Super September Part 1 Schmidt Work Force Invasion!

 

Wisconsin Trevor Viewing the Columbia River Gorge for the first time!

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Old deck falling apart...

What to do?  What to do?

Tear it Down!!

Too pretty to work, eh? 

Hopefully there are enough supervisors!

And Baby with first building lesson!

  Gotta feed the troops!!

Lasagna!!  Thanks, Deb!!

MORE supervisors!!

Can WE be in the picture, too?

Mom Geo with her Kiddos all grown up!

Burt, Al Gerry, Chuck, Angie, Debbie, Bill

OOPS!!  Smoke Alarm!!  Gotta get it to STOP!  Too much cooking aroma in the house.

Chef Gerry's famous prime rib!

Prime rib dinner gang!

L for Logan who just started Air Force basic training!

Celebrating Chuck's Big 5-0 B-day!!

First sit on my new deck!!  Yay!

Don't mess with Schmidt and Schmidt and Schmidt and Schmidt and Miller and Burke Builders!!

Did someone say Hobbit Garden?

Day to check out Multnomah  Falls!!

THEY hiked 1 mile straight up and 1 mile straight down!!

When in Vancouver, you gotta have Baja Fresh, says Chuck!!

Who's tall and who's short?

Tyler doing some repair staining on front deck!

Eddy replacing light fixture!

Old deck...

New Deck...almost done

NOW DONE!!

Thanks, Jake and Keys for completing the railing!!

REFLECTIONS  

My family all pitched in to tear down the old and build a new deck for me, August 27 thru Sept.5!  I am so very appreciative of them and the work they did.  It was euphoric chaos mixed with detailed planning, hard work and festive drinks.

Thanks to Chuck for organizing and heading up the project. Thanks to all who traveled and the local Millers who did so much!  I love you and feel loved!

This has been a good 3 GeoGram weeks in the life of Gram G.

"Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brethren dwell together in unity."  Psalm 133:1

Active August!!

Hello and so long, beautiful August!!  It has been a plethora of activity! 

Jake came on a very warm day to plant some just right shrubs along the side of my front deck.  He broke only two shovels and bent one pick digging holes amid rocks!

His recompense? Plain bread and potato dumplings made just for him!! 

What does one do on a random rainy day?

Watch as the neighbors hire tree cutters to demolish a couple trees

AND trim off the huge branches threatening to smash my garage roof!

Then give my evergreen tree an upside down haircut!!

I am growing OLIVES!! Going to soon have 5-8 homegrown olives from my back deck tree! Woot!

Bunco Night showered me with the 2nd most wins and $20! 

A fire across the street claimed a tree and two houses...

lots of firetrucks and quick action...

Saturday lunch with my role model...

Nancy 92 years!!

Lovely Sturgeon moon!!

Blue sky and shining sunlight!

Time for hot water leak/mold repair  😒

Out with the old and in with the NEW!😊

Floor and closet repair from mold damage...

Tried my hand at Kalua Pork for Hawaiian pot luck!

Pork roast, Himalayan pink salt, smoke seasoning and 15 hours in the slow cooker!  YUM!

Assembled a new shoe rack by myself!

Styled the pom pom tree a bit!

Enjoyed an evening watching 3 Millers and Cody play soccer!!

REFLECTIONS 

August has been a very busy month besides being HOT, HOT, HOT!  

Lots of events to claim my thoughts and energy.  More is going on than what I'm sharing!  It is challenging yet very exciting and fulfilling.  What, you say?  You'll have to check back next post to find out the last of the August Plethora Party!! 

This has been a good 4 GeoGram weeks in the life of Gram G.

"Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you."  Psalm 116:7