A post for Heather...and Griffin's favorite places...

This post is for Heather who is always asking me to post pictures of our yard! The above photo is a picture of Griffin's most favorite place to play! Anytime he sneaks outside I usually can find him here. He loves to load his tractors with dirt and rocks and push them around. He just stands at the edge of the retaining wall playing for hours!
The above picture is the back portion of our fence. Joe had been working diligently on our yard, but now has to really focus on getting some jobs for work done! He is doing such a wonderful job and I am grateful my husband is such a hard worker! The picture was taken from the top of our deck.
This picture is just another one of the back fence.

This is a picture of the fence along the West side of our house. It is shared with a neighbor so Joe did a different layout, forgot what it is called.

The sprinklers are all in, but I think there is a leak somewhere so we have to locate it and fix it. After that is fixed I believe the plan is to get some sod!
Here is another one of Griffin's favorite play spots. This is the storm drain across the street. We also have one in our ditch however Griffin likes to go across the street. He loves to collect rocks and drop them into the bottom.
He likes to peek in real close as he drops the rocks. I think he is sometimes disappointed when he doesn't see them at the bottom, or maybe he likes hearing them splash into the water? Who knows but he loves looking real close!

More projects

Joe is busy working on getting the pad ready for our fireplace!! By next Friday everything should be done.

We decided to get a stove type fireplace instead of the traditional type. Guess you will have to wait and see what I am talking about b/c I am sure I didn't use the correct jargon.

Joe is very excited about his project and we are all looking forward to warming up the basement a little! Of course once the fireplace is working the cold weather will magically disappear~
Of course he has a cute little helper!


Joe and Griffin spent all day together. Griffin went with Joe to work and had a blast.

I woke up early this morning, 5:30 am, so I could get ready for the welcome to Beehives breakfast for our newest girl Casy. It was a fun time. We picked up the girls and then went to Natalie's house to make Belgian waffles, drink hot cocoa and spend time with one another. This is the second time I have been able to go, each time Natalie and I are figuring out how to make things run more smoothly. Next time we are going to try adding, nuts, bacon, and sausage to our Belgian waffles. Not all three at once, mind you!

After breakfast I went to Red Lodge to participate in a shoebox swap with ten other Stampin Up! demonstrators. I had a fun time. After we were done stamping we all went to the Red Lodge Pizza Company for lunch. It was fun to get away from my daily duties and do something I enjoy.

And I am sure you are all wondering what I am doing tonight...catching up on my Saturday chores and working on my lesson for tomorrow*wink*

Fun times in the garage

Griffin has been having a blast helping Joe tape the garage. He loves climbing up the scaffold, and playing with his laser. He has also enjoyed walking around with his trike. He hasn't quite figured out how to pedal but he is getting closer.

Joe is hard at work mixing mud. He really is amazing. He decided he wanted to learn how to tape and texture so he is practicing on our garage! A quick shot of the garage. Nothing too exciting.

Here is my handsome husband hard at work!

Fun with the cricut

I made these letters with my new cricut! Thanks Joe, Griffin, Mom, Heather, Nate, and Ella for the wonderful gift. I've been having so much fun cutting things.

These letters are cut out of 12x12 paper so they are BIG. We tacked them up above Griffin's closet. So now finally I can say we did something decorative in our babies room...I am planning on making some other things for his room so you will just have to stay tuned.

365 days later...

Okay so this post is about one year late oops!!!

Joe built the enclosure around our house last winter, we loving referred to it as the "man cave". He put all the cultured stone up around our front porch. Because it was freezing at night we had to keep it heated, thus the reason for the huge enclosure!

I am sure our neighbors thought we were crazy but oh well. Joe did a wonderful job!
And here is a peek inside the man cave! This really was a huge task to undertake. Joe worked all day and then would come home, and diligently go outside every night and put up stones.

I must admit the man cave was quite cozy once you got inside. Griffin of course loved to check it out but we couldn't stay outside too long because there was fire, and cement which aren't good combos for a little one.
Hope you enjoyed this little post about my darling hubby!!! Just wanted to let Joe know how much I love and appreciate him. He is the hardest worker I know and he is so talented! He can pretty much figure out how to do anything.

