It has finally gotten warm and the crops are turning green. They have even planted potatoes around the Pasco area. I have been busy pruning roses, cleaning flower gardens and pruning rasberries. It feels so good to be outside again. I may even tackle dads shop today. (Okay that will take more than just today to finish) The farm is busy putting fertilizer on and getting the machinery and sprinklers ready. They bought a new ton-right and had to do some work on it and it will be so nice to have two of those going. We may have to teach Colton to run one and Blake to run the other. It takes some patience to stick on those and take the time to put the stack up straight. Hope those boys have the patience.
We were so excited to hear from Brian and Candace and they had exciting news. Even more exciting than "It's a boy" were the words that everthing looks good. Now all that needs to happen is the baby and Candace to grow. And they will be busy exchanging all those girls things for boys things. Sorry Brian, your 4-season closet may not be needed. Boys only have two seasons....sports and camo.
We are going to go see Caden play another basketball game today. We watched him play a couple of weeks ago and they are amazing to see little 6-7 year old boys that can play positiions and shoot like they do. We watched Payton wrestle last week. It was one of those little guy wrestling tournaments that last from 8-8. But Payton won his weight and age bracket. It is cute to see his tough face he gets on. We are almost as busy chasing grandchildren as we were our own.
Some of you have asked about making some payments or paying early on this summer family trip. I have a savings account that I am putting the money into so if you want to send early there is a place for it. I hope everyone is as excited as we are for this.
Well I had better get going and start that shop. Love you all. grandma
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
New News
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.
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.
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.
Monday, January 28, 2008
My first blog!!! Finally
I finally talked to Tammy and found out how to write something on our blog. Then school was cancelled today because of the big snow storm we had so I will have the time to write. We are suppose to get more snow tonight and tomorrow so we may have another day off. We have about 6-8 inches of snow and the road department doesn't have the quipment to do much cleaning up. Madison just called and said that Candace Nielson had called and said there was a sled riding party at the hill. The Riners want to come but they don't know if they can get up the hill to our house. Saturday night after the ball game it was raining ice and they got stuck on a smaller hill to their house and had to have someone come in a pickup and pull them out. I want them to have the fun of sledding but I don't like the idea of them being on slick roads. She said that Janae's boss came and picked her up today for work and will let her bring a 4-wheel drive vehicle home. Okay you Idaho and Utah people are just laughing, but we don't see snow like this.
I am still without a floor in my kitchen and bathroom. The furniture from the kitchen and frontroom are stacked in one corner of the frontroom. At least there is not a lot of housework I can do, so I have resorted to cleaning drawers and closets. Hopefully this week we can start getting our lives back together. It has been three weeks now and I am ready for something to happen. I just keep thinking how long it took us to get into this house in the first place.
Everyone should be getting a letter from me telling some information about the summer family reunion. If you have any comments let me know. I don't want to plan this thing by myself. I want some input from everyone.
Well I hope this is the first of many blogs from grandpa and grandma Nielson. I enjoy the blogs from your families all of the time. It really lets us get some updates and get involved in your lives. Thanks for kepping them up. You have inspired me. Love mom
I am still without a floor in my kitchen and bathroom. The furniture from the kitchen and frontroom are stacked in one corner of the frontroom. At least there is not a lot of housework I can do, so I have resorted to cleaning drawers and closets. Hopefully this week we can start getting our lives back together. It has been three weeks now and I am ready for something to happen. I just keep thinking how long it took us to get into this house in the first place.
Everyone should be getting a letter from me telling some information about the summer family reunion. If you have any comments let me know. I don't want to plan this thing by myself. I want some input from everyone.
Well I hope this is the first of many blogs from grandpa and grandma Nielson. I enjoy the blogs from your families all of the time. It really lets us get some updates and get involved in your lives. Thanks for kepping them up. You have inspired me. Love mom
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