Ben and Spencer playing in the sandbox
For labor day this year we took a trip to visit friends in Indiana. We spent one night in the old house in Spencer, then went on to visit some other friends. We spent one night with Tim and Phil in Brown County. Highlights there included Spencer getting to ride on the toy tractor Tim [...]
Our new family car – a Mazda 5
Yesterday we purchased a new car. Since we are expecting another baby in March, we decided that our 2001 Ford Focus 2-door hatchback had to go. After debating the merits of wagons, SUVs, crossovers, and minivans, we got very excited about the Mazda 5. We test drove one last Saturday, and were able to get [...]
7 pints of apple butter, and 4 half-pints of hot pepper jelly
Yesterday we did some canning. Last weekend I picked a little over 1 bushel of apples from the apple tree in our backyard. This was very impressive, since last year we had none. There actually were apples on the tree last year, but we think the squirrels ate them all. It is possible that the [...]
Clare and Spencer looking at his trucks book made by Grandpa Dibble
Spencer has not been a huge fan of books up to this point. When he was in the 3-9 month range, he mostly wanted to chew on them. Then he just wanted to turn the pages, and was usually done within about 2 minutes, and was back to playing with his trucks. However, in the [...]
Clare and Spencer up at the pond
Over Labor Day weekend we took a trip to Indiana to visit some friends, and to check on the Twin Springs property. Since Clare and I left in 2008, Tanya and Shane DeFord had been staying there (Tanya is the eldest daughter of Angie and Lewis Fender). They decided to buy a place of their [...]
