The Summer of Projects

So I am going to call this Summer the "Summer of outdoor home projects". We had a very productive year and I still cannot believe how much was accomplished in a Summer.


First we built the shed:


Than we covered the deck:

Put in a water feature:

Than Andy built my flower bed:


Put in an arbor for my grapes:


Now------

We had the house painted. You know both of the homes we have owned were yellow and not that we have anything against that color...we just prefer something other than yellow. I found a guy through craigslist that we absolutely loved and in one day our entire house was painted. Andy and I finished the trim the following day and now we have a beautiful green/brown home. We love it. We still have to paint the door, but other than that we are done...for this year I think with outside activities. =) So when you come to visit "no you are not at the wrong house."

South Dakota

We just returned from South Dakota and had a wonderful trip, that as usual was not long enough. This was a mini-family reunion for us and what a great time we had. We flew in to Rapid City and drove about 3 hours to Pierre. We spent our time eating, talking, fishing, and etc. Thank you family for a great time. We love you all so very much and could not have asked for a better time.

Love you.

The Family

The Cousins

My brothers

A Day Out With Dad

Huckleberries are here!!!! My dad and I went out today about 45 minutes from our house and in about 2.5 hours we had a little over 2 gallons. It was absolutely beautiful and so quiet. We had a wonderful time together as we rarely get the time to do something with just the two of us. Now on to making Huckleberry Cobbler and pancakes.

The Full Berry Bushes

The Goods

A country girl never goes without protection note- Dad, Dog, and Sidearm.

What a beautiful day on the hillside

Lake Time

This last weekend we were able to spend at Deer Lake, which is about 45 North of our home. Andy and his friend Jason did some work on this guys boat and he gave us a weekend for payment. We had an outstanding time. We were able to take out his boat and use the jet ski all weekend. We got plenty of time on the water and had a very relaxing weekend.

The Cabin

The short walk to the water

Jason out on the jet ski

Andy having a great time.

The boat we were able to take out.

What a great time!!!

I had the chance to go over and spend a few days with Jason, Gina, and Blair. We had so much fun. Blair is constantly changing and learning so much. The weather was perfect so we were able to spend alot of time outside and we were also able to make a ferry trip over to have dinner with Lucas and Adina. I hope you enjoy the photos and check out the videos at the bottom.

Family photo

Fun with the little man

What a good looking guy

I love to swing

Just like dad

So big...I can now hold my own bottle

My green monkey hitching a ride


Another one with dad

Sorry the video is a little dark...but what do you hear? They have been working on MaMa and DaDa

Showing how funny I can be with my green monkey

Jason and Blair come for a visit

Jason and Blair came for a visit. This was the first time Blair flew and Jason said he was the hit of the plane and barely cried at all. On this visit Blair is using his voice to see how loud he can be, he ate dinner at the table with all of us and had his own peas for dinner.

My how he loves peas.

Sitting next to dad for dinner.

This is how he plays with his hands in his mouth.

My dad is so funny.

Those baby blues.

Great 4th of July

We had a wonderful 4th of July. We wanted to thank the Butlers (Dave, Katie (Andy's sister), Kim, and Hadley for making the long hot drive up from Vancouver, WA to spend the holiday with us. We had so much fun as all of the girls decorated flip flops and bags and if I may say if anyone is into projects go to Joann Fabrics and get the materials for these projects. We spent the 4th up in Colville in the river and than returned to Spokane for the downtown fireworks and than a few of our own at home around 11 p.m. (your welcome neighbors =) ) The boys got sometime to work on the cars and we were able to enjoy some time out on the deck when things cooled down. We sure had a great time catching up and it made for an outstanding 4th for us.

Kim being cute.

Hadley rocking out with her firework as a microphone...yes she set it off first.

Andy and Dave putting on a small show for our neighbors...oh ya fireworks are ILLEGAL in Spokane

Some more fireworks...I was messing with the functions on the camera, but I thought it looked kind of cool.