Saturday, Aug. 23

Mike Rivard and Bruce Baker were over today to work on replacing the entire wiring harness on Mike's Mustang (this is the car that Brent has been rebuilding). The project is going well and the wiring should be complete tomorrow.

We took a couple of hours off in the middle of the day for a Lion's work party to finish the Sensory Room for autistic children at Mountain View Elementary. The room is done with the exception of some additional decorating and the counter needs to be tiled once the custom painted tiles are come back from being fired.

Friday, Aug. 22

Race decided to stay home with Dean instead of going to his last day of Day Care before school starts (usually he chooses Day Care since all of his friends are there). Race and Dean took Race's friend Daria from down the street and spent the day at Pixieland riding roller coasters and the other rides. All of that fun was followed by lunch at Fuddruckers and video games.

August 16th, Matteo's Dream work party

We returned to Matteo's Dream on Saturday to reinforce the entrance sign, pressure wash and remove graffiti, repaint the rock climbing wall and replace the conveyor belt bridges. The highlight of Races day...Dean let him drive the scissor lift that Elizabeth got donated by Cresco rentals.

August 10th, Aurora's 1st Birthday

Today we hosted a Birthday party for our niece Aurora. The backyard filled with children and adults for a barbecue and games. The kids rode Race's electric cars until the batteries were dead and they were forced to push each other around in them. The ladybug theme carried through to the games which featured a ladybug pinata and "Pin the Spot on the Ladybug".

August 6th

It was a busy day at the Cofer's...

Brent was over to work on his dad's car. He cleaned the engine in preparation for detailing and painting, cut out the damaged rear floor pans and prepped one new floor pan for welding in, and he pulled the transmission and he and Dean took it down town to be rebuilt. Unfortunately the car won't be running before Brent leaves for college on the 21st. Dean will be finishing it with Mike's (Brent's dad) help.

Dean, Elizabeth and Mike (Elizabeth's dad) spent some time building frames for a couple of '65 Mustang rear seats. The frames still need paint, but that will have to wait for another day. Now the seats are backyard benches...Very cool!

We also worked on cleaning up for Aurora's 1st birthday party on Saturday. Vehicles were rearranged and space was made available.

The rest of the week week--July 30 to August 2

It's been a normal busy week around here. Elizabeth worked, Race and Dean stayed home.
Wednesday Steve Tansley, Dean's backup supervisor, came over and Dean and Steve worked on his Chevy pickup. They fixed some oil leaks and worked on the brakes. Now Steve's truck doesn't leak oil and stops in a straight line. Brent was over working on his dad's Mustang. The engine compartment is now painted and the interior is stripped. Bad nes though, the rear floor pans need patching and the driver's side front floor to firewall piece looks like swiss cheese and needs replacement. Brent and his Mom ordered the parts.

Thursday Dean and Race went to the school, met fellow Lion Bill Riddle, and worked on the Sensory Room. All of the drywall is now up on the divider walls and they're ready to be carpeted when the entire group returns next Tuesday. The afternoon was taken up taking a door apart and removing the latch assembly with Brent and he and Dean finally finshed the brake line installation, bled the brakes and are proudly reporting the first project on the car completed since work began in January.

Friday we didn't do anything but run errands and Dean started nightshift.

Saturday Race and Elizabeth did some shopping and went to Home Depot for Kids Project Day. Race made a cool flag holder and flag pole complete with a Home Depot flag. Elizabeth also finished Aurora's first birthday present. You'll have to wait until next week to find out what it is... It's a surprise.

Sunday Race and Elizabeth took a bike ride while Dean slept. Race went to lunch with the our friends the Bibbs from down the street. Later his Friend Daria Bibb came over and they played trains.