May Days in the Yard

Memorial Day Weekend , Just pictures of the yard to compare to 2008-9  boy have we got plants.

Mothers Day 2014,  yesterday placed Chickens in the Garden area..enclosure finished.

The Chicken Taj.

Well not sure what it says about us, but we have a Chicken Habitat in our front yard. Hey, It's Easter this week anyway. My plan is to move it to the garden/goat yard this weekend. Still need to do a few things inside, like feed and water stations and an outside security fence. 

Chief architects and builders: Judd & Kipp , (we had a single pencil and scratch paper between us.)
Construction: old 1" Cedar fence  reclaimed
Stained Glass Window: Kipp's  ( my window, heat gun and, crayola's. --His Talent)
Whole Window wall is removable.
Inside decorations and paintings of  Colonal Sanders, by Debi's Rabbit. (wants egg production)
Copula's and small windows, built from scratch..
Wooden vents were  old shutters taken off our house when we painted
Copula's roof is Copper Foil.

The feeders are great and cost about $4. 4" PVC Tee, cut out, plugged up and a 2 liter bottle in the top . Most of the idea was plagiarized from "Dine-a-Chook" from Australia.

The waterer's are chicken nipples . Clean and saves on waste and cleanness.

They can move in as soon as all the feathers are on them.

Sallie_Speckled Sussex
Rosy_ Rhode Island Red
Lulu--the Cuckoo Maran
Henrietta_ Sicilian Buttercup

Little Garden shed

Little garden shed with stone pavers as a fake stone foundation. the shed stands on 4 x 4 legs.

Sunshine Coast!

So we planned a bike trip with our friends the Metge's on the Hiawatha Trail but it was still covered in snow so we changed directions and went north to the Canadian Sunshine Coast. And guess what we HAD sunshine really it was great. So here are a few pictures. How was the trip well I will sum it up in just a few words, 14 thousand elevation total gain for a 6 day trip!!!!!

Looking Forward to Spring and Summer

Well we have almost made it through the winter. And it wasn't so bad, as our family would say. We are now getting ready for the spring and summer months when we are very busy. At least this summer we don't have a whole house to paint. We just made our reservations for Grandkids Summer Camp. The menu is set and most of the activities we plan on doing. But before all that I want to redecorate the inside of my home. New paint, curtains, carpet, update family wall. Maybe paint a mural on a wall or two. Just wanted everyone to know we are alive and doing well.

What can I say it doesn't matter what time of year I'm at the beach I must enter into the surf!!

Fall Is In The Air

We have been really busy in the yard actually Kipp was busy in our yard. Kipp, Haruka and Max came to visit and attend Kipp's grade school buddies wedding. But we got a lot of work out of him while he was here. He did most of the great grape stake fence around our raised bed garden and the posts for the beehive fence.

Summer What Summer!!??

Well I don't know about anybody else but over here in the northwest we were robbed of our summer. I don't know who took it but we didn't get it. We are all hoping for an Indian Summer, I hope I hope I hope! We did have a full summer season though. As you can see. Now it's time to think of our winter projects. I hope mine is painting inside. This time the walls. It really is time it has been probably 7 years or more. Then get new carpet, which I have been waiting for a long time. Love you all. Give me a comment to let me know how your are.

A Day with the Honey Bees

So we harvested about 30 pounds of honey this weekend. Then our little weak hive was attacked you yellow jackets. This is Judd helping to defend the hive.

The Finished Product

So here we are with the house all but done...the back deck needs to be painted and then we are completely done. Notice the porch colors...it's so great I love it.

What Goes On At Grandkids Camp?

We had such a great time even though we didn't see the sun the entire time!!!!

Grandkids Camp.

So here we are all ready to hit the road. We are all really excited. Don't have our matching shirts on yet. Nuts.
Isaac didn't get to go and he was really upset when he realized he wasn't going. Sorry Buddy

Y.W.Camp Where Women Become Girls!!

What more can I say about this....too fun really.

New Garden Spot or goat pen?

So you need to click on this to make it bigger...notice in the back raised bed anything that shouldn't be there????? ha ha ah

Rock N Roll Marathon Pic

This was sooooo much fun, mind you it was still running and tough but sooo much fun. The music, the family, the weather, and the joy of being able to do it!!!!
We might just do it again!!!! Who knows, but right now I think 10K's sound pretty good.

Family Photo's Are The Best.

And this is what it would have looked like after the climb. We just had a great time together even though it was miserable weather.

Mt. Adams...What was I thinking?

So at church on Sunday Lydia listened to the speaker talk about his hike on Mt. Adams and said "I want to do that" so she involved the whole family. Kipp flew out from South Carolina, and we headed for the mountain. Bracan's brother-in-law came with us also. The snow level was so low that it was 2 miles just to the trail head, then another 3 -4 miles to lunch counter, our base camp. We were rained on the entire day, thus soaked, just pass the tree line we had lightening not good when you have metal snowshoes, ski poles, and ice picks in your backpack. So we headed down for cover. Blizzard during the night, leaving 4 inches of snow. No reason to head up cuz you won't see anything anyway. All were sad, Aaron and Kipp decided to have some fun anyway and went sledding in the morning on their sleeping pads. It was a miserable/good time. Pictures coming later.

A little tourism before the big race.

Zion's National Park is a wonder to behold and the picture don't show the grandness of it at all.

Checking out the Finish Line

So looking forward to 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, 26.2 marthon run and look they are both smiling.