Dan's neighbors are helping Dan with the roof on a new addition to his garage. Just like an old time barn raising. This was on Memorial Day. There were three guys. Heidi made a nice barbecue for everyone. On Sunday Richard had come out and we had a nice little family picnic. So we had picnics two days in a row. It was a lot of fun.

This is Heidi. Heidi and I spent most of one day shopping. I found a very nice pair of sandals at Penny's in Southhill that will be just right for my trip to the Midwest.

This is Dan standing by this beautiful car that he is fixing up for Heidi to use for work. Dan's whole life has been cars since he was a boy.

This is the old farmhouse they live in. The house is in Graham. It is so peaceful and quiet there. I have some more pictures I will put on next time. Dan and Heidi have cats and dogs, chickens, 2 turkeys and a pair of ducks. The mama duck is nesting out near a pond near the house; hidden in the thickets and only comes out for a few minutes once a day to eat. She comes out at the same time everyday. The drake just paces around the yard all day and there is so much excitement when the mama duck comes out. The daddy stays near her while she is eating, trying to keep the chickens away and then he follows her to the nest and in a few minutes he is back. Nature is so amazing. Heidi says the ducklings should be born about next Sunday.

I had a really great weekend. The weather, as you know, was absolutely wonderful. You get such a great view of Mount Rainier from Graham. Also, the sunsets are beyond description. The only other time I have seen sunsets like that was when I was staying with Donna and Laif.

I just have to tell you a couple of things that happened to Heidi and me when we were shopping for food. We were a crazy pair anyway. We were laughing about so many things that day. You wouldn't know me we were just being so goofy. Anyway, on Sunday we went to Safeway to buy some things for a picnic because Richard was coming over. Heidi decided to get a watermelon. She was holding it getting ready to put it in the basket and it slipped out of her hands and fell on the floor. I was just standing there waiting for it to smash to pieces. You will not believe this, but it did not break or even have one crack. We put it back anyway and got another one. A guy was standing next to us and he had two watermelons in his basket. He was just staring off at something and did not even notice us. We were not quiet. We were laughing so hard. (By the way, the watermelon we brought home was just so good).

We just had the best picnic and Richard really enjoyed it. He likes to come to Dan's. He said he just loves the peacefulness there. I think it was about 9pm when Richard left. It was about 10pm and Heidi and I were still up talking and Richard called. He just called to thank Heidi again for the nice picnic and how much he enjoyed the day. I thought that was so nice of him. Richard has a special spot in my heart. I will never forget how much he helped me with Clayton.

OK, now for the other goofy story. On Memorial Day the three guys were helping Dan with his garage. They were such nice guys, so polite and so hard working. So we planned on having a barbecue for them. We went to Winco to get some more food. Heidi got two big containers of potato salad at the the deli. You know how it is at the deli. The food is in dishes inside the glass case and you set things on top. The clerk put the containers on top and was getting some Spinach Dip for us. The lid on one of the potato salad containers wasn't quite all the way down. Heidi went to put it on and the container sailed across the top of the deli case and fell inside. It got caught in the little space in front of the food trays instead of hitting the floor and it did not even tip over. What a mess it would have been if it had not fell into that little groove. The clerk put a new lid on it and we were good to go. Heidi and I could hardly wait until we were away from the deli again to start laughing. I wonder if anyone was watching us and wondered where we escaped from.

The barbecue was very nice. The guys were still working on the garage so Heidi took me home. It was a really fun weekend. I surprised myself how well I was able to walk around outside. I walked a lot in the yard and up and down the stairs and walked a lot while we were shopping. I guess I have a few miles left in me.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend.