the pictures are jumbled, but you will get the idea of what we have been up to the last few weeks. Yesterday was a holiday here in the US- though I am not sure how much of a holiday I really got. I was doing regular work stuff and PTO stuff all weekend. But I also got to harvest our potato crop- what you see above is all we got this year. the initial crop likely rotten due to poor drainage and this is what came afterward. I was hoping to get 3 meals worth of potatoes out of it, but we got one meal, the one I made last night. I forget that Rocket is now an eating machine - he is always hungry.
I also took Rocket and Pablo out for a walk yesterday. We went to the local park we typically go to. We saw turtles sunning themselves on a warm day. The earlier part of the weekend was cool and starting this evening it will be cooler for the rest of the week.
the boy walking his dog. he is not so little anymore.
Me and the boy and the dog on the walk
First day of school was 23August- I can not believe that he has another year of school and then he is off to high school
Waiting for the bus
on our walk
this picture is just to show you how tall Rocket is now. he comes to my ear, which makes him about 5 foot 2 inches tall or 157.48 CM. Definitely not so little. the other 2 folks in the picture are my cousins- we just made contact. the Man in orange, his father is my great grandfather. the man in blue is working on our family history. our side of the family lost touch with his side of family sometime back when my mom was a very little, so in the 1940s/1950s. We made contact because I did the DNA testing when I was sending in Rocket's DNA test. the guy in blue showed up as my closest relative (because my siblings have not been tested). Pretty cool how genetic testing can show you relatives you never knew about. Note: we are still hoping for DNA relatives for Rocket to show up. All Rocket wants right now is a relative that shares his genetic history- preferably on his father's side.
Love and hugs,
Deb
