Robin and Family Visit

Robin had another 3 day weekend so they hitched up the trailer and came out to visit.

In addition to a nice visit, Robin and I got a couple of projects taken care of.

First we shut off the water and replaced the faucets for the bathtub. We had to got a couple of these metal fittings and a couple of new faucet stems:

Then we pulled out the clothes dryer and tore it apart. After a thorough cleaning and testing the motor we replaced the dryer vent hose with a periscope metal vent. We suspect that some of the trouble was due to the flexible hose being severely crimped because of the tight space.

Now it works just fine.

Okay, on to some pictures:

Brighton, Chris and Josh playing the "Fun Machine" organ.

Quinley with a bowl of cherries.

Here's Josh. And it looks like someone found a few Christmas Bears.

Robin and K.D.

Chris is playing a game on my computer. He tried to explain it to me, but Grandpas don't always quite comprehend. 

One exhausted little girl.

Josh and Chris playing a game of Blokus.

Brighton in the trailer playing on his Kindle.

It's the girls' turn to play the organ.

Finally, Robin playing his bagpipes in his Sunday attire.

New Bailey Acres

Welcome to the new Bailey Acres blog. 

It's pretty much the same as the old one since I moved the contents of the previous host to this one.

Why? Well, I started having some issues with the previous host. For some odd reason the header image I had there disappeared. I was also not real keen on the commenting system.

There are some features that I have not yet implemented. These are mainly some of the old photo albums. I have all the images on my computer and am trying to decide what I want to put here. I know there is a better way to organize the photo albums, but I don't want to just do them haphazardly (as they were before).

You will also notice that I have added a couple of new entries to bring events up to date.

I anticipate doing more posting on Bailey Acres since I find this site easier to maintain and update.

Tulip Festival - April

In April we went with Robin and his family to the annual Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point.

Here are just a few of the tons of pictures we took there.

This is a cool sculpture of a merry-go-round with flowers.

There is a Secret Garden area. You enter through this tunnel.

There is also a large grass hill with an amphitheater at the bottom where people perform.

Brighton is showing me something on the map.

Chris had fun rolling down the hill and hiking back up.

Playing under Grandma's umbrella.

This is me with one of the cowboy singers. 

Here is Robin wearing his birthday kilt.

This Is the Place - April

In April we went with Robin and his family to This Is the Place Heritage Park.

Here's Robin and family heading over to the animal petting area.

Checking out the baby chicks.

Brighton was always consulting the map to keep us on track. He is quite the cartographer.

Quinley tries to milk a plastic cow.

Quinley, KD, Chris and Josh got to ride a pony.

Emily with KD and Josh at one of the statues.

Robin's heads over to the main This is the Place monument.

The text on this plaque is from Isaiah 2:2 and 35:1