Oliver is One!

Oliver loved his ice cream cake!
He was a little shy when we put the gogles on him. These came with his great tool set from his Aunt Jessie!

He really liked his bear he got from Great Aunt Cindy.

Oliver celebrated his birthday for two days. He was one on Friday but we had the BBQ party on Saturday with family and friends. He wasn't sure about blowing out the candle but with a little help from mommy he got his wish. When it came to Saturday he decided to take a little nap after lunch (wouldn't we all) so it postponed opening his presents. We really appreciated the family that came and know that some had other plans. We had fun playing Boche Ball and Ladder Ball. He received a lot of great gifts! He is going to have so much fun. The books that he got he will look forward to reading with his mommy and daddy! We all love you Oliver and glad that you had a great day!

7 Days of FUN!

Just returned from a fun vacation in Eastern Washington! We

stayed at Terry's sister's cabin on Lake Cle Elum in the town of Ronald with them and went on miles and miles of fun but dirty 4 wheeler trails(check out the moustache and dirt beard above), then headed to Crescent Bar on the Columbia River to ride our jet skii's and finally to Banks Lake near the Grand Coulee Dam. We had so much fun!

Tres Piedras

Take a look at Terry on his bike! He can still ride!! Keep it up Terry

Loved your carne adovada y frijoles. Gracias

Life is good in TP. Jenny is coming to an end on her ranch manager job at Schwarz Ranch (460 acres), north of town. Soon she is moving on to a property management job for a house east of town toward the gorge. Jenny works like a jackrabbit or a beaver on all her projects. Candy, Jenny and I had a whirlwind week and whacky bus ride between Denver and TP. (break down, bug infestation and evacuation, interesting riders and alot more!!!) All in all it was a terrific time.

Watch for pics from Candy about the Jon, Kelly, Caleb and Abby vist to the ranch.

Looking forward to Jenny's Washington visit in September.

Thanks for a SUPER TIME!

New Song "AUNT PHIL'S FARM' by JJ Kita

Hi everybody! Well, it's finally ready. JJ had such a great time at the 4th of July picnic that he wrote a song to immortalize this truly enduring, all-American Bridgman family tradition. Just google Johnny Kita and his listing should be at the top of the page (under Johnny Rainbowtop Kabuki, I think). When you get to his Myspace music page it's the first one on the list. I hope you all enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it! Love, Kim

p.s. If you have any problems finding it feel free to e-mail me at alicekimjenkins@gmail.com

Let's See Your Garden!

This year Terry and I planted a pretty garden for "show" since our house is for sale. Everything in it was started by my students at school. We had a big plant sale in May and earned $1,500. We only weed and water so (no fertilizer). Our petunia's and pansies were not well marked when we bought them from the students so when we planted them it was a surprise what color they would be. We have eaten radishes, strawberries and we just got some ripe tomato's. Let's see what you have! Camera batteries just went dead so more photo's coming soon!!!

Oliver Goes to the ZOO

Kelli Smith arranged for a day at the zoo! It was little Oliver Bridgman's first visit. Pictured here from the left: Oliver, Jessica Bridgman, Jamie Bombach, Kelli Anne Smith, Kaitlyn Bombach, Danny (Meagan's friend), and Meagan Bombach. The Bombach are Kelli's friends. Little Oliver didn't miss a thing. He really liked to study all of the animals. He also was talented on the African drum in the Zoonasium.

Jessica made certain that he saw everything.

Look at my Pumpkin

I am so excited about growing a pumpkin this year, a New England Sugar Pie Pumpkin. It has many flowers and a few small pumpkins, but a couple of them have died, probably too humid here. Of course it decided to grow in the opposite direction of what I had planned, I had cleared a space to the right and it grew towards the rose bushes instead. They have pumpkins here but not what an American would consider as one, no orange flesh. Come and visit this winter if you want homemade pumpkin pie.