It's Gopher Season, I think...

I think I've already told most of you out there of my dental problems these past couple of weeks. For those who haven't been filled in, I've been looking for a dentist to take care of a tooth broken in half for some time now and haven't been able to find anyone in town. It's made getting any work down around here a challenge as it's hard to concentrate with the at times all-consuming pain. I did find a nun who's also a dentist in an outlying town, so hopefully I can get in to see her next Tuesday. If not her, I'll be looking in North Dakota (Grand Forks). I never considered how difficult it might be to get a dental emergency taken care of locally.

We just got back from setting a few gopher traps out West of St. Hilaire on the old 80-acre field. I thought I may have lost my touch as in order to set traps you have to be able to find the entrance/exit hole to the burrow by shoving a stake into the mound of dirt. I was able to set a couple within 5 minutes, though, so now we'll just watch and wait a little bit and see what happens. We have Dusty back over again tonight, so the house will be active a bit more. Andrew picked up a few ribeye steaks since yesterday was his payday, so we'll be firing up the grill for the second night in a row now (brats last night).

We have new neighbors already that just moved into the house our old neighbors moved out of only a week ago. They have two small children, a boy and a girl, the boy a year younger than Daniel and they happen to be friends with the pastor's familiy on the corner and go to his church in town, First Baptist. We helped them move in their 32+ inch television set and entertainment center to put it in.

As for other happenings in TRF, there hasn't been much different other than having to mow the lawn every week and an ever rising mosquito count. It was 86 degrees on yesterday or the day before so air conditioning has come in handy. I'm looking forward to the next three weeks following which at long last we'll be seeing Nana and Aunt Jen, Nick, and Jake. I don't think I knew this before, but it appears they'll be coming to town right at the start of the Pennington County Fair!! Nick and Jake will get to see some 4-H animals and have some small town fun with Aaron and Daniel. Yet another thing to add to their travel itinerary besides the water park.

I gotta go play some football right now, though, as Aaron is beckoning. I bought myself a bike so I can also ride with the boys, but it's nice to mix up the activity a little and throw the ball around now and then. Hope everyone is enjoying their summers! :o)