MY FIRST BLOG!

Ok, this is my first post so be kind! I wanted to send along a couple of pictures of the living room with the new curtains and rug. I will do the kitchen and family room when I feel they are ready to be photographed. I am not much at decorating but I love the dab of blue that carries over into the other rooms.
My piano is now 104 years old, how the time flies! I absolutely love it and it sounds wonderful now that I have the new strings and they are all tuned.
It will be interesting to see how this turns out...maybe I didn't even get the pictures uploaded...we'll see!!

Knee High by the Fourth of July

Some of us remember the old saying of "knee high by the fourth of July". My corn is doing well and came in at an even 8 feet on July 1. It is just beginning to tassel so it will probably easily reach 10 ft in another two weeks. The summer squash in the foreground has been serving up one of our family favorites that we look forward to every year.

A New Grandson

Welcome to our family Jacob Christopher Snedaker. Jacob was born on Friday, June 6, 2008 and weighed 8lb-6oz and was 21 inches long. Defininetly a keeper! Pictures of Jacob and his family can be found at http://nataliesnedaker.blogspot.com/. What a cutie.

Finding Boxelder Burl in Utah

Papa Ray was recently in Utah for business to attend a meeting of the USDA Agricultural Air Quality Taskforce. While there he visited Grandma Knighton in Logan several times. She recently underwent back surgery and is recovering slowly. He also played golf several times with his brother Gary. Papa also got to be a part of Ella's birthday celebration.

Papa Ray loves to do woodworking and found a source of Boxelder Burl in Logan. The Burl is becoming increasingly rare. It was fun getting this 18 lb piece home in his luggage. He has another 65 lb piece stored at Hilary's house.Let him know what kind of project you think this burl could become.

The annual garden is also coming along. Everything is planted and we have been eating asparagus, spinach and lettuce for awhile. Today we had our first picking of strawberries--about a half gallon. We immediately made some into "strawberries Romanoff" and we had "Yuccy salad" with fresh strawberries for dinner.

Nana and Papa are blogging now!

Papa Ray and Nana have decided to join in on the blogging fun. We have enjoyed keeping up with our children and grandchildren through their blogs. We have 5 children and 4 (almost 5) grandchildren and recently celebrated 31 years of marriage. On his 22nd birthday, Halloween, Papa Ray proposed to Nana. The ring was in the "punkin".