Oh, a hunting we will go!

Hazen and Fischer were surprised to see this rug on the floor when they came into grandma's house. They immediately got their guns and began shooting!

Checking the teeth out.

Good days...

Do you know what this is? Besides bumpy snow?? My tulips are under the bumps. We had 4" Sunday morning. By afternoon, it had melted off. Last night we got another 6-8". If/when summer comes, we should have lush green grass!

Corbin turns one this week, so we celebrated Saturday night. Grandma Kathy made the cute cowboy cake to go with the plates and napkins.

Rio is sure getting big. He is 7 months old.

The first birthday cake picture.

Candle blowing lessons.

Yumm!

Dad doing some instructing.

Reading books with Mo.

Finally getting into the cake eating.

A UFO?

We can't see the mountains, but this bright cloud is right above us. The weather people tell us these type of clouds spin off the top of mountains because of wind.

Looking out at a snowy day again...

I would enjoy putting some current pictures of our life with green grass, flowers, etc. on the blog. That just is NOT happening for awhile. This is out of the living room window. The snow gets stuck in splotches...it is pretty in a "spring is here, but winter is not over yet" way!

Good fences

This was the scene 3 days ago.

We had lots of good help building fence. The snow has melted pretty much since Sunday.

Grpa G trying to get several miles of fence built before it snows again. Below is the electric fence tester....oh, wait. The fence wasn't turned on yet. He must be playing a joke!! Click on the picture, it looks real!

The next snow storm is on its way Wed afternoon.

Spring is in the air?....

Several weeks ago, I planted seeds in little peat pellets....then in the cups a week or so later.I found this Upside Down Patio Garden planter at Sam's Club. I wouldn't dare put it outside even in the summer as the wind in this area would tip it over and break the plants off. So these plants will thrive (I hope) in my sunny south window.

Today, George and I planted cucumbers, zucchini, and yellow squash in the top, and 3 different kinds of tomatoes hanging out of the bottom of the planter. You might notice out the window, that it is snowing outside. Inside, it is warm and sunny!

Fourth picture

These were the days before digital, so these were scanned into the computer. Read from bottom to top ....you have to click on it to see it.

Michelle mentioned putting the 4th picture from your 4th folder....well this was 4th of July 2003. Clayton and Grpa had gone fishing.

Snowy day..

Last week I put some pictures of the sage chickens strutting on the blog. Dorlene has a really good closeup video on her blog. Last night we went out to try and get some pictures in the snow. The chickens weren't there, but their tracks were. They had been out Sunday morning after the snow storm. The sage chickens have used this area for their spring strutting grounds forever....100's of years probably. They are right on the county road, and they stay out all night until about 8 am.

Grandpa G has to dig through the snow drifts to get wood for the woodstove.I I am a little hard up for pictures that aren't snow related :(

My sisters purses

Polly and Lacey are having fun making these purses from old cowboy boots. They have sold several.

Signs of Spring....

Since my last post, We have had a blizzard about every 2 days. I am a little tired of snow pictures, but here are some of my tulips on the south side of the house. They only have about 6" Of snow covering them. On the north side, there is at least a foot or more of snow on top. Some are not pointed on top anymore, so either a hungry cow, or rabbit has helped themself to some "tulip greens". Little signs like this keep us remembering other long winters that eventually turned into spring.