Xander made a cake and couldn't get enough leverage to pour the batter from the table, since he is still a little height challenged. We moved his operation to the floor and I had to snap a pic. Do you think this would pass a food handlers inspection?
Two of my brothers had birthdays this month. We didn't exactly celebrate with them but we still had some cake in their honor. hehe!
Jason and I enjoyed the night of dancing and drinks, chatting and snuggling.
A cool bunch of people...
Now if we can just get the stairs and rails finished up on the deck so the kids aren't having to use the gate.
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We've bailed him out of the pound once and a couple times he came back quickly on his own. This time he's been gone a few hours and it is dark now:( Waaaah! Where are you dog?
I'm going to be heartbroken if something happens to him. He's 8 years old and our first baby.
The kids took this pic of him earlier today...
They won't all stay in the basket for a pic...
Let's try a dish of food...
Isaac, can you just hold them so I can get all their faces?
No can do!
One of the guys living in the same town hosted the reunion BBQ style in his yard and it was a lot of fun! The kids all ran around in packs with much to see and do. The food and drink was abundant and Jason got to relax and reminisce.
Playing PIG around the basketball hoop. One rule was to have a drink in one hand. Jason held Simon.
We have to have one of these now.
Slip.....slip-n-slide! Check out those hops in the background. I'd never seen them and had no idea what they were. Lots of cool stuff on the farm.
It was a fabulous, intimate wedding, perched on the state park/cliff overlooking the beach.
"Rev. Amber Rose!" she exclaimed. haha! It was great.
Barbra:) my other bud getting married next month, to the bloke in the background, Chris.
Bud Jen and her hubby Tom with their new baby Paige.
After the wedding, we took the kids down to the beach until it was reception time.
Me and my brood...
Gorgeous cove, not so good for kite flying.
Feeling the terrain under his bare feet.
Can you see the hot tub area below? A set of stairs will come right out from my bedroom slider and dump out under the deck, onto a patio.
Look what a difference five weeks makes...
He had the map of property lines and they are apparently not technically taking any of our property at all. Pretty amazing the entire facia of our property can change without any say on our part or compensation.
from the yard line to about four feet into the (new) street was all grass, juniper and rhododendron that we maintained and used for a sound barrier against the road noise. that's about a 20 foot by 25 foot landscape change without notice. and apparently all within the rights of the city.
I learn something new every day!
I found an old pic off Google Earth of what it looked like before. Dang that was a lot of juniper!!! This was with out last renters who didn't mind brown grass;) lol!
I think it will look fine. I'm over the shock.
Look how they fit finally at 16 months! haha! We're still going strong with the cloth diapers and these pants work VERY well.
He was having fun out in the dirt, chasing the chickens around the yard. Xander kindly sacrificed his popsicle to slow him down long enough for the picture. I also asked Xander if he could grab my grey card (for the white balance) and he zoomed right out with it and held it in place.
He really is eager to help out. We were both trying to be quick to make sure Simon didn't run toward the edge of the unfinished deck.
Sure enough it was a baby nutria. The tiniest I've seen.
The chickens were checking it out. All images can be clicked on for a closer look.
I tried to move it across the street to the pond but it just sat there and started to come back toward me. All while a big, stray tom cat was sauntering up. So I carried it back to my backyard and set it where we found it and left it. Hopefully mom will find it again.
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