Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Honey Bucket







The kids and I had a great 4th of July with my family in Eastern Washington. My brother Alex surprised us all from Alaska, which was a lot of fun. It had been 15 months since we had seen him last. My kiddos were a little turned off by fireworks this year, so I put them to bed at their normal time, and enjoyed the firework show that my brothers put on every year. My parents live basically in the middle of a huge field area, so they have a beautiful view and a great area to do fireworks. The whole Rupprecht family was together except for David, and my sister in law Allison, Alex's wife. My brother Kevin and sister in law Marianne announced they are having a little girl in November, so we are excited about the new addition to the family. We came home on Saturday and had some down time on Sunday. We were back to the normal routine on Monday, and Daddy came home Tuesday night. Grace was so excited to see her Daddy, that she was almost in tears. Evan was excited too, but I don't think he realized how long he was really gone for. Tonight Grace went to swimming lessons and was thrilled that Daddy came to watch her. David had a wonderful time in China, and I am excited to see all of his pictures.

Today, we started our outside remodel. We are getting new siding, windows, gutters, garage doors, front door, paint, concrete pad in the backyard and concrete stairs in the front. We are ready to see 1978 go. So much of it is just so weathered, we really needed to get this started. (Be looking for the before and after pictures in a future blog.) What strikes me as funny is the port-o-potty in the front of the house...the honey bucket. Seriously, why would you ever call that a honey bucket? It's not like there is honey inside....far from it I'm afraid! Honey bucket was a manure spreader type thing we had on the farm back in the day. This must have been a huge joke to someone who thought of the name for these things. There is always humor around every corner.

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