We are alive here! I haven't sat down and done any posting for a long time. I first want to post these pics of Oakley. Before school started he wanted to go with Grandpa (my dad) and learn how to mine for GOLD!!! He has gold fever. So Dad and Oakley went out to the desert and started with panning and going through the whole process, until you have to get the flower gold separated from the black sand. They don't find nuggets, it is very fine pieces of gold that you can barely see. He had such an amazing time. Grandpa took these photos and Oakley was able to drive the backhoe. I think that is any little boys dream, get to spend the day with a wonderful grandpa, dig in the dirt with a backhoe, run the equipment and then get to see some gold. This meant so much to Oakley that Grandpa took the time and had so much fun!