Day 128,7/22/2020 Cases are rising in MI again,Stained lattice that goes under deck steps, Vikki and the kids came to help Bill with deck, Swam,

Peyton ready for our swim

Isaac

Papa and Isaac...Isaac was a huge help to papa today

Vikki, Bill and Isaac did a great job on the door

Papa, Peyton and Isaac

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Peyton

Papa taught Isaac how to use the Staple gun

I started staining the lattice that will go behind the deck steps.  Bill met Rich Dudek this morning.  

I am happy he is doing well.  I got a call from Vikki Eagle to pray for Charlie in Ann Arbor.  They are seeing how extensive the cancer of his esophagus is.  We found out he has no cancer of his thyroid though so that good.  I swam with the kids.  Vikki and Bill worked on the deck all day.  They really work good together.  Isaac learned a lot and helped lots too.  There was a chance of rain, so I couldn't stain.  I warmed up salmon on the grill, made potatoes, and hot dogs.  We all ate, and then packed up food for Vikki to take to Rody.   Peyton helped me carry my stain stuff and put it where I needed it.  I stained the top rails of of the deck.  Bill and Vikki made the door to the deck bottom and did an amazing job.  They worked all day and got lots done.  The kids were so good and great helpers.

Day 127, 7/21/2020, I mowed the grass while Bill worked on the cable for the deck rails, Vikki, Peyton and Isaac came

Bill started working on this side, but ran out of parts.  Should be coming tomorrow

The deck rails are looking beautiful

Isaac and Peyton

Isaac and Peyton

Took a silly picture

Bill wanted me to take a picture of him by the corn...the corn is so tall this year

Isaac in the tree...he was all the way to the top before this picture was taken

Vikki was such a great help to her dad tonight...Love this of them working together

Isaac and the sunset

Peyton with the sunset in the background

Made oatmeal, read Bible and prayed out on the deck.  Bill started mowing the grass, so I went and mowed it for him so he could work on the deck.  He told me I did a good job mowing it.  Pretty easy with a John Deere.  We went for our daily swim.  My favorite way to get exercise.  I dehydrated more Kale.  Made us BLT's for lunch with lettuce and tomatoes from our garden.  Love having the salad spinner to get the water off.  Vikki and the kids went to spend the day with Matthew.  Bill worked on the deck until he ran out of parts.  They are supposed to come tomorrow.  I pulled some weeds that were coming up in a crack under the shed garage door.  Looks much better.  We have some really nice pumpkins coming in the garden.  Fun watching them grow.  I made Salmon on the grill and it turned out so good.  Bill told me it was great when he was eating it.  We watched an old Jeopardy they were showing instead of the regular one.  Every contestant bet their whole amount and got the question wrong, so they all ended up with 0 money.  It happened 35 years ago.  Vikki cut Hailey's hair outside with face masks on, and then came here afterward and dropped off some shorts she ordered from Old Navy for me.  Bill had her help him with the deck so she stayed until after it got dark.  She sure was a great help and they got lots done.  Peyton and Isaac were so good and played so nice.  Isaac climbed way up to the top of our big tree.  Yikes!  Peyton and Isaac also helped Papa when he needed them to pick up wood pieces.  We had drumsticks for a treat.  They had fun catching lightning bugs and putting them in a Pringles can.  It was a nice cool evening, so we opened the windows and put the big house fan on.  

Day 126, 7/20/2020, Went to Aldi's & Hobby Lobby, Bill started the wire cable for the deck, Vikki came over, Peyton and Isaac swam

