done painting the barns. Tomorrow I'll take some pictures and share.