June 4 - My dear friend Josi and her adorable little pug Belle. Way back in February I posted a picture of her and her husband on my blog stating that they would be leaving this spring. Well, the time has come, one more week here and they will move back to where they are from. I will miss her. Gives our family a perfect excuse to head to the East Coast now and visit them! They are also due to have their first baby in 6 weeks. She is the most adorable pregnant lady ever!
June 5 - Craziest thing - wake up Sunday morning and can't find our youngest son. Here we found him underneath his bunk bed and the duvet was infront of him so we couldn't initially see him there!
June 6 - Tavis and Josi came out tonight and Tavis went for what will likely be his last ride here this time around. My son is doubling behind him.
June 7 - A ditch on our property had a ton of tadpoles so I got the kids aquarium upstairs and put 12 of them in there to watch them turn into frogs. You can see the wee beginnings of their back legs starting.
June 8 - Like father like son, going on a 'doubles' ride.
June 9 - Did some yard work and some riding, then finished it off with a nice little fire and of course some coffee and smores!
June 10 - 4-H riding night. Uncle Cal brought in one of his littler horses and gave pony rides to all who wanted. My son loved it!!!
June 11 - I took my youngest with me and we headed to Minot to pick up the 5 new bikes we ordered a few weeks back for the family! Here are three of the kids are theirs.
June 12 - Went to Estevan to take the Ford in for some recall work, then followed that with a real expensive oil change....going to insert the bill into the slot.
June 13 - This was so awesome. Tavis and Josi are our friends who are moving. Little did they know that we planned a surprise farwell party for them. They thought they were gettting together with us and one other couple...nope...about 80 other people were there too. You can see their smiles through the window.
June 14 - Here are the little tadpoles. We have had them for a week and you can tell they are really advancing along well. Got their teeny back legs out and the front legs are soon to follow.
June 15 - Normally I wouldn't likely take a picture of a plane up in the air, but this was different. It seemed like it wasn't very far up compared to normal. Maybe it was just the atmosphere making it seem closer, but none the less, thought it was a neat picture.
June 16 - Wow, time flies. My little girl is 7 today! Happy Birthday!!!
June 17 - Today was the day that my husband headed to Minot to pick up our new stock/combo trailer. No more borrowing! YAY!!!
June 18 - We had a 3 day conference at our church and that brings alot of visitors who need a place to stay. We had a family of 5 stay with us - first time meeting them, and they had a blast! Here is their second boy with our kids at breakfast.
A month back you will remember flooding that I blogged about, well the call came today that the three area dams were forced to opend up their gates and start releasing water again. My husband and other locals helped move our neighbors down the road out because the water WILL come over the banks and into their house. So sad. They moved everything that they could into our barn which is empty right now. Thankfully we are on high ground that we should be okay.
June 19 - Here is the family that stayed with us. They are great! So talkative and so friendly. I was so glad that we were asked to have some company for the weekend. Such a blessing!!!
June 20 - I love the smell of lilacs blooming!!
My husband took the day off work to help move more stuff. A neighbors farm equipment has all been moved into our yard and by days end, our barn was full with other peoples belongings. The reports of water coming down stream are not encouraging either.
June 21 - I didn't know if it was going to happen this year with all the moisture, but in the end I did go and buy some plants. Here is one of my million bells plants.
June 22 - My neighbor just down the road. Lastnight the dikes let go at 9:30 pm. The water took over almost instantly. As of this morning, the water was as you can see up to his picture window (that wast taken at 6:30 am). As the day has worn on, the levels have risen and will continue to rise.
June 23 - Amidst all that is going on just 1000 feet from our home, life does still go on. I found a young black bird just learning to fly - momma bird wasn't happy that I was anywhere near her little one. Got my picture and off I went...lol!
June 24 - The two girls were taking their new bikes for a ride when the one wiped out. My son took off running to help her. I was so glad to have my camera to capture his caring little self run to help his sister!
Weeks 23, 24, and 25 all caught up in one post, I am planning to post Weeks 26 and 27 in a single post in two weeks. See you then!
