The Scott Family Visit

Fall is in the air. The mornings are chilly, the dogs are bundling in front of the portable heater, and Sara caught the first cold/sinus infection of the year. Sara's Mom and Dad came to visit last weekend and we had a lovely time just laying low. (Sara got sick the day they arrived.)

Betty has graduated from Chemo and is doing very well. She and Sara both took a nap every afternoon and her energy level was impressive (better that Sara's even). The first night of the visit Betty took off her wig to show us the new growth of hair coming back in (looks great by the way) and Gabby went nuts. She yelled at Betty through the entire dinner hopping that she take it off her head again and throw it. She loves stuffed animals.

During one of Sara's naps Betty, Warren and I did some blackberry picking in the back yard for desert. Warren won for the first to fill his plastic cup. Mmmmmmmmm blackberries and lactose free vanilla ice cream!

We had some short, fun excursions over the weekend including the dog show twice, shopping for yummy treats and Toshi's. Monday, when I went back to work, the Scott's drove out to the coast to see the Newport Aquarium.

The dog show was new to all of us and really quite entertaining. I am posing at the agility show. Our pick for best in show at this event was the dog that was so excited that he barked his entire run through the course. He clearly loved performing. The poodle picture was a must as he was a celebrity, the #2 toy in the country. The judge is carefully deliberating her best in breed pick of the spaniels-a very intense moment (we were all pretty sure Ruby would have won hands..or rather paws down).

Bingo has been very busy modifying the furniture and was proud to pose for a photo next to her latest and most accomplished piece of work.

Labor Day weekend has come and gone. We lived up to its word and got some stuff done. Saturday we picked gallons of blueberries to freeze for the winter in our NEW freezer. Sara, in all of her glory found a screaming Craigslist deal on a stand up freezer. In her saving money spree she also found a food vacuum system that saved us approximately $154.01 to the system I wanted. It works brilliantly and our farm fresh blueberries and green beans will be delicious all winter long!

The goal for the weekend was to put the bathroom walls up in the guest house. DONE! This was a project that seemed like it shouldn't have taken more than a couple hours. A full weekend later and it is finally complete, well mostly. Luckily, due to the height of the ceiling (161.5") they are the only two walls in this place.

Chopping Firewood on the Hottest Day of the Year

This weekend was all about getting ready for winter. In 100+ weather we chopped and stacked chords of wood. We rented a log splitter Friday night and took it over to Becky and Peter's. It was a trade that worked out best for us I think. The four of us split what was left of their walnut tree, which turned out to be three truck loads. For helping them they gave us all of the split wood and fed us Hole in the Wall BBQ. MMMMMMMMMMM Pulled Pork!!

Saturday Sara and I split all of the wood that was stashed under the deck. Sara built a fancy place to stack the wood and now its mostly put away and drying for our warmth and enjoyment come winter.

Sunday morning we created Facebook pages then got to work. Sara built a cover/roof for the new wood area and I picked blueberries to freeze for winter treats!

Concrete Counter Tops and Digging

Another cute photo of the girls! This weekend we traded help with John and Sherry. John and Sara spent some time working on the mold for the new Sandreth concrete bathroom sink while Sherry and I dug out some of the hill to access the electrical wire to the main house. Plan is to pull it when disconnected and redirect to the new meter base in the guest house. BRILLIANT!

Other Weekend Activities

Mom was the master baker for the weekend with blueberry bars, blueberry muffins, and Special K bars. She also kicked every one's butt in Rummy and took dad antiquing twice!!

More Wine

Wine Tasting at King Estate

More Saturday Photos

Saturday Market in Eugene

Vacation 2008 - Sunday

Dad, Sara, and I woke up early for some golfing and mom stayed home to bake with our buckets of blueberries and Special K bars for our softball party. The SB party was at Colleen's this year. We played horse, pig and hog (all the same game of course), and had a delicious BBQ. After the party we went home and watched August Rush.

Vacation 2008 - Saturday

Saturday was fun filled with out a single moment wasted. We picked buckets of blueberries in the morning, shopped the Saturday Market in the afternoon, got up close with nature, and spent the evening at Shakespeare in the park.