At the River

We finally played at the river that is across the street from our house. It took inviting some friends over to get us down there. The water was very cold and the river is still higher than usual. Normally, by this time of the year, it is shallow enough that we can walk across. Last year, we found some great fossils on the other side.

Anyway, the girls were thrilled to have friends join them at the river. We had a pizza picnic that we transported with a wheelbarrow. The kids enjoyed playing together at the river, but had the most fun doing gymnastics in the grass. I thought Rachel was flexible, but not nearly as flexible as her friend. Check out her back arch! I should have taken pictures of her jumping splits too. Sheesh....I was impressed!

I now have new lights in the kitchen thanks to my wonderful friends. It's great to know an electrician. He solved the problem of why I blew a fuse every time I turned on the kitchen lights. I am very lucky and very grateful I didn't have an electrical fire. He was satisfied with pizza as his payment for fixing my electrical problems.

I have certainly been blessed lately with good people who help me fix things and don't charge me anything.

Since I haven't had to pay for recent repairs, I bought a new toy. (Actually, that's not why I bought it. I'll tell you why I bought it later...) I'll make a poll and make you guess what I splurged on.

Life is good.