Deck Progress

Yeah! We're building a deck :) Check out the great progress we've made so far.

Last Wed, we dug the footings well into the night:

On Sat, neighbors Tom and Doug came over to help pour the footings.


We took a break to watch a storm come in...Ryan R came over to hang out.


Then on Sunday, Tom, Doug and Bill helped with the ledger board.

Al came up to help with the framing

Last night, we finished up the joists...Again, Tom and Doug came over to help.

The camera died before we could get the last shot. Jill and I had to go to the 'Depot' to get an extra joist. We shoved it in their van and had some hanging out! It was a great trip!

Daniel sure tried to help the whole weekend. He would sit on his 4-wheeler and rock until one of us would push him! He LOVES this thing.


He also is learning how to use a spoon.

Daniel's Antics

Ok-so you've all heard how Daniel likes to put things in things, right? Well, while I was making dinner the other night, he kept moving things around. I thought it was the perfect opportunity to capture what he did and show you all...

It started with the 'play phone' in the sewing machine, moved to putting the sippy cup in the garbage, then off to putting the old pill container (filled with rice) in Nelly's water dish, then on to the empty formula can in the oven, then to Nelly's collar in the pots drawer. What a busy little boy!

Happy Memorial Day!

Our Branded Little Boy:

We had a great weekend! On Sat, we saw Grammy and Grandpa Quist and Auntie Katie. Then, we went to the cabin. It was pretty cold weather, but we still had fun. Grandpa Fedie found out how to make Daniel laugh!!

We went out on the boat and went fishing. The fish were biting, but they weren't really big. It was pretty fun. There were some bad storms that went through while we were there, so we had to go to the neighbors basement. Nothing bad happened though, just some hail. Our house in Blaine is located right between where the two tornadoes happened, 2 miles to the west and 5 miles to the east, but we only had a couple limbs down. Check out my sweet sunglasses.

Yummy Socks :)

Update

Our deck gets delivered today! YIPPEE! Who's free next weekend :)

We finally have all of our curtains made for the main level! Here are some pics. You can see that Daniel doesn't like the ones I put to cover the sidelights on the front door!







Last weekend, we spent almost all weekend outside. We planted some rose trees! Aren't they beautiful?


Daniel sure kept us busy running around and trying to eat all of the woodchips!


Below is Daniel trying to play catch with Nelly. He doesn't quite get that you have to throw the ball away from her-not at her! Have a great day everyone!!

1 yr pictures

Here's a sampling of our 1 yr old pictures we had taken in April. Last night he made the connection of da-da and Nate!!! But, Nate wasn't home-it was to the family picture we had on the mantle. Hopefully tonight he does it again!

Eventful Weekend

We sure were busy this weekend. Nate was supposed to go on his discovery flight that I got him for his birthday, but the pilot called to reschedule because of bad weather. It was windy on Sat morning, but not too bad. Oh well. Daniel and mommy went to Farmington for a baby shower instead...really we went to see Grammy Quist. Then, we came home and worked in the lawn. We fixed all of Nelly's dead grass spots and the vole (sp?) trails. Daniel sure was a help with mowing the lawn...he kept his dad very busy!

Our neighbors had the offical kick off to summer by having a fire. Sun was a day full of events. Just as Nate was leaving to go fishing with a buddy, Amy called with some exciting news! Her and Anthony are happily engaged!!! Congrats guys. You two are very deserving of true love :) Daniel and I went shopping for fabrics for curtains after daddy left. Here's what we made:

Happy Birthday Grammy Quist

I'm so happy that I got to see you on your special day. Hope you had a great dinner with Grandpa. I sure had fun with you at the baby shower.