Here is what we did over Memorial Day...

We enjoyed our time at Jeff and Lisa's this past weekend. It was nice to see lots of good friends, and Chris had a blast heading and heeling at the branding. Lisa N. took this great shot of Chris. I think he is quite studly...don't you?!? hee hee

I had lots of other pictures to post, but I left my camera at Lisa's house. Chris helped me paint the master bathroom in our house, and I just finished painting the dry wall in our loft and over the stairs today. We are almost DONE painting. It will sure feel nice to have that done. Fischer is doing lots of new tricks, and I will post a video once I have my camera! He has started snapping his fingers everytime he hears a song. On Sunday, Fischer decided he was going to snap his fingers during a hymn. :)

I have enjoyed catching up on the blogs...and hope you all had an enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend.

Lots of Laughter, Visiting and Just Plain Fun!

Our busy week started with having 6 puppies at 4AM on Tuesday. I heard our dog Nip howling at the top of her lungs...at first I thought it was a coyote. I woke Chris up wondering what in the world was going on! Then Chris peeked his head out of the door, and could hear the puppies.
Joe and Jan and "Grandma" (Joe's Mom) came Tuesday afternoon to spend a couple of days with us. Joe helped Chris lay tile, and Jan helped me prune my bushes. Grandma helped me keep Fischer preoccupied. She was so good with Fischer, and just loved spending time with him. Fischer enjoyed all of the attention!
We sure had fun. The weather was beautiful, and we had lots of BBQ's outside. Joe and Jan also love bird watching, and had fun driving around the ranch and looking at all of the birds. They headed home on Thursday evening.
On Friday, we headed over to Kirby and Dixie's branding. Dixie was suppose to have her baby on Saturday, but the hospital was so full they had to wait! We are anxiously waiting to hear from them...
That evening we met Owen and Kristi at the Wolf for dinner. It was fun to go out to eat with good friends...and Fischer enjoyed all of the GOOD FOOD.
On Saturday, Damon and Tessa and their two little boys came to see us. Fischer had so much fun with Deuce and Dante. It was good for me to see Tessa in action because her boys are 20 months apart. I am going to be VERY BUSY! :) Tessa and I enjoyed chatting, and watching our boys. It was sure fun to make a new friend...I plan to head to Laramie very soon to see their house. Damon helped Chris lay tile. He does such a nice job, and Chris had a blast working with him. They laughed and told jokes the entire time they were working. We are looking forward to having them back this coming Saturday.
Today, Owen and Kristi and Emily came for meeting. Then Emily stayed this afternoon to just chat and play with Fischer. I have been spoiled with such good company, I'm not going to know what to do with myself this week. :)

TILE...Chris and I are so happy to see this on the floor! We are getting SO CLOSE to being DONE!

This is looking from the kitchen into the Great Room...







Our Great Room window is trimmed with Aspen...
Clark is sure doing a nice job on our trim work.






Fischer enjoying one of our puppies...

Tessa, Dante and Deuce spending some time in our new house with Chris and Damon.

Fischer showing G'ma his new trick...standing up in the stroller. Mommy didn't get a whole lot of pruning accomplished after Fischer learned this trick! :)

Getting ready for a BBQ...

Jan's amazing pruning ability...

She just loves pruning, and I am not going to stop her!

Fischer eating a stick...hmmmm

My Aspen tree is alive and doing well. I am hoping that we can plant some more. I just LOVE Aspen trees...

Chris laying tile...

This picture was taken right before we started laying the tile...

Joe hard at work...

My appliances...YEAH!

The spindles are in, and now Fischer and our other little one cannot fall from the loft!

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

The next time I start to feel sorry for myself, I am going to read this post...

My mom raised four kids all by herself, until she met my step dad Randall when I was seven years old. While she was busy raising four kids, she also went to college and received her degree in nursing. Then Randall and my mom had my sister Meagan. My mom always said that after three kids...the more the merrier!

Now can you see why I have no reason to feel sorry for myself when I am tired at the end of the day!

I remember my mom telling me that after she had my twin brothers...she was so tired she stuck socks in the freezer. :)

I hope you have a very restful and relaxing Mother's Day, Mom. And just know that Chris, Fish and I wish you a very happy Mother's Day.

Peek-A-Boo!

My mom always pulled us kids around in the little red wagon. I don't remember her ever having a stroller?!? My mom is holding my twin brothers Michael and James. My sister Emily is sitting next to her with the striped blue and pink sweater. I am wearing RED pants...ha ha ha

My mom always made the best birthday cakes...

Mom and I celebrating my first birthday...

I was quite proud of my new undies...:) I thought you would enjoy this picture Mom!

24 weeks and counting...

My tulips survived the snowstorm...:) So I thought I better take a pregnancy picture near them.
I'm close to my third trimester! I can hardly believe how fast this pregnancy is going. Hopefully we make it past 29 weeks. So far everything looks good, and the baby is really active.

Fischer sitting inside Dad's new rope...
A little cowboy in the making, practicing his loop in the grass! :)

Dad and Fish enjoying the lovely evening last night...

Lots of Snow!?!

Before...



After...

Hopefully, we can still head over to Willis and Kathy's for meeting this morning. We were suppose to brand over there yesterday, but Mother Nature had other plans. :)

Our House...

I had lots of fun painting this living room wall. It is called Ponytail...

Our master bedroom wall. I painted it Brick Red...

The loft has a railing now. We just have to put the rest of the spindles in and stain and clear coat it.





I plan to paint this wall and the stairway a belgium chocolate...
Chris has been working really hard putting up the drywall.
Wow, a person doesn't know what it takes to mud and sand and texture drywall until they do it! :) I get to do the fun part...PAINT!




Our utility bathroom...

The entry way...

My kitchen sink! We put it in today...

Taking a nap in the new house...

A Treasure Hunt, A Plumber & A Truck Driver

I went on a treasure hunt Wednesday. I walked our fence line searching for fun stuff, and picking up trash. I found these two old buckets! It was a beautiful day, and I enjoyed working out in the yard.

My helper...

I have some tulips blooming, and I didn't even have to plant them. However, after this snowstorm I'm not sure how they will fare!?! :(

There is a new plumber in town ladies...

Fischer climbing up onto the steering wheel.

Don't worry...we were NOT driving...just waiting in the truck for Dad to move some cows.