Here comes Graduation!

All of the activity over the last few weeks was to make everything ready for graduation.

In order to make progress on the new football field we have to level the dirt we have moved from one side of the field to the other.

Take a good look at the ground and polished floors in the new classroom!  All of the floors will be like this but right now we need to protect this one so we can paint the room to get it ready for people to look at during graduation.

It takes everyone to help to get the beautiful floor covered.

And I do mean everyone!

Of course you must also cover all of the door and window frames when you intend to make a quick job of it.

Then there is always time for a picnic in the evening after a days hard work---

---and there is always time to get together with good friends when one must make a quick trip to Watertown to see the dermatologist.

Remember the fishing activity?  What was the prize for the most fish caught?  BLIZZARD!

When the call goes out for help getting things ready we even get the General Contractor and his wife.

This makes the painting a lot faster and even a little fun

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Now it is time for graduation!

PRESENTING THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2012 FROM SUNSHINE BIBLE ACADEMY

Now a new project month starts.  Our first devotion was addressed by Mr. Watson, the SBA Administrator.  New Sowers are Tony and Amy Vejar, Sam and Pat Gamboe and of course yours truly, Bob and Billie.

Of course the Turfmaster threw a belt again and this time I am not going to let it go without going through it and fixing it.

Here we are in the first of several classrooms which are slated to be repainted this year---

---so paint we will---

---then move on to the next.  That's what we do as a SOWER.

Happy Mother's Day!!!!!

We have been here for two whole weeks and has it been a busy time.  Besides working on the 2 houses, we have been working on the new football field, repairing the Turf Master 727 (a 72" diesel powered mower which hadn't had a fuel filter nor air filter change for quite some time).  Plus, we are getting ready for the end of the school year.  I didn't get pictures of the Chapel event or the music concert so do I have to include a 2,000 work description?

This is the location of the new football field.  If you look carefully you can see a hump of dirt in the middle of the picture and on the left there is a patch of black dirt but on the right is a smooth pile of brown dirt.  We must remove 3 feet of dirt from the left part of the field and move it to the right side.

This is how we are trying to move it.  Unfortunately there are times when the pile gets unruly and this multi-ton monster gets stuck.  This is one of those times.  Another problem, this scraper is a finish scraper and unable to cut the hard pan.  So>>>>>

Along comes the 4630 and a field chisel.  We must cut the hard pan two or three times before the scraper has a chance to get a good bite.  Then after the dirt is moved from one side to the other, we must use the land lever (which is currently connected to the tractor) to level it all out then take a shot with the laser to see just where we are.  It will take a while longer.

Meanwhile, we just got two drums of oil for the scraper and nowhere to put them.  So, who gets to build a drum storage rack, the Sower who knows how to weld.  This is where the fun begins.

Meanwhile, back at the house, there is always more laundry to do with SOMEONE welding and working in the diesel fuel and grease.

Aah it's Mother's day and time for the Mother's day flower planting.  This year it is easy since the ground around the house isn't ours.  Hang a potted plant!

Then it is time to go fishing.  It is a beautiful day and the guy who organized the fishing expedition to Lake Thompson has come up with a special contest.  The one who catches the first fish gets 5 points, the one who catches the biggest fish gets 5 points and the one who catches the most fish gets 5 points.  The one with the fewest points at the end of the day buys Blizzards at the DQ.

So, in order to not be behind in points what does Billie do?  Now keep in mind that she is using a brand new fishing pole with 8 pound test line, a #3 hook, no leader and a teeny tinny minnow.  She hooks onto a 43 inch, 22 pound Northern Pike.  15 minutes later we have it on a stringer.

Needless to say, the guy in the white T-shirt is the one who organized the fishing trip and the game but went home with ZERO POINTS.  His wife caught the first fish and the welder caught the most fish.

That evening, with the crowd in awe we turned the 22 year old Pike into a bunch of fillets and this evening we had a FISH FRY.  Boy was it good.

Back home again in South Dakota!

We are back at Sunshine Bible Academy for the Summer.  It is cooler than Tucson and it has been pretty wet since we got here.  We have had a great start to the week getting here in time for the final two Senior Chapel services and had a fun afternoon watching the grade school basketball game.

Home sweet home!  It is nice to hear the birds and look out of the window and see trees.

We have neighbors, too!  Fred and Dorothy Peterson have joined us for this month.  They are both graduates from Sunshine and enjoy coming back to help out.  Yesterday, Billie and Dorothy joined the ranks of the accounting department.  You can see the labor involved in bean counting.

The house which was featured on the blog started off as the focus of our attention.  The hallway from the kitchen to the garage needed some attention and this is the start.

Here is said hallway.  As you can see, we have attacked it from both ends.  Fred has the kitchen end locked down and I am working on securing the garage end.

It is really amazing what lengths some will go to make sure their feet are clean.  (Really Dorothy is in the process of cleaning all of the windows).