Easter is over but the ham remains!

How sad is this, After 40 years of giving.

Kim and I at the Daffodil Garden


What a crazy week everyone, it seems as though I haven't taken the time to put down my thoughts and happenings here this past week.

How was everyone's Easter? Mine was great! Had my MIL and FIL with Kim and Daryl over with the boys and just had a great day.

Big Bear did something for Easter Service that was new and what they did is have the Sunday Church service at ONE location then our church had a pancake breakfast afterwards. I can do the 8:30AM breakfast but the 6:30 didn't happen, sure I was up at that time with Woody, made blueberry muffins and enjoyed what the day represented we are truly blessed.

I wanted to post some pictures of my events this week. Here's the deal, last year I received an email from someone back in Kentucky regarding a Daffodil garden. It was beautiful and when I read on it, it says it was located in Running Springs, that is only 10 miles from my house! Unfortunately the time to see this spectacular garden had passed and to my sadness I had to wait another year!

Then I received an email this past Monday from anther friend that sent me the notice and guess what???? After 40 years the garden was closing on Easter Sunday for GOOD!! I had to go and see it, so I called Kim and asked if she wanted to go last Wednesday and the plans were made, only someone didn't tell the weather, it SNOWED! However, on Thursday it was beautiful but cold! We were there! The pictures are gorgeous and I hope you like them as much as I did. What a glorious world we live in!

Weekend pictures of Woody

Here is pictures of Lucie, with Andy and Woody on Woody's Bed. Great pic!

Here is Kim and Woody together with the toy his Auntie Kim got him, she will only be able to pick him just for a little while longer.

Here is Woody being a pupply with Lucie. He says "Just stand there, I'll do all the work"!

Here are the first of the pictures of us letting the pullets out in their new home!

Yard work, chickens Oh my!

We found chickens! We are getting 14 of these lil' darlins! We are picking them up on Saturday afternoon. Hopefully the coop will be done! If not, in the garage! I am sooo looking forward to this feathered friends, they are 3 month old and they will hopfully start laying within the next 2 or three months, Yea!

I'll write later to update you and WHENVER Steve gets here, hum its 11AM No STEVE!










This is where the chicken coop will be












This is where the garden will be (chicken coop to the left)











This is the view from the garden and chicken coop to the garage! It just looks like a lot of dirt! Did I ever say I was tired of DIRT!

April 2nd, 2009

Kind of a sober heading, huh? Well today we are having our chicken coop made! We have been talking about it forever and finally we got in touch with Steve, (this guy does incredible things) We had to tell him up front, "Now Steve, this is just a chicken coop, not an inlaws house". He said OK, within an hour of discussing the plans over the phone here comes the lumber company delivering the materials!

At 4pm the door bell rings and there stands Steve saying well it's delivered let's talk chicken coop! Never mind that I was on the couch with a migraine that had numbed my face, left arm and couldn't speak but drool, I think he got the idea of what I wanted, ha ha.

I am going to order 14 chicks, (peeps) today, keep them warm and dry until they feather out, I will probably put on Craigs List a want for female chicks, however, you really don't know what you are getting until they get older, no Roosters! It's bad enough to have Woody up at 4:45AM!

So ,here are some pictures of the lumber and work that is going on on our side yard, wow, it never seems that we slow down, this weekend we are also starting the garden construction, raised beds, but the view that is there WOW!!!! More pics.

Have an awesome day, when Steve gets here the party is goin to start!

Pictures of Woody and us at Forest Falls, March 29, 2009

All right Lesa!

From my friend asking me to post more pictures of Woody on my blog, you are right, I should have done this yesterday, however, we are doing MAJOR projects in our yard and as I promised, I should put pictures on our construction, but a HUGE backhoe is not that attractive.

I am in the process of looking for plans for our garden, now don't get me wrong, I know how to garden, as I said before, I had an incredible garden in Las Vegas and had submitted pictures to be in Sunset magazine, but moved before anything could come of it. So now here we go again, all I have to make sure of is the critters. That is why all the research, but I think we have a plan.