It's beginning to look a lot like...

CHRISTMAS!

It's been snowing all weekend. I don't think anyone really thought it would stick but it sure has!

Here is a look at what it looked like through our front door this afternoon:

Eviction Notices Served

This is Stella the spider. She is one of our tenants. We have just served her with an eviction notice...and thus she is is looking for a new home.

Qualities: Very quiet, will eat all the moths, gnats, lady bugs, or any insect that wonders into her room.

Cons: Very scary looking, makes a huge ugly nest and doesn't clean up after she eats. Has a tendancy to show up when you aren't wanting any company.

Please contact her directly if you have room for her at your place. Oh you are wondering how to contact her...well I am sure if you just step outside your home you will run into a few of her relatives, they know her direct line!






Stella isn't quite your type, don't worry we've got another tenant we would love for you to meet!

Meet the "Hornets". They have a very large family and are currently expecting about 59 more buzzing bundles of joy.

They tend to mind their own "bizzness" until you come outside with a cold beverage, or any type of food. Because their family is so large there is always someone coming and going. Their flight patters are quite hectic and they do not respect any no fly zones you may already have in place.

When they get angry, and this happens a lot, they will just fly right up to and give you a sting.

Oh and we decided they could not stay. Their home however is for sale!

Backyard Balloons

These photo's were actually taken a couple weeks ago but I haven't had time to crop and upload!

Early one Saturday morning we woke up to find the sky filled with hot air balloons. Griffin loved it! We were lucky enough to have one land in our neighborhood, practically right out the back door!

This particular balloon reminds me of the Wizard of Oz, actually any hot air balloon does. Anyone want to hitch a ride to the Emerald City?

We live in a bird house!

This afternoon when Griffin and I came home from work there was quite a commotion going on in the front yard. There were birds flying around and squawking like crazy! Griffin and I sat on the porch and watched.

I happened to look into our window well and found the cause of the commotion! This little bird fell into our window well and got stuck. At first I thought it was dead but it wasn't!

I climbed into the well and scooped the bird up into a priority mail box. Then Griffin and I set the bird loose.




This bird didn't move a muscle when Griffin dropped a rock right on its head! Scared me to death. I thought the mother bird was coming in to attack me!













After I let the bird out of the box it ran across the street into the weedy ditch. It took Griffin and I a bit to find it but we did. We tried to get him to keep running up the ditch to his nest but again he wouldn't move.













I can't say for sure but I think this might be the birdie's mother? At least we are hoping.

After the baby bird was released the birds stopped flying around and squawking. Hopefully all will be well with our bird friends!

Meet the Grubbs

Every morning I have been seeing a Robyn with a huge green caterpillar wrapped around its beak. She likes to sit on top of one of the rocks in our front yard. How do I know it is a she, she is the bigger of the two! The daddy Robyn likes to perch himself on top of our roof and he usually has a worm wrapped around his beak.

Well one morning I patiently waited for the Robyn to go to her nest. I figured it must be somewhere near by because I see the parents ALL the time. I was right the Robyn's built themselves a nest in our blue spruce! I feel so honored they wanted to move into our tree!

Got my camera out and took some pictures of their three babies! I call them the Grubb's! Aren't they so cute! I've never seen baby birds in their nest before. So amazing. Mr. and Mrs. Grubb didn't seem to mind me taking a few photo's. They sat in their usual perches with a very watchful eye over my every move but they didn't dive bomb me like our other bird friends, more about them later.

So as of today our house is up on the market. We have been so busy packing, decluttering, and staging our house. This isn't the greatest picture but this is how I set our dining room table. Kind of fun! I wish it looked like this all the time.

I know I need to iron the table runner, but I had to set it up first to see if I would even like it.






Just a close up of the set. The chargers are a deep burgandy~ Forgot to take a picture of the wonderful faux wall that Joe did. Will do that next time!

Wish us luck with our house on the market.

I really hope I can keep the house clean enough for showings.

We have one more weekend until the first official showing so I've got to get busy with the deep cleaning!