Kara's Contest

Here is where you would find a button of my sister Kara's blog and photos by emilie contest. That is if I knew how to do it. Look later, my sister Karli is coming to help me enter this really great contest from Kara. You could win too.

Happy Birthday Russell

Today is my Honey's birthday and so far it's not gone exactly textbook. As you can see on my previous post it has snowed a lot over night. Two years ago we reshingled the roof of our store on Russ' birthday and it got so hot that the tar and little rocks on top of the shingles peeled off where we stepped. This year is the most opposite. I am also at work all day today, followed by two meetings I have after work. To top it all off I am not home tonight until 10:00. I feel bad, but since I won't see him all day and there's a good chance he will check my blog, I wish him a very happy birthday and a big I love you. You are the best man in the world and thanks for all you do for me. I LOVE YOU

Snow on the 19th of May

No, this is not an old picture I just downloaded from my camera, nor is this a really good example of my photo shopping skills (of which I have none). This is indeed the view from my car after dropping the boys off at the bus this morning. Yes, May 19 and we have a lot of snow. Town has sunk into a mild depression. Even the annoyingly bubbly bank teller was short with me this morning. I don't blame her, this is down right stinky. I can be grateful for one thing though, typically everyone here plants there gardens this last weekend and I was too busy doing a wedding cake so I had no time for planting, lucky for me, my plants will live another day. In the meantime, cry for me Argentina, cry for me, I am getting tired of snow.

Just like Dad

Russ has never been more proud. He has raised an entire army of weed burners. Equip with water tanks, hoses, matches and of course deisel, the men of the house went weed burnin' this weekend. As you can see by the jovial expression here on Bridger's face, it was a great time. Can I just mention that these pictures were taken just 5 minutes before we were to leave for a dinner appointment at a friends house and that I don't think all the Tide, Febreeze, or Oxy clean in the world will ever get the smoke smell out of these clothes.

They actually took turns seeing who could stay the longest, unseen in the smoke plumes. Of course, that sounds like a lot of fun.

Sometimes I just try not to look.

We are building a firepit and barbeque area. Oh what fun we have been having. The boys have been a huge help, pounding nails, leveling the ground, placing weed barrier and building the pit. It was a fun weekend project which is really close to being revealed. I am currently decorating it with items found in old sheds, at reuse barns and the dump. Wait until you see the finished product. And you are all invited to our next bbq and weiner roast, BYOS (bring your own smile). Stay posted

Playing Pioneer

When I was growing up a power outage was very exciting. My Mom would cook on her old wood cook stove, flashlights and candles were a must we all huddled around the fireplace for warmth and we called it "Playing Pioneer". I know we loved it more than Mom did, we didn't see the eminent need for bathing or using the toilet, there was always the great outdoors and water boiled on top of the wood stove for those trivial things. The other day I was reminded of playing pioneer when just minutes before leaving for church the power went out in our whole community. We still went to church and had a very nice testimony meeting in the dark. The last two meetings were cancelled due to a cold building and no pottys. So, home we went to play our own version of pioneer. We made our lunch in the fireplace (toasted marshmellows and hotdogs) visited and read further on the book we are reading together, The City of Ember. It was a nice day and the power came back on that afternoon.