Memorial Day - and we are grateful

The older we get the more meaningful Memorial Day is to us. Today we went to a dedication of a Veteran's Memorial in Treynor, Iowa. Our friend, Jon Beckenhauer (a friend from waaay back when Barney was in the 24th Medical Co.), was the speaker for the dedication. Jon's speech, and the entire program was very moving. It's a well worn phrase, but it was such a tremendous reminder that freedom isn't free.

The living room window wall is now framed. We are still trying to figure out the exact design of the windows on this wall. Barney and I have been designing this house for 25 years so you'd think we'd know exactly how we want these windows, but, we don't--yet. The area on the left is the open stairwell to the walkout basement. I can't wait for them to be able to remove the stabilizing boards. As soon as the roof is on, they'll remove the boards and we will be able to walk through unfettered!


















The informal dining area is on the right hand side of the picture.


















Luke is helping with the framing. You can see him hammering away in the picture below. We are blessed to have his help. We are blessed indeed in so many ways.


















These two pictures were taken Saturday night, May 23rd. We are enjoying watching the geese families at the lake. There are lots of geese--loud honking geese at times, but it's still wonderful. You can see our house in the background in the 2nd picture.