The girls sing some bluegrass hymns.

Ted accompanies the beautiful maidens.

Four tired lads.

Jacob and Liddy-Lou-Who

Jacob listens to Ted's wise counsel.

Kaliste sports the new Heritage fashion, a camoskirt, popularized by Laura and Claire.

Dueling Cowboys!

Who is that Caped Crusader? Thanks, Batman, for rescuing Katherine!

Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho! It's off to work we go!

We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig from early morn til l night. We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig up everything in sight!

Dig dig dig dig dig dig dig, it's what we like to do!

Project of the Week: Bathroom Flooring

This week, Philip and Jacob installed new vinyl flooring in our master bath. I helped a little bit, drawing paper patterns for the tricky corner cuts. It's terrific having two such handy men around! Today they finished it up by cutting and nailing all of the molding around the edges. I really appreciate having a finished floor after walking around on sub-flooring for months!

~Trish

Jacob measures the nooks and crannies.

The final product!

Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral???

What is this, and how did it get on Grammie's counter? Can anyone guess?

Playin' in the Dirt

Today we dug up all of our sweet potatoes. Daddy and Jacob dug around the mounds to loosen the dirt, and I pulled the potatoes out. We got a nice harvest (two 5-gallon buckets full). The weather has been so nice lately! This morning, when I took Gimli outside, I nearly froze. The leaves on the trees around the pond are beginning to change. This year we won't have to go anywhere to see the autumn leaves! We're already in the mountains!
~Tricia Ann

Campbell Invasion

On the evening of Friday, September the 15th, we had some of our beloved friends over for dinner. After most of our guests left, two of our strange cousins, Marty and Othar Campbell, arrived late, after fixing their pickup truck ('87 Chevy K-10, 36" tires, Flowmaster exhaust, loud & obnoxious...;). They joined our bluegrass jam session; wherewith, we had many a merry laugh. In the midst of our "picking", several of our other Campbell relatives joined our blithe throng. On the whole, it was quite a jolly evening.

~T & J~

Othar & Marty

Pierre Campbell

McGraw Campbell

Master Alan Campbell

Yoder Campbell

A Transformation

We've been cleaning up, giving away, throwing away, and storing stuff in the new shed. Today, we parked both vehicles in their rightful home! Victory!

Before...

After!