OH NO!!!! We have moles in the garden!!! I just bought moles traps on amazon.com. I get them on Monday and the hunt begins. Walmart is starting to put up there deer and camouflage gear. I will be hunting other prey then deer... :) watch out!!!
I went onto the Missouri fish and game site today and guess what I found out? There is a season for fishing and shooting bullfrogs!! I'm going to go froggin! I've done it in the past but I didn't know there were season for that type of thing. Well I'll let you know how it goes.
And they have already done more damage since this picture was taken!! It's WAR
Okay so this is what happened last weekend. On friday we went and signed loan documents....scary!! and Ryan took his car to the shop. So after work got off work I met Christy and drive the bus. It was fun but the temperature was in the 100's...Christy wasn't to happy that she had to ride with me :) When we left the loan place we started to drive down the road and a police car pulled up directly behind me...unfortunately he was observant and noticed that my registration was past due!!! Well he turned on his lights and pulled us over. Here we are sitting in my bus in 100 degree weather, pull over on the side of the road!! pitty sake!! Well he asked for my insurance card...oops no current card!!! I told him we just moved to Missouri like a week ago and was planning on registering my car but had not gotten around to it. So somehow I just got off with a fix it ticket!!! Hurray!! So, I just have to take a current copy of my insurance card to the courtroom and that will fix the ticket. So no money out of pocket!!! Here is a few picture of the first outing in the bus.
before we got the ticket!!
Just got the ticket
The ticket
Christy not happy with me...LOL
So that was Friday!! It was pretty amazing...oh, I almost forgot I got out the moped and drove it around the block which was pretty sweet.
Saturday was pretty uneventful other than us going to church for the first time in Joplin...scary!! It was fun meeting some of the church family and we got to meet Jean and Jess. Christy and I wanted to go canoeing but Ginger and Ryan said it was to hot. So we slept the day away, made dinner and played games in the evening. I was bad and forgot to take the camera to our first church day. Ginger threatened to wake us up super early to help in the garden the next morning...but she was kind and let us sleep in. So Christy and I joined them at around 8:30 helping them put in a new watering system in the garden. Ryan had already cut all the pieces of PVC and ginger was in the process of drilling holes in the PVC. Ginger was over drilling holes so I took over her job until Christy took over my job. We were getting things accomplished....Christy was drilling holes, Ryan weed whacking, Ginger weeding, and I dug a hole for their lilac plant. We do strong work!!!
The New Watering system!!
We almost had the PVC pipe complete but we needed a Hose to PVC connector!! So we got ready and made a trip into Carthage. When we left we had some unwelcome visitors :)
Christy and I dropped Ryan and Ginger off at Lowes to pick up a few things and we went to water the plants at our new house. It was hot!!
We thought Ryan and Ginger would be done at Lowes but nope Ginger had bought new plants!! Hurray :)
Then we went to Walmart but Christy and I had to stay in the car to keep the plants cool. Finally we were done but Christy and I decided we wanted to get 49cent cones at McDonald!!! MMMM they are amazing!!
MMM I think I need to go to McDonald!! Then we got distracted again....we saw a flea market....So we stopped and left Ryan in the car to keep our groceries and plants happy!! We only bought a few things :)
Ryan though it was funny too!!
But in Gingers defense it was a sweet deal!! We then went home and put together our watering system. It worked but not as well as we had hoped :( With a bit of tinkering we got it to work okay but we plan on putting a water spigot out in the garden so we don't have to fun 200 ft of hose to the garden and hopefully the water pressure will be better. So we have more projects in our near future.
Christy has been working and seeing more patients this week...exciting!! I'm taking more practice tests and studying I got 71.5 percent today on my practice exam which is pretty good!! We are going to Wichita this weekend so we are in for another crazy weekend full of adventure!! Just to cap off the post I'll show you some deer that I saw in the back yard!!! Come Fall those bucks better be careful!!!!!
Well I've been trying to study very diligently but that is way harder than it should be :) Christy is almost done with her first week at her new job!!! She has been seeing patients the last few days, which is super exciting!! I have started to reward myself by playing X-box during my study breaks (thank you boys for the awesome wedding present).
I take breaks throughout the day to hunt for grasshoppers....it's the only time I go outside :( (it's pretty terrible). Just to add a little country flavor to the post I will show you guys a picture of Ryan on his tractor...it is pretty sweet!!! I'll post some pictures of our riding lawn mower when we move into the house.
Tomorrow we go to sign loan papers. It's scary growing up!! Grandpa Yurth bought us a trailer, so we are going to Kansas City on Saturday to pick it up or Byron is going to take it to the Lake House so we can get it when we go back down to the lake.
It's looking like we are going to go back to my grandparents the following weekend. So look forward to some future posts regarding all the stuff we bring back :) Ginger and Ryan are spoiling up with homemade ice cream in the evenings...and she bought a big crate full of fresh peaches!!! We are having cobbler tomorrow mmmmm I can't wait!!!! I think we are going to be eating at Gingers even when we move to our new home :)
Well we have been in the midwest for a few weeks now and life has not slowed down!! Since we left California we have looked at houses to buy, gone to the lake house, put an offer on a house, gone to Wichita to look through my grandparents stuff, I have started to study for boards, and Christy has started to work. Christy and I are supper excited about our house!! The offer was accepted and now we are in the process of getting all the loan application signed and getting the house inspected. Christy is going to work this morning for the second day...scary!! but she doesn't start having patients until next week. I think she will be ready after a week of orientation :) So first things first hear is a link to our NEW HOME.
The Dentists going to Work!! Christy's first Day
Last weekend Christy and I went to Wichita, KS to help my aunt go through my grandparents stuff cause they are now residing in CA...and with the new house we need things to put inside the house!! So we put our bids on a few items!! We basically told my dad that we would take everything :) Here is a LINK to some of the items we found over the weekend and a couple of movies of my grandparents house on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kxo3Rbcddg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBx8stZX83I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Z9E6pvRJI
They have so much stuff it is incredible!! They have been living there for 50+ years and my grandma has tons of stuff from her parents. We are going back this weekend.
Ginger and Ryan have been living in their new house for a few months now and they have been having problems with a few critters!!!
Grasshoppers
Oh and here is a video of the grasshoppers:
And there green beans are getting destroyed by Japanese beetles but despite the set backs they have produced food from their garden!!!!
MMMM that butternut squash and cucumber was good last night!!!!
I tried to get them to get guineas (a bird that looks similar to chickens and are free range birds and they eat ticks, grasshoppers, Japanese beetles, mice and small rats, snakes, and pretty much everything...and for the most part leave your plants alone) but they decided not to :( They are noisy and wander up to a 1/2 mile away from your property. I can't get any cause there are restriction on the property Christy and I are getting :( no poultry. They got some type of grasshopper bait and Ginger is on the prowl to kill grasshoppers!!!!
Go Ginger!!!! Well I think thats all I have time for today!!! Back to studying!!
OH NO!!!! We have moles in the garden!!! I just bought moles traps on amazon.com
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I get them on Monday and the hunt begins. Walmart is starting to put up there deer and camouflage gear. I will be hunting other prey then deer... :) watch out!!! 
