Friday, August 12, 2011

the fair

yesterday jordan took the day off and we went to the skagit county fair. We had a fun day. (despite the fact that the information booth on kinder goats was not there, which is why we went.)

J's first pony ride ...big smile :)


to be honest he had a healthy fear of the large animals... daddy was not allowed to let go.


after a big day he had his first night in his "big boy" bed... it's not finished but he was really excited about sleeping in it.


we're almost done with our bathroom closet transformation... updates soon :)

Thursday, August 4, 2011

one other detail

the belly :) don't worry baby you will get more blog attention when you come out to play.
last night when i was updating the blog i remembered why i stopped putting pics up... blogger changed things a while back and you can't see which picture is where so you have to keep checking the preview so that you can put captions on the pictures. Any way... enough whinning! The moral of the story is that i decided that if i update as i take the pics it will be way easier so i busted out the camera today and here we go again. :) (p.s. it was way easier!)

so here are some around the house updates:

my ducks are settling in nicely... they are much noisier than the chickens greeting us with a "waak waak waak" every time we go in or out the back door.


our yard is basically split into 2 sections the "sustaining" side with our garden, chickens and ducks (the garden is doing great this year!)


our most well intentioned garden pest :)


side 2 of our yard "entertaining" note the picnic table... LOVE! we eat outside a lot now!


jordan built this lovely fire pit (with my birthday glider and chairs from M&D Levien)


bye bye deck, hello grass! in just a few weeks you can picture blankets and lawn chairs in this space as our community group hosts our first outdoor movie night. featuring "dispicable me" OF COURSE!


we're going to need a sandbox!


more evidence of things previously mentioned:
J is really into lining things up right now. :)


fun sense of style - "J's hat"... which is a box that his animals from "Weekie" and papa came in. (i confess i let him wear it on a 2 block walk over to my friend's house... i also confess that i did look the other way when we passed a lady walking her dog)

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

pictures

here are some pictures finally.

J and daddy coming to get mom with a chainsaw...


J and daddy swinging


we got some meat chicks in the spring


2 massacres and a butchering later there have now officially been no survivors


and what better way to celebrate home grown and butchered chicken than authentic nshima.


it's raspberry season...


you have to turn your head, but J is really into lining things up right now...


he also has a very fun sense of style... usually including one of daddy's hats


he's a good helper!


thanks for waiting. hope it was worth it :)

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

jordan: "J, what should we name the baby?"

J: "boat"

Thursday, May 19, 2011

baby's blog debut

Jeriah is going to be a big brother! (13 weeks)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

sadly the photo opp was missed but this little guy is eating olive rings, three on three of his fingers. :)


J in"vest"ing in some playtime before we go outside




the guys hard at work


wearing daddy's work shoes


here's our community group this year... we packed it out with 18 people in our little living room :)


and worthy of noting... this is the fabulous dinner that jordan prepared for us the other evening :) awesome! devil's food cake with triple chocolate icing! and yellow cake batter ice cream. yum!