A Bundle of Myrrh

>I love a parade!

July 6th, 2008 by Aubri

West Point had it’s 150th anniversary celebration parade on Saturday. I heard they’d be throwing out hot dogs so I begged Phil to take me. Unfortunately there were no Scooby Doo floats or marching bands, but there was plenty of other stuff to see.

We went with our friends Kevin and Christi Cook who live in West Point. Christi’s parents were also in town.

And of course their baby Leah came too!

Here are some of the highlights of the parade:

These “ladies”.

This Wimmer’s hot dog shooter lived up to everything I’d heard about it. It made my day! We got 3 hot dogs!

These folks were there,

This beef,

And this guy.

This one’s for Weslie. 107.9 The Bull!

???

I called this the Fry Guy, what’s wrong with me? He looks nothing like the Fry Guy! Thank you Topher! This is obviously the Hamburgler. Of course he’d make an appearance here in Beef County NE! Hey, I’m pregnant, all I want are french fries these days. My apologies to all.

The Shriners were the grand fanale! I’m telling you, the days of the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade are numbered!

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>Independence Day!

July 6th, 2008 by Aubri

We were invited out to an RV camp site by the Mullers for the 4th. They promised a large spread of food and fireworks and that’s what we got!

This is Lily Ruth at the fireworks show. She must have liked it. She didn’t settle down until we were at home and in bed for over an hour. Or maybe she didn’t like it…

My camera has a “Fireworks” setting I’d never used. That was fun to use!

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>My first auction.

July 6th, 2008 by Aubri

The big event in town last weekend was the estate auction! We had to go and uh, it’s just like in the movies. I couldn’t believe anyone could understand that auctioneer, but things were flying off the, well, grass and tables. Phil decided to get in on the fun. He won a grease gun and an old tool box full of lots of little metal things he’ll never need and a 9 inch bolt for $4. He was so proud. I’m just glad the auctioneer said $4 and not $40….who knew?

I’m not sure how much this thing went for but I’m glad Phil wasn’t around when it was up.

Or when they sold this thing….

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>Garden update.

July 6th, 2008 by Aubri

Our garden is coming along pretty well. We may have bit off a little more than we can chew this year though (literally in some cases). We’re learning some hard lessons about the farming life. Sadly our sweet corn, which looked to be so promising a few weeks ago, has been robbed of it’s precious nitrogen due to the neglect and ignorance of it’s proud planters. Apparently it likes to be planted a little deeper and doesn’t do well with weeds. After some advise from a local farmer, we spent a couple hours getting all of those out the other night, then fertilized, only to find that the storm that came threw tonight did quite a number on our sweet baby sweet corn. Phil found it all blown over. Below is how he came home tonight after an attempt to replant some of it.

All is not gloom and doom though. Our lettuce and spinach plants have been very good to us! Too good I think. We find we can only eat 3 salads a day, sometimes 4. More than that just isn’t a great idea. We’ve had to give some away. Our tummies and refrigerator only hold so much.

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A Bundle of Myrrh

>I love a parade!

>Independence Day!

>My first auction.

>Garden update.

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