Little Bearfoot Farm (The life of a farm wife)

Monday, April 20, 2009

OOPS! Sorry***

Ok, Friday was a busy day and I missed my "Friday's with Faith" post. Sorry about that. Yesterday, I mowed the front lawn and then took the puppies out there for some fun time. Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment.

Jessica, again

My last post was bragging about my niece, Jessica, and the fact that she has turned out to be such a beautiful girl. On Saturday, she had her high school prom. Here are a few pictures of her and her boyfriend, Jeff. They looked amazing.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Happy 17th Birthday, Jessica!!

Today is my oldest niece's birthday. Jessica turns 17 today. I can still remember when Chris and I were looking at bridesmaid dresses for my wedding and I just looked at her and told her she was pregnant. She asked how I knew. I really don't know, but I did. I also told her she was having a girl. I just "felt" it, and I was right. She was barely two months along! Jessica was born a few months later on April 17th, 1992. I missed her birth, but got down to Portland by very long bus ride later that day and spent the next four weeks living with Chris and Tim and helping them out. Then Chris and Jessi came up to our house and spent another week with us up here. Let's just say that Jessi was a very big excitement in our family. She was spoiled rotten by us all! Here is one of my favorite baby pictures of her. She always had this smile on her face. One of my favorite toddler pictures is this one. She was visiting me and decided to wear her mom's boots around the house. She liked the way they made lots of noise when she walked. This next picture is so cute! She looks so cute in her overalls. Finally, this last picture is Jessi on Easter this year. Grandpa could do with a haircut and shave, but Jessi looks really nice!

She has turned out to be such a joy in my life. Jessi is always smiling, usually laughing or cracking a joke, and always willing to help out. She truly is a blessing, and I couldn't ask for a better niece! I love you, Jessi!!! Happy Birthday!!

A full house

Last night, I had the pleasure of watching my friend, Tiffani's, kids. Her and Marty were going out for an adult night and she brought her "fab four" over to my house for the evening. It was great. Emma was way too busy playing and running around to pose for a picture, but I did get a few of the boys. This is Ben telling me that the doggies were outside. This is Grant telling me he wants Bubba's cars. And this is baby Drew just being adorable. I also got a rare picture of Evan holding a baby. He didn't even know if he could breathe while holding Drew. He was nervous, but I think he secretly liked it. I had a really great time snuggling with Drew, so I think we should all encourage Tiff to go out more and leave her kids with me!!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

My "hummers"

Every year about this time, we get excited for Spring. One of the first things I do is hang my hummingbird feeders out. When I start to see my "hummers", I know spring is on the way! So far this year, we have way more hummers than normal. It is so therapeutic to me to have them flitting about and making their unique songs when they fly around. I love to go out to refill their food and have them "buzz" me. It is awesome!! The other evening, we were getting ready to put the kids to bed and we looked outside to see 10 or more on each feeder. The picture doesn't do them justice. They were all over the place. It was really great to just stop what we were doing and stand and watch them for awhile. Then, this morning I was washing dishes and looked out the window to find this cutie sitting on the deck rail waiting her turn for a drink. I also caught this one sitting a taking a rest while getting a long drink of sugar water. Spring is here and so are my "hummers".Yes!!!!!

Monday, April 13, 2009

A GREAT Easter weekend!!

Gordon's parents were here for the three weeks before Easter. They left on Friday, as my parents drove in the driveway. Friday was a busy day of getting things ready for the "Easter bunny" to show up (wink, wink) and then went to dinner at Homestead. I had to go to work that evening so Cheyanne decided to go with me. Her plan was to help me work. That never happened. She got the experience of a lifetime instead. We got to the vet office and noticed that the large animal door was open and a light was on. This was after hours, so nobody should have been there. We walked in to find two doctors performing a C-section on a dairy cow. Cheyanne stood there and watched the whole thing. She even got to help a little. The doctors were very nice to her and gave her lots of education on the birthing of a cow. She really enjoyed herself. After we were done cleaning, we went to Chris and Tim's house and goofed around with the rest of the family until close to midnight. I was really tired. Saturday morning the guys (Gordon, Tim, Grandpa and Evan) plus Cheyanne went to the beef auction. Grandma, Chris, Jessica, Sierra, Carson and myself went to the easter egg hunt in Sumas. After that, Chris, Carson and Sierra went back to Chris' house to lay down. Sierra was sick and Carson was tired. Grandma and I went back to my house to do a few things and then we met Gordon, Grandpa, Cheyanne and Evan at the soccer field for Evan's soccer game. That evening we BBQed brats in the shop and colored easter eggs. We had a good time. Finally, we went to bed around 11:00pm.
Easter morning we got up and went to church at 11:30. It was nice to sleep in a little and go to the later service. I was amazed, proud, ecstatic, thrilled, etc. when my 7-year old son raised his hand to accept Jesus into his heart and went forward with the rest of the people who did the same thing that day to show the world that he believes Jesus is his Lord and Savior. Wow, what a proud Mommy moment!!! The tears were flowin'!
He understands what he did, and he is preparing for the next step in getting baptized. Gordon and I had no idea he wanted to do that. We were floored, but sooooo happy!
Subway for lunch and then home to prepare our yummy Easter dinner. We hid over 300 plastic easter eggs filled with all kinds of goodies in the shop. As of right now, we think there are still around 15 that we haven't found. Good thing we used the plastic ones!!
Family left to go back to Portland this morning. Now it is back to the normal routine of things. Laundry, dishes, farm chores, doctors appts., school, etc....

Friday, April 10, 2009

Fridays with Faith

Today is day 11 of the puppies lives. They have changed so much, it is amazing. Here are pictures of the puppies. My mother-in-law gave them temporary names. As of yesterday, they weighed in at these weights.