The Steve & Eddy experience

The Ben & Rachel experience

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

We hope you have an AWESOME BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Happy Father's Day

Well, it is Father's Day for the third time in my marriage and this year my wife pulled out all the stops and found the following treasure for me at a yard sale on Saturday morning.

I'm not sure if it is legible in this picture, but the label says "Milwaukee."  This is a seriously awesome saw.

This is the thing that sold us.  This saw's purpose in life is to cut metal first and everything else second.  It came with a 14" blade with diamond carbide tips.  The guy at the yard sale showed it off by cutting through a metal broom and some rebar.  Obviously it went through the broom like butter, but I was blown away that it was the same with the rebar.

All in all, it is a great Father's Day and we are looking forward to some great projects in the near future (hey mom, this means the awning support in the back yard).  We love you all and wish you a happy Father's Day!

- Benton

Setting up mom's webcam

This should keep her busy.

The Oil Spill and The Statist Pig

Does anybody else have the slightly uncomfortable feeling that the Obama Regime will use the gulf oil spill to start talking about nationalizing the energy/oil industry? I listen to him speak about it and am left with an ill feeling about the whole thing. Maybe it's just me.....but this is what socialist leaders do as soon as they can, (and the car companies are already theirs.) Something to think about...

When Pennies had buying power

Do you still remember how they tasted? Sen Sens would last a month. You could actually carry a pack of candy cigarettes in your shirt pocket in grade school and have one at recess on the school play grounds.

Sibling Rivalry

Franny mixing it up with Gusti. Ami learning Logistics.

Here are some more Vegas pics.

The Lost Vegas Pictures

Another Freedom garden

Our landlord supplied us with both land and seeds (they have family/friends in the seed business, so they are dripping in them) so we planted our garden and things are going so well that today we harvested radishes and planted lettuce and celery.

Makinze helped out until she was banned from the garden for stepping on the zucchini plants. The weather has finally broken and it should be bright and sunny for the remainder of the weekend. The garden is exploding and we are having a great time working it. On a different note, we are still looking forward to the Cool Desert Nights and will keep everybody posted. We love and miss you all.

-Benton

SUMMER HAMMOCK

This is where I would want to sleep all summer long. Found this hammock in Lund Nevada. When we were kids ( on the farm ) we would sleep outside on the back porch of the old farm house. It wasn't just one night, it was from the day school let out for the summer until school started in the fall. On one night an earthquake in Yellowstone Park shook our bed across the porch. Living the good life!!!!!