The Bush

The funeral was amazing! I cried like a baby, of course. About 500 people passed through the building that day. It was a full house. But why wouldn't it be? Uncle Doug was an awesome man and deeply impacted many lives!
After the funeral, we drove to the cemetary. Bash and I rode with Dad and Judy. Bash and Rob were pall bearers.
There was a lovely dinner at the church after the cemetary.

* This bush was outside our hotel room. I love how the bright new growth contrasts and compliments the deeper color of the older growth.

I Fixed My Pump!

My pump broke and we were without water...again! Ugh. It has happened so many times that it has become a minor inconvenience rather than a huge obstacle to overcome. Regardless, it is a pain to not have running water in my home.
The cover to the well pit jarred and broke a small copper pipe. Water was spraying everywhere. Well, that's an exaggeration. The water was spraying in the well pit and a little on the ground.
Any sort of repair that requires me getting greasy or laying on the ground or being cold and wet and dirty is not my thing, but I put my big girl pants on and tried to figure it out.
I did figure it out but we could not get the nut off to fix it! I kept going back to it and it finally broke loose! I took my parts to the wonderdul hardware store guys (who are always patient when explaining in detail how to fix my problem) and spent a grand total of $1.88. Thank GOD! That's the cheapest repair around here yet.
We have running water again and no leaks. God is good!

Skater Crossing?

We arrived in St. Louis around 1 or 2 am. Jacqueline was waiting for us in a hotel room (Thank you Jacqueline!) where we all power napped until 5am. We hopped in Jacqueline's vehicle and the 5 of us arrived at our second hotel room in Kansas (thanks again Jacqueline!) in time to freshen up and head over to the church for the funeral.
Mike and Krystal generously opened their home to us. Thank you!!!

*This photo was taken in Kansas. Someone put a skateboard sticker on the pedestrian crossing sign. (Does that make it a skater crossing sign?) The skateboard looks just like it was part of the original design. I love it! LOL

Road Trip Pics

Rob and Jackie and Bash and I took a trip to attend Uncle Doug's funeral in Kansas. I hope you enjoy the photos from our trip!
By the way, we did not travel in this neat little car. It was just a cool car on the road in Kansas. I thought it was a fun image to introduce our trip and a great excuse to use a picture of a random strangers car in my blog. :-D