All in all it was a very Good Year....2008

I know it has been since Dec that I have updated this blog...I don't know how time slips by me so fast but it certainly does! So, I am actually going to spend some significant time updating this time. I thought I would review the past year...just remember some of the events that made 2008 one for the record books. So far 2009 is starting out to be another good year...I could wine about the weather, wine about the fact that Kurtis and I aren't taking a vacation this winter, or wine that I'm sick of the snow already....but what the heck good would that do. Instead I will try to concentrate on the positive aspects (which you all know I do so well....ha!) and maybe it will help to get the year off to a good start. So, enjoy the photo's below and the look back at good ole' 2008!

Here is a couple large bowls of open pollinated dent corn from Marsha's garden. It then is ground into flour (see the sack) then baked into a beautiful cornbread!! It was very tasty..I had mine with Strawberry jelly!! Now, this is self sustainability! Or mental illness..

Well, as you can see January 2009 is starting off with another famous Sharon and Marsha project. Here Marsha is milling up a batch of 6 grain flour for a big batch of bread. We have gone together on a Blend-Tek flour mill....and from the testing we did Saturday...its a truly proven machine!!!

Dec 14th our dear friend Boyd Castro came from Hilo Hawaii and spent a week hunting the great Iowa white tail deer. As you can see, he did a great job and has a trophy to ship back to Hilo. Way to go Boyd!!!

August was the annual trip to Steve's house for the Hoover Days fireworks. As usual there was great food, conversation and "explosives!"

2008 was a great gardening year, my hollyhocks here look so prime for the hummingbirds to come by..

Here is Mom in May 2008 celebrating her 80th birthday! Hmmm sure would like a hunk of that cake now!

This is a shot of Kurtis during our Carribean vacation in February 2008..I believe this is Margaritaville in Cozemel Grand Caymens.....yes, we did slip in and have a couple with the natives!!

And, Wayne turned 50 this year....here he is with all his nephews...friendly looking bunch wouldnt you say??

2008 wouldnt be complete without mention of the flooding. This is the neighbors garage with the Cedar River up and over the road....they lost their entire house and all possesions. I think we can do without this kind of event in 2009.

During our vacation in February 2008 we stopped in Cape Coral Florida to visit Dale. He we are with Dale at the helm of his boat touring the canals. Oh what I would give for some of that adventure now....