Elser Family Blog

I guess those stairs were burned into your memoriy, because you sure didnt hesitate! Yep, its the stairs at the cottage.

Met with Hannah’s teachers today… Looks like 4th Grade might be a little difficult. Its not the work she is having issues with, its getting it done and handing it in..
sigh.

Old people Trivia contest: (I’d be shocked if any of the cousins knew)
Where are these stairs?

We all went recycling this weekend.
Melinda and Rockwell had about 40# of aluminum, and about 500# of “tin”. Tin is the recycling places euphemism for any mixed metal, such as appliances and such. (We had gotten a bunch of old electrical boxes and conduit from the airconditioner being replaced at my work.)
All told, it was worth about 45$! They each got 10$ of it, and I donated the rest to momma, because they got filthy in the process.. 🙂 You can sort of see the aluminum on the scale in the background. they pay ~33cents a pound for aluminum, and 5$ a hundred pounds for steel. Not a bad deal!

Hannah had some aluminum, #2copper wire, #1 copper wire, some #2 clean copper, some yellow brass, and some CU/AL mixed radiator material. Not that much stuff really, you see everything here except the radiator material. still, she cleared a clean 69$!! this could employ a kid during the summer at these rates! I skimmed the 9$ and told Hannah she had to decide what she is going to donate 20$ of it to… Go here if you want to see the current scrap prices nationally.

Rockwell and Melinda got to see the big grapple arm pick up a car and drop it into the crusher. Click on the picture to see a QuickTime video of Melinda talking about the dump. When she mentions the “poor little cars” being crushed, that’s what she is referring to!

Time to load some of the old pictures this summer that I never got to… This one is us at the fountain in downtown Augusta on the July 4Th weekend.

Here is another one. you can see our 50 shoebox ford in the background..

Afterwords, we went to a park, and Melinda found a cocoon.. we kept it, but it never developed into anything.

This summer, Hannah and Melinda attended the Music camp at the local baptist church. Hannah is in the middle waving at the camera.

Sisters.

Hannah on her first day of school… with a cast! What a way to start. She is not letting it get in her way though. (unfortunately?)

Guess who came for dinner. Hannah found her in the yard. Kath is not that pleased. But Kathi is also a sucker for a needy squirrel.

Reminding me of Stephanie’s blog… Here is a random picture found in the camera. It’s Rockwell’s foot, so he wont be able to talk himself out of this one that easy.

What else can I say but cute? Man, until you handle one of these things, you cant comprehend just how much God built them for trees. They are amazing with their feet.

Kathi learned of the southern practice of “rag curling” (I guess?) Man, it really works!! Hannah’s hair was still curly even after being out in the rain!

I’m sure to get in trouble for this one. Dad feeding the kids. But come on, at least they like a vegetable. (Click on the picture for a video of life at our dinner table. It compliments the picture, and will really get me in trouble. Manners? what are those?)

She is going to be an architect designer lawyer when she grows up. But for the time being she will have to settle for beautiful.