May Long Weekend

Twas a busy, happy weekend!

 Michelle & Greg brought over their trailer 

and we parked ourselves in the pasture below the house for a little 'backyard camping'! 

The weather was fairly decent and the kids had a fun time playing together! While the husbands worked the ladies (Angela included!), kept things under control! ;0)

Found a frog, Annie with her stopped up bloody nose - Drew was so kind to get his big sis a band aid! :)

Finding some Marsh Marigolds down by the creek!

Sunday supper after gosp. mtg. a few folks came to join us for a wiener roast!

Went for a walk to see the cabin and sang 'Happy Birthday' to Shel!

Monday was the May Birthday celebration - Dad, Mom, Shel and Zoey! Had lots of good help and fun with decorating! Ash brought jellybeans which kept the kids energetic all afternoon!

Reagan cooked us up some delicious pork tenderloin!

Ash's Turtle cake was 'something else'!  Zoey missed the singing because of a nap, but she didn't miss out on opening presents! :)

Siffler Falls!

We took a little day trip out west this Monday! Wow, was the weather gorgeous - got the first bit of color on my cheeks...and arms! The hiking crew were just heaps of fun, and the scenery breathtaking! 

Stopping for lunch at two o'clock creek! A herd of mountain sheep were grazing real close by!

On the way up to the falls!

The river, Cassandra and Chance with his fancy duds!:) He reminds me so much of how my youngest brother Sheldon used to be! ;0)

Enjoying the water and sun at the top of the falls!

Saw Bluebirds in the wild, for the first time - so pretty...

Checking out the dam on Abraham Lake!

Mother's Day Weekend!

 We are loving this spring weather that's helping all the leaves burst out! It's finally green!!:) Our town had a hot air balloon show this wkend and we saw some from our place!   

For mother's day we celebrated with steak lunch at Mom and Dad's, supper on the new deck and a quad ride and walk thru the pasture! Was a perfect day! 

Some little pretties, close up!

Some of the deck and Reagan cleaning up the mess made by the trenching! We have a make-shift railing on the deck right now, just until we find what we're looking for!

New Deck - in the making

So here are a few photos of the deck building process! We ran into a little water trouble and had to dig a trench with weeping tile, etc.. But it is mostly done now! Just the railing and redoing the front decking to match and it's good to go! 

 Before photo, hydro-digging holes for the pilings, cement, and the trenching mess! 

Ash came down to help us!!  And Trevor too - they were speedy - it took them 2 1/2 days! :)

 ..some lovely wet weather so they could enjoy working in the mud! ;)

Will post more after the railing is up!

Spring is on it's way!

We had a beautiful sunny day a couple weeks ago and Ash, Shel and Zoey came down for a visit! After lunch we skipped along out to the creek for dessert - Ash's yummy skor cookies!:)

Pretty moss..

Enjoying the cookies and sunshine!

... the kids enjoyed playing 'Mom and Dad' with Zoey as the baby! :0)