I remember when she was born, and now she is a beautiful young woman who is ready to take on the world.  She is full of compassion, intuition, curiosity, care and a joy for life.  She is amazing.  Congratulations to my second Grandaughter on this wonderful milestone.

I was out working around the pond last night and noticed some things I hadn't seen around the pond before.  Something has been making their home on little spots around the pond.  I think they are fairies.  I'm going to keep an eye on them and see what develps. 

I brought the outdoors inside this wall with an indoor water garden.  I love it.  

Hu is on first.  Watt is also still on second base.

Samuel Chase Evans joined us on Friday, July 26, 2013 at 5:36 pm.  He is a keeper.  Everyone is healthy and happy.  God IS great!  

I had some wood left from the Michelle Project [new front porch -  pics down the page] so I decided to move the back fence to the pond up to the front of the drive.  I could then take down the back gate and fence on the south of the patio and virtually double the usable space.  

Our Granddaughter Michelle Spent many hours replacing our front porch.  It was in terrible shape and had several rotten areas that would soon be a hazard.  She did all the work, removing the old deck and replacing some of the joists and end caps.  [grandpa helped with some of the major stuff] I'm very proud of her and all the work she did.  She is very special.

I truly love this photo.  My boys 

It is one of the best children's museums I have ever seen. Very creative, and well planned.

Asher celebrated his 4th birthday Saturday the 13th. It was a beautiful day and he had several friends over including the Zeh's, Harper and Logan. I am amazed at this little man. He is so thoughtful and deliberate in his actions. He had a great day, no meltdowns, no fussing. He was helpful and we had a great time. The party theme was Angry Birds and Miranda and Jason did a lot of work preparing. They had a ton of boxes to make the pig structures. Miranda did paper mache' pigs and an angry bird pin'ata. The kids had a great time. There are pictures in the Filbeck photo pages. Deb felt pretty good after her Thursday Chemo but we were glad we came home Sunday morning early. God has blessed us with a wonderful family. I love my girls, their guys and our little boys. I am a rich man.