The Root Beer Stand

The Root Beer Stand, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

Do you love the kitchy-ness of the midwest or what? Our Root Beer Stand serves the best cold root beer for seventy-five cents. You can get a root beer float for a buck fifty. Here's what the place looks like.

We visited on Wednesday, and I forgot we even took photos! I have photos from today too, but I just can't leave this visit behind.

The rainbow cake

Rainbow Cake 1, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

A slice featured in the side photo. We made this yesterday but I don't have any photos for today so it will have to do. :)

Blue skies don't bother me

Blue skies don't bother me, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

Just that pack of flies on my back...

I've been wanting a shot of these cows deep in grass for weeks but they are always too far from the road to be worth a shot. Yesterday, I was flying by in the car when I noticed them up against the fence.

They live in front of the farm that is across the street from Jacob's old school. Who knows how much longer we'll have this out of time agricultural scene to enjoy before some home developer lures them away with millions....

I'll have my girl text your girl...

Cell phone mania, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

Jacob texted over 200 messages in the first few hours of cell phone ownership. He and Johannah now text each other in the same room. Here: she's texting him while he's on the phone!

In other words, our lives = theater of the absurd.

Noah: soft focus

Noah: soft focus, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

We celebrated Noah's birthday yesterday. He turned 20. He's off to California for the summer to work for our nephew-in-law building houses. I'll miss him.

Here are two more looks at my firstborn: