The Nerdiest Family on the Block

Today the Hartbecke side of the family came over to help us improve the flow of rainwater on the west side of our house. Basically, the guys came over and put some drainage tile from the eaves pout around to the other side of the flower bed and away from the house. While the guys did the hard work, us girls (3 of us) ended up doing some weeding and watching of the Jaren. At a stopping point when Fred, Seth, and Jaren went to the farm to saw a concrete block in half, Laura and I decide that it would be great to draw the solar system on our driveway with Jaren's sidewalk chalk. Since Jaren always makes me draw him trucks and turtles and semis, what's the difference.

The following is our end result. As we neared the end of our pictorial description of our solar system, we got some more help adding nice touches, like Planet X and the UFO and the asteroid belt. You can't forget that!

It was so big, we spilled it into the street. Then it was too big to even take one big picture of.  So I took a video for you to enjoy our nerdiness. But unfortunately, this blog site is having trouble uploading it. I will try another day because I am tired of being frustrated at it. This is what you get for going to college and learning a bunch of information that is seldom applicable in everyday life. Thank You tax-dollars!

The best part though, is that we started getting tourists! On a few occasions the same car would pass our house, turn around and pass it again even more slowly. There was more than a few passerby that pointed and laughed. I'm glad we were able to put a few smiles on some faces but then you also know how small of a town Cascade is if this is considered entertainment!

We had a blast though!