Brownie Feet!!

Feet, Feet, Feet... How many feet do you meet? The Brownies made sandals with fabric today.

Look at Celina's pretty feet!!

Brownies working on their sandals

Brownies & Ice Cream loaded with sprinkles and marshmallows!

Badge awards

Monkeys in a tree...

Logan finally is tall and strong enough to get himself up into our tree in the front yard.
Look up Ethan...I see a monkey!!

Nope... I see 2 monkeys in a tree..



Motto: (am) muffin (noon) salad & sm hamburger(eve) 2 burritos, Exercise: 150 crunches, 100 leg lifts, 1 hr cl exercise.

Wednesday

Here's the Swallow. She's back to lay her eggs.

More to come today........


Motto: (am) 1 sm slice Banana Bread (noon) popcorn(eve) 3 ribs, potatoes & beans
(more leftovers).exercise: 3 hr moderate, 200 sit ups, 200 leg lifts. I need to increase my exercise and lower my calories. Might have to starve myself just to lose a pound! ugh!!!

Airport & Fort Snelling

Celina and Papa looking out the window watching the planes at the airport take off and land. Logan sleeping again, he's always misses out when we watch the planes.

Minneapolis Airport, Watching the planes land in the rain.

Here's another one that just landed.

Airport in the distance...

We didn't pick the best night to go watch planes. The wind was blowing from the other direction so the planes were landing mostly on the run way we couldn't see. Then the rain came down in buckets. Celina set off the horn while she climbed over the seat. She had the guy in the next car laughing and at least enjoying our entertainment.

Our drive by the Fort Snelling Cemetery. Hi Dad!!The Locked gates of Fort Snelling.

We had plans to vist my father at Fort Snelling tonight. We got there at 8pm thinking the gates would still be open. I took this photo on our drive by. We'll be back tomorrow night to visit Dad.

Pool Time ...

Pool Time:

Zach came over to swim with Celina & Logan.. Here we come!!!
Look I'm skate boarding in the pool.

Logan's getting ready to get wet!!

Hey Zach, how's the water??

Celina on the Dory Fish tube. I think her butt got stuck!

Logan, Celina & Zach, Swimming Sharks!!

Hey Zach, look what I can do!!

Back Yard Blooms

Here's an update on my back yard flowers. They opened up yesterday. They smell so great. Just wish there weren't so many ants all over them. I'd love to bring them inside but we'd be bringing ants in too.

Baby Birds

A Robin on her nest under our deck

I can't believe the Robin sat on her nest while I was only feet away taking photos.

Swallow nest above our front door. The swallows are out looking for food.

We've been keeping an eye on our Robin nest under our deck. We can see inside the bird nest by looking through the deck planks. First there was one egg, the next day 2 and so on until there were 4 baby blue robin eggs. Slowly one by one the eggs hatched last week and out came some ugly looking baby birds. They are all pretty much feather-less but have a few white fluffy stray feathers on parts of their bodies. It's neat to watch them snuggle up to each other while they strain their necks and heads to look up for food. I'll be keeping everyone posted on our baby bird news as they grow.

We now have a swallow nest above our front door. They worked hard over the holiday weekend to make a mud nest that attaches to the stucco on the house. I'm sure they are busy laying eggs. It's not the best place for a nest so I'm hoping they won't dive bomb us once the babies are born.

Motto: (am) nothing (noon) 2 taco's (snack) popcorn(eve),3 ribs, beans & potatoes, 1 DQ buster bar, exercise 2 hours, 150 sit ups, 100 leg lifts.

A Rib Dinner - End of Memorial Weekend....

My Homemade French Bread ... hot out of the oven... Steve with his pork BBQ Ribs....
Outside dinner with Annie, Wayne, Claudette, Tim, Lorraine, Celina & Logan....Josie (dog) too!!

Dessert... I thew this together fast. Angel food cake with vanilla pudding, fresh strawberries with a cool whip topping.. It was pretty good for something quick!

Dig in!!

Celina swinging..

My flowers are about to burst open!! They smell so good!

Celina & Logan playing so nice out front with their "MOON SAND"

The Memorial Day weekend is over. It was a very busy, fun-filled weekend. We made the most of staying home and not going up north to camp at Sauk Lake this weekend.

Motto: (am) popcorn (noon) spaghettio's, 2 ice pops (eve) 4 ribs, beans, potatoes and dessert (pudding, strawberries) 1 fruit slushy to drink with my water. No exercise today other then running around, baking and cleaning up. I didn't sit down!

The First Day of Pool Swimming

The First Time the kids swam in the pool this summer. Wow!! Are they happy!!
Celina wearing her new bathing suit from Annie (France).

Logan where's your "French" swim suit?

Taking the pool plunge. It was just filled with cold water!! Burrrrr

Moo, Moo

Our Neighbor Jaydee's job is cattle. We went out to Hampton where the cows are kept and saw all the baby calves.

Moo Moo

Out in the pasture with the cows, 4 wheeling


Mama cow and her baby

Logan looking out the truck window in the pasture. Look at all the cows!!

A new born Black Angus calf.

Hampton, Minnesota

Celina, Logan and Zach going for a ride in the tractor

Going to feed the cows

Watching Jaydee fill up the huge mixer attached to the tractor. Jaydee adds potatoes & corn to mix it and it feeds all the cows.

Look out Celina's driving.

Celina, Zach & Logan.. That's a huge tractor wheel!!

Steve playing around with the bobcat.

I can't stop!!!

Out at the barn yard with all the cows, moo..

Office Window

The cows are all pended up to be shipped off to market.