SNOW

We've been enjoying our snow - and the pretty hoar frost at sunrise this am!

Feather friends

One bonus of living where there are lots of trees is the birds! The other day I was eating breakfast and looked outside to see a flock gorgeous Pine Grosbeaks eating their breakfast too!

( I had to take these thru the window so they're a little fuzzy..)

Holiday Goodies

Zoey and her mom visited us last week for a baking day! We made chewy gingerbread cookies to decorate...

... vanilla bean fudge, and candy coated almonds (sugar, cayenne and cinnamon flavor)!

So now we hope someone will come help eat it all!

November

Here is just a quick overview of our month..  (Doesn't include everything - I should have taken more photos!) Snow and more snow - nice temps mostly, except for one chilly week..

Sorry for the overload of yard pictures - just posting for Sis en Suisse.:)

We have a foster horse in our corral! Saga is a gorgeous, well - mannered horse!

Just grabbed these shots with my iphone - the removal of a few overcrowded trees! Back at the beginning of Nov. I won't blow them up - they are terrible quality..!

My little Jude on the way back from getting the kids off the bus!

Birthday celebration - Mom made a delicious cake! I've got great 'candle blowing' helpers! We only put three candles on the cake - just a few short of my actual age! ;0)

Another birthday meal - cheese fondue at Ash and Ryan's!  (And chocolate cupcakes with butter cream icing!) Thanks Ash, it was so yum!

To Shaun and Bon's for the weekend! Had a hoot on the skating pond!

Last Week's Entertainment!

Jude has been fiddling with the X-country skis for awhile and so as soon as we had a bit 'O snow, he was out there! As you can see he is very keen!! This is how we found him.

 First picture - put skis in place, next clip the boots in, last- try to slide them forward!

A Saturday afternoon buzz around the yard! The 2 year old did alright! (He's really taking his job serious!) The Pink Petunia was rippin' and tearin' - a little wild...!

A healthy coyote just beyond the fence -gave us a lesson on 'mousing'!

Loved the look of our pond with the snow!

A fair bit of fun around here! Poor Reagan - me, making a jest of his sunday afternoon garb! Lovely don't you think!?  ;0)  Some friends showing up at our door Monday eve dressed as a family of clowns! (Which gave a terrified Jude the shakes!)

Lastly, Jude and Logan - my lunch buddies!

Sweetpea Zoey came to visit - again!! (Aren't we so lucky!) She looks pretty edible with that fuzzy toque  on..!!

Out for a stroll on the quarter behind our place. Am so excited for x-country skiing out here - a gorgeous spot! A neat old cabin deep in the woods - the grandmother of Little Red Riding Hood's perhaps?!

Another excursion with Logan, Jude and Emarie. Plus a few of our pond! 

Our little dolly turned 5!

Saying that October was a bit of a crazy month is a bit of an understatement - the packing and then out to BC for the long weekend, moving the next weekend, and worker company and emarie's birthday the following weekend! It was a fun party even tho we were quite wore out! Sort of a - potluck supper and as a result - quite yum! I didn't decorate or anything special, or take enough photos, so next year we'll have to make up for it!:) 

Emarie didn't seem to notice tho and enjoyed it all immensely!

She even shared her day with brand new Ellie Service who shares the same birthday month!

We enjoyed a weiner roast with our workers and mom n dad on the Saturday - out at our wedding spot!
Was a gorgeous day..

Moving Weekend (...all that fun stuff!)

All of our good help, hard at it! My, we have a lot of stuff...!!

The dreaded piano move - always a hoot! :)

The other episode of removing the safe (for guns - if you're wondering!), in which we had to remove the window!

AND.... 

....WELCOME to our new digs!!

The exciting doll house and other pretty scenery!

Bonnie brought a yummy Pink cake to celebrate Emarie's birthday!

So thank-you, thank-you, thank-you to everyone that made our moving week a huge bit of fun! (I owe Ash and Jim n Alice Anne big too, for coming down weeks prior to help motivate the packing!)

Hugs to you all! We are settling in slowly, and are enjoying our quiet space!

Now y'all have to come visit us here!! 

Goodbye Home #2..

So this is it.. We are out tomorrow noon! Then the renters will be moving in, and we will be official rural  folk! It's still bittersweet, as we put a lot of heart (and sweat) into this place - plus the memories! Amazing how fast four years goes by.. I decided I'd better just capture a few more pics of the place before it's not really ours anymore..! 

I'll be sure to post some of our acreage when we get Internet out there!

Thanksgiving with the Tarves'!

I thought I should get these photos all on here before we move, (yes, we are moving - in 3 days!! More on that later..) because who knows what kind of internet we'll have in the country!

 This past weekend the Tarves clan all got together to celebrate Jim and Alice Anne's 40th anniversary!

We managed to squeeze in time for a family photo, turkey dinner, a walk thru the woods, a fire, and a

surprise tea! It was a terrific weekend except for the few unfortunate members in our bunch, 

that had the stomach flu...!

Julie, notice that we managed to get a quick family photo - which one would you like a copy of?!

The handsome couple at 40yrs!! ..and the yummy spread the girls put on for us! (Thanks Verena, Marisa and Aimee!)

Gorgeous fall color on the way home..

Love Birds!

We seemed to have the cold east wind against us - was brrr chilly out, but we attempted some photos.. The kids were not enthused so we gave up and just took pictures of the young pair in love.:)

September...

Hi! It's been a while! Have you missed us!? :)  Here is just a glimpse of SOME of what we've been up to...

These cloud formations get my heart pumping!

September, Dylan started Gr.2 and Emarie - kindergarten. All seems to be going great on that front! 

We also had some unexpected visitors! Cheryl and Tricia - which livened things up here!:0) 

It was heaps of fun!

Got together with the north cousins at G&G's.

We had terrific fun with G&G Tarves - except we really made them work..! They popped in to visit before heading east and they helped us start packing for our move.

Jude was going to join Grandma and I for some yoga, but it got boring quick!;0)

A few trips out to the field are a must! This particular time Zoey and Ash joined us!

And of course it's typical of our country to have the hottest weather in Sept! So, since our pool was put away, we used these buckets for a makeshift pool so we could cool off!:P