We had some bark delivered by the boy scouts today and the kids wanted to help:

Some pics taken by Bella Baby (they're not high res unless you buy them). They are a little cut off, so click on one for the slide show which will show the full image.

Jacob's baseball videos. The second is for the true baseball fan (it's long).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmBDawAlQSc&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3u-xrX2R8Q&feature=youtu.be

Today Jacob got a baseball glove, helmet, hat, and a baseball. Tomorrow is his fist practice; I hope it's a good growing experience for him.

This last weekend we went to Pendleton for Aliona's 15th birthday. It was a lot of fun to see everyone, but I didn't get any pictures of everyone :(. Here's a couple of the Wittig/Kiepke crew, who spent about 1/2 of their waking hours in the pool:

We decided that we should try to start to try to start (yes, try to try) to do some family history. We logged into family search and I was looking at my family tree - without any effort on my own, in one branch I could go back 31 generations (I'm 32, our kids are 33). I'm sure there are other branches that go back further - that is some serious genealogy... where do I even start? Oh, one branch only goes back 1 generation, so I guess I could add some grandparents :)

My first home improvement job, replace burnt out garbage ("food waste") disposal:

The next day we discovered that you need to remove the plug for the dishwasher :) (I read about this, but completely forgot to do so!)

The next weekend we upgraded the faucet:

 Incidentally I was looking at our credit card bill and I think Home Depot is going to really love us.