Tobias Gerrit Vander Wilt

The Bleacher Project

Another mid-life crisis? Another project? We now have 5 sections of bleachers from the old community center/high school setting in our front yard. We are not doing this because Gregg is nostalgic about his high school years, or so he claims. For a few nights, they were a great place to sit and look at the stars. We're planning to recycle the wood into some beautiful pieces of furniture or use some in the spec house. After the bleachers are dismantled, we'll store the wood in the garage in hopes of using it soon.

Abundant Harvest

We were blessed with an abundant harvest of fruit from our trees this summer. We borrowed a fruit press and made gallons and gallons of juice from apples, pears, grapes, and plums. Gregg took measurements of the press in case he wants to build one for ourselves before the next bumper crop.

Land Speculators

Now that we are empty nesters again for the school year, we needed something more to fill our time and to use our brain power on, so we bought a lot in a new subdivision on the east side of town. It is about 2 miles from home. We are planning to build a spec house on the lot. Gregg would do the designing and the shop would supply the wood products. It might sound like we are going through a mid-life crisis, but we are not near old enough to be having one of those . . . yet. Stay tuned and see what develops.

Pahoja Camping

Holly talked us into tenting at Lake Pahoja for the last weekend of her summer break. It was beautiful weather. We took our new bikes along and made a lot of trips around the lake on their bike trail. We went swimming during the heat of the afternoon. We rented a canoe and paddled around the lake one morning. And Holly got our full attention because she was the only girl along.

Heather Leaves for Australia

We took Heather to the Omaha airport this morning. Heather plans to study in Australia for 4 months. We're not used to saying goodbye for such long periods of time, and 4 months seems like an awfully long time right now. May God bless her and bring her home safely in November.