Horray! Horray! Horray! We have finally got a new floor in our kitchen and bathroom. Scot had about three days off before he started a new job so we had him come and work. He is fast and good. We have a new floor in the kitchen which is a lot like to old one. I tried to get something different but I really liked the color and texture of the old one so I went just a little darker and bigger squares. I think the darker is going to show the dirt clods Jim brings in with him but I think I will like it. We got the carpets back down and put a taller baseboard down. We also painted some walls. Then when you paint the walls you have to paint the doors and then the door frames and then the ceilings. So I think my painting project has just begun.
I spent some time outside cleaning out my flower beds today and found some bulb leaves poking through the dirt. It has been warm enough during the day that it is making us want to get into the fields and do something. Jim has been busy moving hay to the cube mill. They ask for up to 6 -7 loads a day. Hay is suppose to be a really good price next year. That means milk will probably go up for you guys. Flour is going sky high. Grandma McGary bought some the other day for $20.00 for 50 pounds. It was 15 just about 10 days ago. So you know grandma.....she buys about a ton of it. Stores it in her basement....never to be seen again.
Did you hear that Janae's pigs had babies. That is all the big news around here. Janae is so proud. The two mother pigs had 25 babies. The kids are all excited and invite everyone to stop in and see the little pigs.
Taylor I loved your pictures of the school president day celebration. Where did you get your costume? Did your mom make your skirt? It looks like you are a great singer. Payton and grandpa are practicing a song for grandparents day the first week in March. He has to sing a song to grandpa and grandpa has to read him a book. Send more pictures of your school things because we like to see them.
I loved the pictures of Kenna going to McDonalds. Her hair is really growing and she is so cute. Did Sha curl her hair or it it that natural curl? It looks like she like McDonalds as much as the other grandkids.
Okay, I have something to tell everyone. I am going to join the team at school and walk a four mile walk in April for MS. I am suppose to get sponsors. If anyone would like to sponsor me for $1.00 that would be great. I figure it would be like buying a lottery ticket. If you buy a $1.00 ticket and then grandma walks the four miles and kills over dead, the inheritance comes a little early. So is it worth a $1.00 to see if grandma can make 4 miles? No really I don't want you to donate, it is just a joke.
Well Jim just walked through the door looking hungry so I had better go. Love your blogs and pictures.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Sunday Activities
Well Tammy, Kim and Janae and their families were here today. We made about 150 valentine sugar cookies. The girls took all of them home for their classroom parties. We had flour and dough all over everyone. The kids loved rolling out their cookies and cutting them. But about 1/2 hour of it and they were through, so the mothers ended up finishing them. It was pretty nice outside today so the kids spent much of their time outdoors. It was about 55 degrees. I hope that means that spring is coming. I told Jim that I was ready to start planting flowers and working in my garden. But I think I had better put that off for awhile.
We had so much warm weather here the last few days most of the snow is gone. It all left in about two days. Boy did we have the flooding. Marshalls, our neighbor to the north of us, had their entire yard covered with water. It was coming across the road and they closed that road. Then the road from us to Ochoas washed out and they closed that road. We still had one way we could get out of our house and that was the newly paved road to the south. But Easterdays have a big lake in front of their shop also. The road crew will have a lot of repairs to do before they can open up many of these roads. I guess they had a big washout down at the bass pond. That steep road that goes down there just washed right away. It is sad how we get our excitement around here isn't it?
Tammy guided me through putting a picture on here. I'm not sure I can ever do it again but there is a picture of the snow we got. Then we got another 3 inches after that picture. It looked so pretty out there for a few days.
Well I guess I had better go and clean up my house. After everyone leaves it needs some attention. Happy Valentines day everyone.
We had so much warm weather here the last few days most of the snow is gone. It all left in about two days. Boy did we have the flooding. Marshalls, our neighbor to the north of us, had their entire yard covered with water. It was coming across the road and they closed that road. Then the road from us to Ochoas washed out and they closed that road. We still had one way we could get out of our house and that was the newly paved road to the south. But Easterdays have a big lake in front of their shop also. The road crew will have a lot of repairs to do before they can open up many of these roads. I guess they had a big washout down at the bass pond. That steep road that goes down there just washed right away. It is sad how we get our excitement around here isn't it?
Tammy guided me through putting a picture on here. I'm not sure I can ever do it again but there is a picture of the snow we got. Then we got another 3 inches after that picture. It looked so pretty out there for a few days.
