Around the ranch

Friday Evelyn and I walked up Cuzins Lane. The road is badly broken up but still as steep in places as ever. We came home for breakfast and coffee. I gave Linda some Gevalia coffee--chocolate/raspberry--and we enjoyed it. I thought the boys would enjoy riding our fold up bicycles around here, but they had too much trouble negotiating around the stones on the road. They won’t use them. We had lunch and then went to the fairgrounds park. Andrew and I went to Wal-Mart to find a skateboard to replace the one we lost out of the basement on the way here. They didn’t have one so we went to the park to meet the rest of the family. No one had much fun so Andrew and I went to a sporting goods store and got a skateboard and a pair of goggles for Noah to use in the swimming pool. We came home and watched some classic basketball games on TV. Andrew and I then played “Shut the Box” for a while. Noah started the game but got behind and quit. As it turned out he would likely have won. Andrew and I continued playing Yahtzee until dinner time. We Waters enjoyed ham and sweet potatoes. After dinner Evelyn and I went to the motor home to watch the first part of A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Evelyn was disappointed because it was too hard to understand. The children knew the plot and had a better grasp of the events. We then returned to the house where we played euchre for a while. The boys enjoy that game. During the day Stan has to do some work on the computer and telephone while Linda cares for the horses. The day started with the threat of rain but them brightened up into a very warm, comfortable day.