The Nebraska Game and Parks has a budget problem and has decided to close a number of state parks and recreation areas from September through May.  They say this will allow them to take the personnel from those areas and use them to work on the ones left open.  Stagecoach is one that was closed […]

Priss had 4 kittens back in August or late July.  They are the cutest ones yet.  She had them in the haystack in the hay shed and we couldn’t find them.  But eventually she moved them to the wood pile.  This is a great place for them.  There are lots of places to hide, with […]

I think Ken was surprised by all of the cards and gifts he got.  We sang Happy Birthday to him.  Some of the things he got were 60 suckers from the Jarchows; 60 plus1 to grow on “pills” from Steve and Megan; 60 fishing hooks from Dennis and Carol and this picture which everyone thought […]

Kalie visiting with Ryli, Gabi and baby Addie before the shower began. Jillian asking everyone to introduce themselves. Getting ready to play a game. Sandy and Mom prepared the food.  But Dan did the pork barbeque. It was all great.  A quick family picture at the end.

We made it to the Nebraska State Fair again this year.  While I miss the old fairgrounds in Lincoln, I love that they have moved to Grand Island and taken on a more agricultural theme.  We had to stop in and check out the goats. This guy was always talking to the younger ram in […]

We had a wonderful time in Minnesota.  This year the weather was much cooler, but that was okay. We got to watch the bald eagles, the osprey and the loons. One morning we were out on the lake early and we watched a guy swim clear across the lake and then later swim back. As […]