Sorry for the looooong gap between posts, but we’ve had a lot of things going on in our lives. Hope that doesn’t sound like a lame excuse, but it’s eerily true. We won’t bore you with all the details, but we’ve had all the outdoor garden and yard work we can handle on our two acres, plus an ongoing remodeling project at Brian’s Dad’s house, homeschooling (of course), a major drought,  and the list goes on.

Plus Brian is trying to learn all he can about investing, as our investments we had trusted to a mutual fund advisor have taken a sizeable hit what with the wacky market conditions. It’s a steep learning curve, and we’re now making some moves ourselves that are starting to pay off after getting off to a shaky start.

Brian can tell you first-hand that it’s a brave new world out there in the financial markets… Not like the past few years where you could just about invest in any stock or fund imaginable and the darn thing would go up–not now. Takes a ton of research these days, and constant vigilance.

We managed to squeeze in a trip to Lisa’s parents home (about 200 miles away), and since we’ve finally joined the modern age and are now using a digital camera, thought we’d share a few pics with you for now until we can think of something intelligent to write about, LOL.

The highlight of our trip was a housewarming for a family friend, which included our boy’s first wiener roast. May not sound very exciting to you, but hey, when you’re a kid, it doesn’t take much. Believe it or not, there was an educational aspect to the weenie roast as the housewarming festivities were very close to a cattle feeding operation (as you’ll see in the pics). As you can imagine, when the wind blows the right (wrong?) way, there’s a certain, ah, fragrance, if you know what we mean. But we digress… So here’s the pics (mouse over for caption):