Well I guess I had better go and clean up my house. After everyone leaves it needs some attention. Happy Valentines day everyone.
We are just trying this out with a picture post for mom and dad. Here are their most prize possesions....other then Tammy that is :) This picture is a little out of date and there are few additions missing but this was one of the pictures mom and dad had on their computer. Now if they can just get the pictures off thier camera then we can be more up to date.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
I do so like reading all your blogs. It is so nice to get to know what is going on in your lives. Candace we love seeing your pictures. We are "Technology Challenged" so we haven't figured out how to send pictures to everyone. Tammy needs to visit and maybe she can help us. I have some nice ones off all the snow we have and we still have snow on the ground. It just gets down to where you can see the grass and then it snows again. This week it is suppose to rain most of the time so maybe we will get rid of the snow. This is the most snow we have seen in a long time. They have really had trouble keeping Snowqualme pass open. Right now they are putting the snow in trucks and hauling it away. The snow is over 22 ft high along side of the roads and the snow plows and blowers can't push anymore. They have avalanches almost every day, so they are causing some of them on purpose. They said that right now they have 160% of what they usually have and it is suppose to snow at least for another couple of weeks, if not longer. All of those people who complained about not enough water last year are now complaining about to much.
Tate we saw your pictures of the trip to the dentist. We are so proud of you. You looked so brave. Those big teeth will come in and you will be eating steak with your daddy. I get a little afraid when I have to go to the dentist but now I know that if Tate can be brave so can I. We miss you.
Oh boys, I don't know if dad told you or not but Sister Virginia Gray passed away this past weekend. They had a nice service for her today. Curtis said he was going to drive the hearse and keep telling her to sit down in her seat, just like she had told him for years when she drove the school bus.
We still don't have floors in the bathroom or kitchen and to top it all off my deep-freeze that was on the back porch quit on me. Most of the vegetables, jams, strawberrries, and rasberries plus all the ice-cream had to be thrown away. Now dad is trying to talk me into an upright. He said it will be more organized and take up less space. Oh, little does he know I can unorganize anything.
Candace we are happy that you are feeling a little better. We hope this is the beginning of the end of all morning sickness. Watch taking to much unisom. Don't put the baby to sleep too. When we first saw your graph of the Hinkley challenge we thought it was a graph of the time you had left in your pregnacy. I told Jim that was a depressing graph. We were glad to see it was something else that will move a little faster.
Well we just go back from watching the Riner's ball games and dad is out trying to get another pole in the ground so we can get hooked up to HD tomorrow. I don't know how he is doing it. It is cold and dark and we may have a lop-sided pole by tomorrow. But he had to haul hay all day long and this is the first he had had to get outside. It will be interesting to look at the pole in the morning.
We miss and love you all. mom and dad
P.S. remember grandma McGary's birthday is Thursday. If you have time give her a call.. It will really brighten her day.
Tate we saw your pictures of the trip to the dentist. We are so proud of you. You looked so brave. Those big teeth will come in and you will be eating steak with your daddy. I get a little afraid when I have to go to the dentist but now I know that if Tate can be brave so can I. We miss you.
Oh boys, I don't know if dad told you or not but Sister Virginia Gray passed away this past weekend. They had a nice service for her today. Curtis said he was going to drive the hearse and keep telling her to sit down in her seat, just like she had told him for years when she drove the school bus.
We still don't have floors in the bathroom or kitchen and to top it all off my deep-freeze that was on the back porch quit on me. Most of the vegetables, jams, strawberrries, and rasberries plus all the ice-cream had to be thrown away. Now dad is trying to talk me into an upright. He said it will be more organized and take up less space. Oh, little does he know I can unorganize anything.
Candace we are happy that you are feeling a little better. We hope this is the beginning of the end of all morning sickness. Watch taking to much unisom. Don't put the baby to sleep too. When we first saw your graph of the Hinkley challenge we thought it was a graph of the time you had left in your pregnacy. I told Jim that was a depressing graph. We were glad to see it was something else that will move a little faster.
Well we just go back from watching the Riner's ball games and dad is out trying to get another pole in the ground so we can get hooked up to HD tomorrow. I don't know how he is doing it. It is cold and dark and we may have a lop-sided pole by tomorrow. But he had to haul hay all day long and this is the first he had had to get outside. It will be interesting to look at the pole in the morning.
We miss and love you all. mom and dad
P.S. remember grandma McGary's birthday is Thursday. If you have time give her a call.. It will really brighten her day.
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