Sweet Smells of Rhubarb

Last night Dad got in the kitchen and wanted to make some small rhubarb pies. So he conned me into making the pastry and we made these cute little pies. Boy, did the house smell good. So, I have this handy little cutter that cuts and seals the pastry and does a marvelous job. Some of the pies he sprinkled brown sugar on top and others just white sugar. Dad took a container of pies to work this morning so I only have a few left - - just for me~ It was a fun, late-night activity and they were yummy. The cooked rhubarb that was left we put into a pie pan and froze for a pie later on.

Baby Finn with Nana

My Visit with Finn

I spent a week at Andy's helping her and getting acquainted with Finley Reese. Mercer has taken on the roll as watch-keeper, binky-getter, diaper-fetcher, and whatever is needed he will do. This was his watch-keeper time and he did it very well. As soon as Finn squirms just a little on the baby moniter, Mercer is right there to check him out. What a great big brother !!

All the Better to See You

Mercer looks good doesn't he. These are actually Andy's older glasses and he just thought he should wear them all day. I'm not sure how "good" they were but he sure had fun with them. I called him "Potter".

One Fine Afternoon for Fun

It was a sunny afternoon and Kristi and Logan came over to hang out with us. This was Logan's first time down a slide and I think he really had fun with it. Kris put him on it several times and held his hands while he slid down. Mercer had his friend, Jessie, over but Andy's picture of them was better than mine and it's on her blog if you want to see it.

One Big Yawn

Anyway, here we are - all three of us. This is the morning that I left to come home.

A New Sound

This is an organ that Erin just inherited and she is storing at our house until she gets room for it. That only means that I get to play it once in awhile too. So, my organ is now in the family room and I suppose we could actually do an organ duet if we wanted.

It's a warm Day and Water is a good thing

After moving the organ into our house, Erin and the boys just stayed for lunch and a playtime. It was nice and warm outside - so much so that we needed cold water and this was the fastest and best method of getting it. We played every game we have outside - lacrosse, badmitton, tennis, baseball, soccor, cars and trucks and lots of running. whew! Was I ever tired.

Planting the sunflower garden

There was box of seeds on the picnic table leftover from planting the other day and Avery found a new, full packet of Sunflower seeds. He asked Papa J if they could plant them , so here they are doing just that. Now it's Av's little area and his job is to keep them watered.

Watering the sunflower garden

Papa J reminded Avery that when he comes down to our house he will need to go check out the garden and see if it needs watering.

Time out for a game of golf

The New little K

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Gram's 102 Birthday party

This is a small video we took at Gram's 102 birthday party at Sullivan. She couldn't feed herself but she still really liked eating cake. What a sweatheart and dear mother.

My Asparagus Morning

Our Stake got a truck load of Asparagus yesterday so I have a 25lb box to do something with. Decided just freezing it so we have some for awhile to eat. I read that Washington state is one of the top growers of this vegetable - news to me. From the 25 lb. I got 15 quart and 3 gallon bags of asparagus. Yea, more food storage!!!!

My Tasting Man

Dad just came in the kitchen and I said "here, taste this". Course, he did. He's a good taste-tester guy.

The Dirt Sifter

Dad built a dirt sifter that will sift the big rocks out of the dirt for the raised garden bed. He was so excited he called me outside to watch it. He shovels some dirt onto the top of the sifter and turns on the motor and it shakes the dirt through the sifter. The rocks fall off the end and onto the ground- - - - ta dah - beautiful fine soil for his garden. He says it is much easier than when he did that whole process by hand. He has it about 1/2 done and planted the onions already. He took all of the old soil out and is putting in new in hopes things will grow better. Time will tell.

Saturday Evan and Davis drove here from Sandy. Evan felt up to going to the Parade so we called Erin and decided to all sit together. Mindy was photographing a wedding in Couer d"alene but the rest of us did the parade thing. The weather was perfect and the parade proved to be long, loud but really good.

Lilac Festival Float

A picture of this year's Lilac Festival float.

Sittin' and Waitin'

This is Avery and Jeremy and Erin and the boys. There was a brick wall with a parking lot in back of it. The perfect place to lay a blanket and spread out all your stuff for the parade. The hardest part was just waiting for it to start.