Also, a chicken coop, we love our chickens, doing research on a house, (we tore our other one down, I didn't like it anyway). I found plans this morning. They look great and I think we may start tackling the mesh and fence for the garden this weekend.

How's Woody? He is a PUPPY!!! Wow, almost PERFECT if he just didn't pee and poop in the house!!! I hate this stage! Last night, I was so done with him, thank God I have wood floors and rugs I can throw into my washing machine. I just hate the surprises! When I go to scold him, he just stops and looks at me with those beautiful eyes, well last night that didn't work, Oh I was so aggravated with him, Andy just laughed, I was aggravated with him, Ha ha, 5AM came really early this morning for HIM to get up with the puppy. Today, so far so good, I love the fact that you can go outside with Woody for a good 30 minutes and he walks right into the house and squats right in front of you and poop! WHAT!!! A bleach spray has become my best friend.

On to a better story.....we took Woody to Forest Falls. It is 45 minutes down the mountain in a small (I mean small) mountain community. They have the most georgous water falls there. He discovered water in a new way! Scared at first, but REALLY got into it, literally, pulling me into it as well. My tennis shoes were SOAKED! We had a blast, and who doesn't love a puppy. Kids were calling out, "Woody I love you" "See you soon Woody"! How sweet is that?

He did really well in the back seat of the car, if he is going to be a "go" dog, I have to train him to get ready for a lot of driving.

Well I hope you like them, I have way too many pictures to post all of them, I am going to try to make a movie out of them, I have an idea, for Andy's birthday I am going to make him a photo book about Woody, sounds good in theory, hope to get it finished soon, I am still working ont he photo book from Europe that we took 2 years ago! Too many projects you think?

Have a great day, let's hope OZ girl is OK, it is just toooo cold there! Let summer come on!!!!

Here are the pictures of Woody's first days home!

I decided to put it into a collage, I am going to have hundreds of pictures of this special baby, this is definitely the way to go! Click on it to see the pictures of this larger!

Finally the baby is asleep!

I promised this past week to post pictures of Woody, I have to tell you, I forgot how special a dog can be. He is such a great dog! I am just not saying this because I am a new parent, I used to think that Nestle was one of a kind until I got Woody. Now in talking with Andy I believe it is Jillian's dogs. At four months old, he gets it when I am in the kitchen, he sits on the mat by the door and when we are eating dinner he sits in the kitchen on the same mat by the door. You can't teach that to a 4 month old! He knows his name, and what sit, lay, NO, come, and go!

Wow, am I truly impressed! He is soooo lovable. If he was black, I would have named him Shadow. But you will notice in these pics, he has earned his name! He goes into our livingroom and eats the pieces of wood we have for the fire. He goes outside and tries to eat the tree! We took him to the park after the snow storm on Sunday, this is his first time in the snow, how cute!!!

Enjoy these pics, I am actually able to finally play with my camera since I had my lesson last Thursday, I am just now remembering the aperture, too much fun!!!

I forgot how EXTREMELY tired you get with a puppy!!

Hey everyone, WOW, I forgot what it was like to have a baby in the house!!!! I am exhausted! By 9PM I can't even keep my eyes open!!!!

I have taken (as you can guess) a WHOLE bunch of pictures and when I get a moment, I am going to post, just wanted to write to tell everyone, he is so darn CUTE!!!!! That is why God made them so adorable, you just forget about the chewing, chewing chewing and poopies, poopies, poopies, peeing peeing peeing accidents in the house! Thank God for wood floors and rugs I can throw in the washing machine!

But it will be worth it! I know he is from a great line of dogs, again that is where Nestle comes from. He sits like her, he grunts like her, same disposition and temperament, and boy is he smart, just like Nestle! I had a breakdown yesterday, I think it was postpartum...Yea, that was it was, I just broke down and cried for her holding Woodie, too many good memories. That was definitely something I guess I needed, to hold him and know she is by me. I am blessed!

Well off to put in into his crate for a while. That way maybe tonight I can get some sleep, awe sleepless nights, how I love them!

I'll write later!