The neighborhood little boy gang pretended the storm was chasing them, getting cute points from me that I normally don't grant them.

Some pictures from the garden

I'm trying out a new rented lens today, so I thought I would use it to share a few photos from our garden. It's a little weedy still on the far side, but it's coming along. Maggie has done the vast majority of the work on the garden so she deserves credit. I am in charge of the lawn mowing, so you can check out my masterful job in the first photo.

The Oven is whole again

Repair Guy: Alright, so I have something in my notes about a dryer and an oven.

Me: Right, the dryer is making weird squeaking noises and the front of the oven fell off.

Repair Guy: (Looks shocked) The front of the oven fell off?!

Me: Yeah, it's not as bad it sounds.

(Repair guy fixes the door in three minutes by taking the whole door off and then attaching the lid back on to the door)

Repair Guy: I don't think I've ever seen anything like this happen before.

(Repair Guy then quickly fixes the dryer and, at dad's request, cleans the bottom of the dishwasher. Dad beams in satisfaction)

Grandma and Aunt Julie come a callin'

The Life of Teya

Good Night Sweet Prince

Surprisingly, this ended up not being the stupidest thing I would do to this poor car.

But we did have some good times.

Happy 90th Birthday, Mary Ellen Dreier!

I was hired by Uncle Jim to shoot his mother's 90th birthday on Saturday in Cedar Falls. It was exhausting but also fun. Here is the slideshow (somewhat out of order at the moment)