Bill eating his large ice cream

Mini salad spinner...works great for kale and lettuce from the garden

My medium Raspberry chocolate chip ice cream

Bill is doing a great job with the wire cable 

Got up early, ate out on the deck, then read my Bible and prayed.  Went to Aldi's and got salad spinners for Vikki and I.  They are mini's but are a great size and won't take so much room to store.  Went to Hobby and found some material and a planter.  The planter was regular 59.99 but it was 66% off, plus I had  a coupon so it ended up being 20.  Bill started working on the cable wire.  He needed a crimper, so asked me to ride to Kimmy's with him so he could try to find theirs to borrow.  We looked in the workshop, but didn't see it.  Bill said maybe they left it in the house, or the van.  I prayed for Jesus to help us spot it as we were leaving and right then, Bill saw it.  Yay God!  We checked the garden, looked over the garden and blueberries, and added chlorine to the pool floater. We stopped at the Country Creamery for ice cream on our way home.  They were real safe there and the ice cream was all packaged up in containers.  Even though the parking lot was full, there was no one in the store when we went in.  They had an automatic hand sanitizer, a spoon dispenser, and it was very easy to social distance there.  They have added a back patio, but no one was on it.  Everyone was spread out over the big yard in back.  We just went to our car and ate on our way home.  Came home and Bill started doing much better with the cable installation.  I went swimming, but prayed for him to do good and for God to help him.  I left the solar cover over the middle of the pool and could still swim easily under it.  The wire cable looks so nice now.  Vikki came over and Peyton and Isaac went swimming.  Papa went swimming with them too.

Day 125, Sunday, 7/19/2020, Went to church, Rain Storm and high winds

                                             Fun watching this cute fawn in our yard today

Bill, Isaac, Peyton and Rody...lots of branches blew down in their yard during the storm.  Bill took the trailer over to help

It was stormy out and very windy when we woke up.  Vikki sent a video of lots of branches down in her yard.  We went to church, but it was raining so hard we almost turned around.  Kept going and it at least let up a little when we pulled in the parking lot.  Really good worship and message.  Came home and had brunch.  Tied up the tomato plants more and had to straighten up the pepper plants because the wind blew them all over. Bill took the trailer to Vikki and Rody’s to load with branches.   Saw a cute fawn in our yard walking all over.  Bill and I went for a swim.  Had to skim some leaves out of the pool from the wind storm.  We took turns.  Wondering how Kimmy did in Copper Harbor.  Hope no bad storms there.  Our WiFi isn’t working since the power went out for a few minutes this morning.  Replaced elastic on some face masks for Melissa and then dropped them off at her house.  Visited for a couple of minutes. 

Day 124, 7/18/2020, Got up early and finished staining the deck stairs, dehydrated some kale, Went to see Kenzie and Travis at Vikki's, Went to celebrate Jack's 12 Birthday with Melissa and family

Stairs to pool deck all stained

The posts looked so nice today all stained

Post and steps from top view

Travis and Kenzie

Peyton

Isaac

Peyton and Kenzie

Peyton roller blading

Melissa, Bruce, Max, Jack, Evan and Hailey...ready to sing Happy Birthday to Jack

Me and Bill enjoying the shade while social distancing

Bruce, Max and Jack

Hailey

Jack with his cake

Evan and Jack while he was opening his gifts

Melissa taking a picture of Jack opening his gifts

Evan, Jack and Max

Evan handcuffed himself to the table lol!

Got up early and started staining the stairs to the pool deck.  It was a job doing the underneath part.  Happy to have that done.  Kenzie called right after I got done and said they were at Vikki's.  I changed my staining clothes and headed there right away, hair in a pony tail and all.  She and Travis were sweet and said they liked my hair in a pony tail.  I took some dried strawberries for Isaac and also some for Kenzie.  Took Kenzie some kalarabi, zucchini, and cucumbers too.  We had a nice time visiting and I sure was happy to see them.  I wore my mask and social distanced because their area has lots more cases.  I sure wish I could have gave them big hugs.  I came home and got Jack's Birthday Card ready and also a thank you note for Kim Reminder.  Took a nap and then ate nacho's with lettuce and tomatoes from our garden and also fresh green beans from the garden.  Yum!  We went to Melissa and Bruces and celebrated Jack's Birthday.  We had lots of fun visiting, eating delicious cake that Melissa made, eating yummy ice cream and watching Jack open his gifts.  Bruce had the camper set up with the awning, so we had nice shade to sit under.  They made everything so nice for us.  We went to Home Depot after we left there to get some clean stain for the part of the deck with cedar colored boards.  Bill exchanged some things he needed too.  We just made it and only had 10 minutes til they closed.  Came home and watered my plants.