Ande, Bastian, and Dad

Yesterday we laid bamboo flooring in the "guest" bedroom.  It came out really nicely.  In fact, I'm thinking of moving out of the RV now.  Although, that would mean leaving behind the luxurious 1980's upholstery which puts me in a serious quandary; new flooring, or retro living space?  Well, I suppose I'll just have to sleep on it, literally.  

Three days ago, we added the largest member to the family, a baby brown cow.  She'll be a milk giver one o' these days.  (spit).  

Today, we went out for a short drive to find some more mesquite trees to harvest, so that we could make some more flour out of the pods.  We ended up driving 75 miles one way and while we were in the midst of picking, a rancher stopped by and told us that he had just sprayed to kill the trees a week ago.  That's 35 lbs. of pickings gone, but on the bright side, we saw what Artesia looked like and we'll never have to go back.  Down the other direction towards Alamorgordo, there are hundreds of trees just waiting for some little human hands to caress them.  

We are very excited for labor day.  I think we're going to have something like 15 extra people hanging around....that's 30 extra hands to help with our little handful who is outside in the RV right now watching Spongebob.  I know that if he knew it, he would be just as excited as we are.