Cleaning or Curling?

Logan went hog wild washing the floor this morning.  Instead of lettting the sponge drip the watrer back in the bucket he swished it all over the floor.  But it's all clean and finalllly dry now..haha.  :)

For Jen. She loves watching Sheepy :)

 this is kates reaction to jeff when he comes home.

and she know how to do stairs going up but not down.

most of the time they get along to play... most of the time.

Damon loves cutting grass with Dad.

Kate was 10 months on mothers day. snapshot.

one of the most decent pictures i can get of him.

just a few pics so you recognize the kids when you see them again in july. i finally figured how to put stuff up. sorry it took so long. Damon actually calls jeff dada now. before it was either jeff or mom. Kate fell down the stairs a few weeks ago so she's kinda scared to learn how to go down. camping is getting close now. can't wait.

Cheynes Beach

So for Johns birthday a bunch of us went to Cheynes Beach. We left at about 7:30ish in the morning, took about 45 min to an hour to get there. Cooked up some bacon and egss on the bbq there, then went 4*4ing to a beach. there was a bit of a confusion/misunderstanding though cus some left from where we had breakfast to fill up their car quickly. the one part that was clear though was the beach we were going to, Back Beach,but theres 2 different ways to get there. One goes pretty directly there like a 4*4 track but not nearly as long, kinda.. And the other one is more interesting, a much longer track too. So 3 cars, Johns and 2 others went the long way, and they all went the short way.. They were there for a while before we actually got there. Anyways so we just all hung out there for awhile. THen we left to go the Cheynes beach. Not that far from each other, hope i am not confusing you here. Anyways. Cheynes beach is really really long, and its got dunes to drive in and all that. maybe itll be a bit clearer with pictures. Anyways so we went to the dunes. Bluff Creek i think that area is called. John got stuck on top of the flippin dune. Usually that dune, which is always pretty huge, is more flat at the top, so you can drive your cars on top, but this time it was very steep on each side.. just to a line really at the top. . so he just kept driving along the dumb thing,well until he got bogged, while i am kinda freakin out..  Anyways he had to get all the other boys to pretty much just lift it up and drag it to one side otherwise it would have just tipped if they just pushed it to one side..pretty funny after. The guys all later went sandboarding, i didnt really dare at first.but then way later i went with Simone, one of the other girls there, then i was pretty much hooked.. sandboarded for the rest of the afternoon, i was quite exhausted. But at first though i couldnt go at all. I was just pushing myself down the hill. So i looked for a more steep one.. Found one and stayed there for awhile. tried to stand on the board going down.. not really that easy to steer. Was a lot of fun though. It was quite exhilerating :). And it was the most beautiful day too. The sun was shining and there was hardly any wind. Left at about 4:30 from Bluff Creek. got back into albany at about 6:30. Had supper at mcdonalds. Then went to Johns, Rob, his brother was gonna have ppl up for a bonfire. They came, and john invited his friends too, the same ones as at the beach so we all just sat by the fire, pretty nice. I got bit by a bull ant that night too, kinda painful i must say.  And now since you are probably so very sick of reading all this, i will put up some pictures

another b-day

Just in.......... Dawna's hunny is having a b-day today (17th).  Unless he is fibbing on that one too since his fb profile says he lives in Anchorage, Alaska.  I had asked DJ just this a.m. when his birthday was. She had told me it was in May just not the date. So now we know. 

I DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO FIND PICS OF YOU 

SO HOPING THIS WILL DO!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM ! LOVE YOU AND WE ALL WISH YOU MANY MORE AND MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU WITH A HAPPY HEALTHY YEAR!

family birthdays

THANK YOU for the gift all of you! I love it.  I will send a picture when it is on the right wall.  It got a bit scarred b/c of the name tags but I will try to see if washing it will fix it.
Mom

From Dad

 Here you go dad, now you can see it.  stairs are gonna go all around the bottom, so no railings

Ruby is our little chicken, but today (Sunday) she decided to stand and she's quite 

proud of it too.  And of course she stood in bed too and cried till I came to take her 

down. Now she just has to figure the going down part :)

AIM

 FIRE  

YUP GOT IT

Last sunday dwight and all us girls had a little fun.  Amber actually aimed and fired the pellet gun 

and hit them.  AS you can see BOTH are quite excited about it. :)

 

I think this kiddo is gonna take several years to be a marksmen :)

and Leah and (Dwight)just thought it was pretty awesome.  He's laughing so crazy cause they actually got it.

Sask.

Dad & I went to SK to check out a tractor. A TW20, like the one we already have here.  Left midmorning, got there 5 o'clock just like we said.  Checked out the tractor, went in to have a coffee/tea. Left there at 7, decided No we didn't want to spend a night in a hotel so got home just before midnight.  They have decided to buy the tractor and Uncle John offered to pick it up.  So Dad & Uncle are going on Tues. Then we will have twin tractors!  Here are some pics of and around Unity, SK.

 There isn't even a Welcome to SK. sign to let us know we are in their province.

We had to go around the lake to get to the farm. Going to it we could see the road on the other side but not heading back.

That is all for now.

Torq

Yes that is the way I am spelling his name.  We were told he was 3ish years old. Aunt Tina says he is about 6 years old, which makes sense because he has gray in the mouth area. Aunt Tina has Torq's bro.  Anyway we have had him for a couple of weeks now and thought I should let you see him.  He sticks around, plays fetch, doesn't jump on you, brushes his head against you though because he wants to be petted, doesn't go to the road (that we have noticed anyway), listens to commands.  So all around good dog!

Getting excited???????

So.......... TWO months and counting before we will all be together enjoying each others company, water, campfires, etc.  Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, Dawna, we will have stories to tell. It is too bad that you will miss it.  You will be missed.