The Bird perched on the grill ...then...The bird after drop off: exiting Right
Monday, June 30, 2008
Clever little Birds...
One VERY chilly May morning I was noticing a few birds that kept landing on our grill. I kept watching them on and off as I got the kids breakfast ready and on the table. As we sat to eat Gordon noticed that each time the birds landed on the grill it had some stick or piece of grass or scrap of something in its beak...I wasn't paying attention until Oscar said "the bird goes in"... so we all started watching the little birds to see what they were up to...Well I soon after saw the two birds land with straw in their beaks and duck into to the vent holes in the grill. A few moments later out they hopped empty beaked...I started to wonder so we crept out to see what was happening and when I opened the grill I found this...
I was so shocked and quite impressed at all the hard work they had been doing it was a shame that I had to cover the grill so that they didn't fully build their nest...The kids and I decided to save all the stuff to show Dad what we saw... and we tried to get a few more pictures of our new favorite birds! I must say the grill would have been a really good place for a nest except for the fact it's a grill!
The Bird perched on the grill ...then...The bird after drop off: exiting Right
The Bird perched on the grill ...then...The bird after drop off: exiting Right
Grandma turns 61...
...and Leah & Eleanor got to go home to FLORIDA for the PAR-TAY... and Party we did! It was surprise after surprise...and Mom was the center of it all!
April 19th
Surprise #1
Dad takes Mom to Outback to meet "a few" of the kids for dinner after Collin's fishing tournament....SURPRISE...all the "in town" kids are there...and SURPRISE again when Shelly walks in with my little Eleanor...Mom about died....she had no clue that I had been flown in for the event... there were tears and everything at my mother's sheer JOY to have me there....(my mother loves me what can i say) Sam (kara's husband) said after the outpouring of tears and hugs and kisses...."Now i know what to get mom for Christmas, Birthday, Mother's Day....LEAH...holy cow you couldn't buy that reaction!"
April 20th
Surprise #2
The next night my mother "the Gamer" has all her girls playing split to her hearts content...it's rounding the clock at midnight and she exclaims that she is so happy that we are treating her to a night devoted to Split, Cataan and all of her favorite games....little does she know that her sly husband has sneaked off to the airport to retrieve her next surprise...Jacob...her only other out of state child...and this surprise out shone my own surprise arrival...Mom was quick to assure me that it was equal in joy...she was just COMPLETELY happy to know that all of her children were there for her birthday!
April 21st: THE BIG DAY!
Surprise #3
This surprise was the big Daddy...We are having part of our reunion at the Church Ranch out in Florida and for 2 nights the WHOLE family is camping...so they ploy was that we (Mom Dad, Jacob Eleanor and I) were going to go and check out the campsites that dad had pre-arranged to have opened for us to tour. Little did the lady of the day know that all of her kids had set up a big bonfire party for the big Day...we drove up and my mom was initially irked that there were people in the campsite...but quickly noticed that they weren't just some vagrants or vagabonds but all of her darling happy family!
SHE WAS SO HAPPY AND SURPRISED...good thing she had a good heart!
Mom...WE LOVE YOU...you are the BEST!
Thanks for all you have done for me and my family!
Dad you are pretty dang remarkable too....WE LOVE YOU!
Here are some favorite pictures
Dad takes Mom to Outback to meet "a few" of the kids for dinner after Collin's fishing tournament....SURPRISE...all the "in town" kids are there...and SURPRISE again when Shelly walks in with my little Eleanor...Mom about died....she had no clue that I had been flown in for the event... there were tears and everything at my mother's sheer JOY to have me there....(my mother loves me what can i say) Sam (kara's husband) said after the outpouring of tears and hugs and kisses...."Now i know what to get mom for Christmas, Birthday, Mother's Day....LEAH...holy cow you couldn't buy that reaction!"
April 20th
Surprise #2
The next night my mother "the Gamer" has all her girls playing split to her hearts content...it's rounding the clock at midnight and she exclaims that she is so happy that we are treating her to a night devoted to Split, Cataan and all of her favorite games....little does she know that her sly husband has sneaked off to the airport to retrieve her next surprise...Jacob...her only other out of state child...and this surprise out shone my own surprise arrival...Mom was quick to assure me that it was equal in joy...she was just COMPLETELY happy to know that all of her children were there for her birthday!
April 21st: THE BIG DAY!
Surprise #3
This surprise was the big Daddy...We are having part of our reunion at the Church Ranch out in Florida and for 2 nights the WHOLE family is camping...so they ploy was that we (Mom Dad, Jacob Eleanor and I) were going to go and check out the campsites that dad had pre-arranged to have opened for us to tour. Little did the lady of the day know that all of her kids had set up a big bonfire party for the big Day...we drove up and my mom was initially irked that there were people in the campsite...but quickly noticed that they weren't just some vagrants or vagabonds but all of her darling happy family!
SHE WAS SO HAPPY AND SURPRISED...good thing she had a good heart!
Mom...WE LOVE YOU...you are the BEST!
Thanks for all you have done for me and my family!
Dad you are pretty dang remarkable too....WE LOVE YOU!
Here are some favorite pictures
Eleanor's Birthday
I forgot to include some of these darling pictures of Ellie for her birthday and eating her cake!
Eleanor Turns ONE!!
Our little Princessa girl
Eleanor Rachelle
turned ONE year old on May 3rd!
Eleanor Rachelle
turned ONE year old on May 3rd!
What can we say...
we LOVE love LOVE this girl!
She is a sweet, smiley, cuddly, BEAUTIFUL, singer girl
we LOVE love LOVE this girl!
She is a sweet, smiley, cuddly, BEAUTIFUL, singer girl
Thursday, June 19, 2008
the deal...
...now that I have received numerous claims that I am the all time worst blogger...I am going to renew...I have been told that the way to catch up is to post current and back blog but I want my blog to be chrnologically correct so I am going to go from the past forward....Oh and don't be suprised if the dates are totally fabricated...I am going to put the post date as the "should have been posted on this day!" ...here goes...
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