Closing Les Mis

We finished our last week of Les Mis.  Ruth had a good time doing the show but is glad that it's over and is ready to move on with her summer.  Our closing night was really good and it feels good to leave on a high note.  Ruth also got asked out on a date in middle of one of the musical numbers so that's not too bad overall.  Thank you to my sister and her family for coming out to support us.

Youth Conference

Last weekend Ruth went tubing and hiking with our church youth and served lunch at a veteran's support charity.

Our Back Yard has Been Claimed for Birdtopia

A pair of Western Kingbirds have built a nest in the rain gutter in our back yard.  They are very grumpy birds.  At first they would just tweet at us every time we went in the back yard, but now that their chicks have hatched they tweet and swoop at us very aggressively; we are all afraid to go in the back yard lest we get our eyes pecked out.  I am against hunting on principle but I have been very tempted to take out these irritating birds.   It's to the point where if I even open my screen door to the back yard they take from their nests and dive at me like little missiles, and that's just for looking out of the glass. Jared went outside yesterday with a shield and a stick to protect himself.  Hopefully their chicks grow up quickly so they can move on.