We had a fabulous evening last night with Jim and JoAnn Waldo.  They were kind enough to let us spend the night with last night because of the noxious nature of the finishing of our new hardwood floors.  JoAnn made up some awesome tacos that we ate with some salsa made by Lorena.  There was also an incredible fruit plate with fresh mango, strawberries, and watermelon, an all kinds of other good stuff–a veritable feast!  Jim got a brand new four-door Dodge pickup with a Cummins Diesel engine.  It is truly a work of art.  The kids recited their verses for the last time during the year, JoAnn played some music for us that was recorded by some of our friends in Wyoming, we played on her fabulous new computer and generally had just a great time.  I hope we can repay them in kind some day!

They will finish the floor today.  We are going to spend the evening in Tigard at Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah’s house so that I can work with a man from the U.S. Geological Survey on a vision system that they are going to helicopter into the Mount St. Helens volcano to take images of the changes that are happening there.  When we get back on Saturday afternoon, the house should be OK to inhabit again.