a busy few days

My dad decided not to come to visit because a friend of his lost her husband this past week and he felt like he needed to spend time with that family. We did go to Kansas City with friends yesterday to the farmer's market and Nebraska Furniture Mart. We bought some fresh green beans and baby potatoes as well as an onion. Mark got a good deal on some flowers at the market and planted them last night. We really enjoy the farmers market. We had a belated birthday party for his great niece today. She will be a sophomore at Benton in the fall. She is doing very well in academics and has a very sweet and gentle personality. We are very proud of her! She has no interest in dating yet and we are actually glad for that. She has Juvenile Diabetes but handles it so gracefully. Anyway, they are supposed to do dirt work tomorrow and so we are hoping it will be dry enough. They removed the old retaining wall stones this morning. We looked at some paint and carpet this weekend but are not close to any decisions yet.