Today …Nate walked in the door and said, “Mom, I found a dog”. Me: “What? A dog? Where?” Nate: “In the garage, a collie, I found it on the road to our house, around the corner”. At the last comment I was pretty sure I knew who the dog belonged to, and the dog’s name, … Read More
Every day I put on these boots…. and walk out to the backyard…. to gather eggs and to throw whatever “old” veggies or fruits I have to the “biddies” as Kirk calls the chix today it was a mushy tomato…they especially love red food.this is Rose….she is a very gentle and sweet hen. You’d like … Read More
Our 1st annual Easter/Spring family weekend is over … but the memories (and photos!) will be with us forever. We were one family shy of all the fam being present, but we look forward to ’09 when my sister, Barbara and her family can join us. As I watched our families interact last weekend, and … Read More
Saturday morning:Brush teeth… Climb the wall… (that’s me!) Keep track of the kids… (Nate/Brigs/Jersti) Make someone else climb the (difficult) wall… (Danae)Make man climb the wall …. (Kirk)After breakfast on Saturday we all headed down to the gym where we did wall climbing, played basketball, volleyball, carpetball, foosball, ping pong ball…then we went to the … Read More
Saturday night: All the kids (except Kale) went out at 10:30 pm to the initiatives course to try it in the dark! Us old folk stayed back at the lodge and relaxed! But the kids had a fun time encouraging one another to do all the tasks from getting over the wall to doing the … Read More
Warm up…So many pictures….so little time to post!The weekend was….wonderful, exhausting, fun, exciting, warm, silly, vigorous, tasty, loving, laughing, invigorating, tiring…..did I mention fun?The first half hour! These “kids” are an amazing bunch together. You have to experience it to see how well they all interact with each other. Yeah baby….it’s here! And I have … Read More