Train Museum tour 6-17-10

Here is some really cool pic's of the tour of

the train museum.

I like the fire statiion onfire.

love the hearse at the diner.

Love the mini train station.

A derailed train car.

Swimmers.

logging.

oppps.

A used car dealer.

Gone with the wind playing at the movies.

huge ship.

Hobo village.the fire really glows.

The detail on this was some awesome. You should really see it in

person. the camera didn't capture all the detail.they even had tiny chickens.

Great job guys. Thank You.

Josh The Sanke Guy 5-21-10

We had Josh the snake guy,bring some of his pets

and tells us alittle bit about his job.

He removes creepy crawly things that are unwanted .

From young and old,

most everyone seemed to like Josh's little friends.

Some took time to warm up to the idea

of touching or holding one.

then liked it when they did.

This is Gumpy Guss

I think he's like 7 feet long.

Josh also brought some of his other little friends.

Here is an iguana.

This little guy I liked .

It's a leopard geko.

I just love his face.

Here is a pair of ball pythons.

The male is George, I don't remember the

females name, but she was carrying eggs.

Grumpy Guss

Finding a quiet place to hang.

This is Fruit cake, a 7foot albino boa constrictor.

Josh , using one of his handy tools

to show us the teeth on a snake.

Josh brought a couple of turtles.

Some scopions.

Was creepy but cool.Their venom is used in medicine,

to help make things numb.

When under a black light , they turn

a cool bright blue.

I sure do hope I never see any of these little friends

of Josh's in my backyard.

Thanks Josh, awesome day.

And Thanks to the River Church for letting use the building.

girls day 4/2010

We thought a girls day would be nice.

so we did a little something with Mag's hair.

old fashion pin curls.this is half done.

This is all done. a few hundred bobbypins, hours later,

and one night sleeping on it.

this is half down.

this is all down.

this is what it looked like with a little styling.

then Mag styled it her way.

Owl Houses 5/2010

The first crack of sunshine we set to biulding

Owl nesting boxes.

This time I made a jig, to make things easier.

The kids did a great job working with power tools.
they worked in pairs, one held the pieces,
the other drilled the pieces .

the weather was great, the kids did a great job.
I hope the owls will be happy.

And we are also doing owl lapbooks, and owl pellets.

1st dance 5/2010

This is the only picture I was allowed to

get at the girls first school dance.

They must have had fun, cause they went

to the 2nd one, which I wasn't allowed

to take any pictures.

The ones that put on the dance did a great job.

thanks for doing the dance

and keeping it fun and safe for our kids.

Butterfly spring 2010

In the fall last year, we found some really cool looking

caterpillars. We brought one home and let the others free.

with in hours of bringing it home, it turned into a cocoon.

We checked it everyday, then this spring, we came home

one day, and found the container on the floor,

with this inside.

IIt was really beautiful.This is the under side.

Here is a little video before we turned it free.

Major Makeover.spring 2010

With spring comes changes.so our garden princess

got a makeover.

It starts with hair and clothes.

Here is the new garden princess.

Now she's all dressed up and no place to go.
And she needs a playmate.
So we put on the thinking caps
and made the princess a friend.

thinking and working.

Now we have Farmer Ted.

Introducing the Garden Princess and Farmer Ted.

The two of them will be incharge of our garden this year.
I think they are a cute couple.

12 days old.

I just love this pic. you can read his face.As a mom, we go through the bumps and the good times

with our children. I have seen this look many times from his mom.

I knew right away, that my daughter was going to be a handful and

go her own path in life.

Now as a grammie, I can sit back and watch

the path this wee one is going to take his mom on.

From the look on his face, it's going

to be a good one.

Maybe this is why babies don't talk .!!!

To my daughter: enjoy the ride dear,

It's forever life changing.

Baby pictures

Well I'm a grammie now , so I most do Grammie things.

Like dig out all the baby pictures.

This one is Connor 1 day old.

This one is Sara ( the mom) 3 days old. Coming home

from the hospital.
Connor on left 1 day old, Sara on right 4 days old.
Sara's first pair of jeans.

This one Connor on left 1 day old,

Sara on right 2 hrs. old

This one Connor on left 1 day old,

Sara on right 2 hrs. old.

Sara's hair would not lay down, it stood up straight all the time.

A new arrival 01-20-10

With the New Year comes new surprises.

Many of us have entered into a very new realm

of life.

This is our families newest arrival.

Connor James

6lbs. 9oz. 19 1/4 in.

Mother (Sara) and Son.

This is Great auntie Fran with Connor 1 day old.

He's just talking up a storm.
and of course Auntie Maggie with Connor 1 day old.

Then Grammie with Connor 1 day old.

Grammie has to see the hair.

Connor was about 5 weeks early. But everyone is doing fine.