Celebration

This weekend we happily attended the pinning of our daughter-in-law Rachel, as she completed her dental hygienist program in Pasco, Washington. Washington State has the most rigorous and demanding certification standards for RDH in  the country. Rachel and her team did an outstanding job. The training was for two years with two more years of prerequisites. This spring they were required to pass seven state board exams.

We had a great celebration with family and friends afterward.

Rachel is in the front row, far left, in the last picture and center in the first picture.

Saving the Bees

Pretty amazing pictures from my daughter's page. A few weeks ago a swarm of honey bees arrived at their house, and took up residence in their porch ceiling. This is their main entrance. Yesterday a local bee-keeper arrived.

After subduing the bees with smoke, he puts the comb into a hive box. Here's hoping he got the queen, otherwise the bees will start rebuilding in the walls.

Gracie's a ten.

Gracie got ham for dinner on her tenth birthday.

Lindsay set up these pictures of the birthday cake.

Now they're off to the movies to see Godzilla.

Corral Visitor

Lindsay's new pony, Ginger, is staying in our corral for a while. Here Lindsay is meeting her with an apple core.

The "viewer window" on my cameras has quit working, so I took these by just aiming in the general direction. New camera time.