New Zealand Lunch

Today we woke up to a very humid house. The air conditioner at our house broke yesterday. The good news is we were able to find someone who could come out today to work on it. It needed a new fan, contacts, and freon. A few weeks ago, Becky had asked John what restaurant he wanted to go to before he started up at IU again. John picked a 4 diamond restaurant, Joesph Decuis in Roanoke. She also asked Bob and I if we wanted to go for an anniversary present. She had offered up a hot air balloon ride, but after looking at the Drudge report today I think we made the right choice. Today's lunch was a New Zealand Vineyard Luncheon. We had a 4 course lunch with 3 different types of wines. It was very good. Zack stayed home and took care of the air conditioning man who was still working when we left.





Since we had such a nice lunch, for supper we wanted something on the light side. We had pancakes, and as you can see Zack who didn't go out for lunch, really stacked up his plate. So far he seems to like the meal plan in his new dorm.

One last final quote. Yesterday I was telling Zack I sometimes go for weeks without posting anything on our blog. He said, "I will try to make your life less boring"

John Moves his things back to IU

On Wednesday, Bob and I helped John move his major items into his new dorm, Wilkie Quads. It was a very hot and humid day and John's new room was nice and cool. Air conditioning is worth the extra cost. John came home with us and will continue working for the newspapers until Sunday morning and then he will bring the rest of his items down in the Sentra and finish his move in.






This is Wilkie Hall. John's room is on the top floor (11th) and he is the 3rd window in from the right.





John and Bob moved all the furnature around and got things organized. You can see he has a great view from his room.







And just down the hall is a small kitchen that the students can cook for themselves if they want.

Joey & Boomer's New Playmate

While Becky and I were riveted on the TV watching the space shuttle land, Zack was entertaining Joey & Boomer.

Zack's first day at IPFW

Zack on his way to IPFW with Bob.

Jenny's 18th Birthday

On August 9, our little girl turned 18. She was surprised with a delivery of a special plant from the Golden's and she willing took it into our house.




Her best buddy Jody came over and they shared a Burger King meal together.



And she had a cake with lime green frosting. (Some birthday she hoped to find a lime-green bug in the driveway.)

Michigan Winery Tour - July 28, 2007

Bud, Pauline, and Becky, joined Bob and I on a Michigan winery tour. We were looking for a reason to take the 4Runner on a road trip and considered this a tasteful opportunity. Our first stop was Warner and as you can see I had the camera rolling.












We then traveled a whole two blocks (American, not Australian) and went to St. Julian's. Now I was getting into a serious wine tasting mode and only took one picture as we were leaving.


We stopped at a fruit stand on the way up to Berrien Springs Winery who was having a festival. When we arrived at Berrien Springs the crowd was so huge we decided to go to Round Barn Winery instead. But when we got into the bar area we realized it was also very crowed inside. (3 people deep at the bar). So we decided to move on instead of standing around waiting our turn.




We drove on to Free Run Winery instead and found it uncrowded.


Our last stop was Taber Hill. I guess I forgot to take my camera out, because I have no pictures.

Michigan wine has gotten much better over the recent years. My favorite for the day was the cherry wine at all the wineries.