THE BOYS ARE COMING!!

 

Their flights have been confirmed.  We will have them for a good 5 weeks plus Dave will also be coming for the last 2 weeks.  I have a lot to get ready!  

STUFF

 

Sorry for the delay in posting.  We have been busy with all our spring chores.  But not busy enough that we didn't get out fishing!!  Rick was up for his annual spring visit.  We hit one of our favourite spots and rick was on fire!!  He caught a lot of walleye.  I caught the biggest bass I have ever caught.  I thought I would never get him into shore.  When you get a big bass in a strong current - well lets just say it was a lot of fun.  And out on Tunnel Lake one morning, I got that beautiful pike.  I thought it was a big walleye because he was shaking his head but when I started reeling him in, he started acting like a bass.  I was surprised at his size.  We let him go as we did the bass.

The other pictures are of around here, waiting for the kids to come in July and the play house is 95% done - just some inside stuff.  We are waiting for the kids to help with the climbing wall.  We will let them decide where the holds will go and then let them screw them in with real power tools.  They will like that.

And the last picture is of a special flower around here.  If you know me, you know I call these testicle plants for an obvious reason.  They are really Pink Lady Slippers.  Very beautiful and impossible to transplant.  Every year I seem to have more and more.  I enjoy them.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

 

Another Mother's Day without my beautiful Mom.  She was young when she passed away very suddenly.  A brain aneurysm in her very early 60s.  I felt funny when I passed the age when she died.  It didn't seem right that I should live longer than she did.  I still felt young and was sad that she missed so much.  She missed the birth of her third grandchild, Kyle.  And she would have been a great grandma 4 times over.  She would have loved Charlie and Monty and they would have loved her.  Bishop and Raiden would have had her laughing so much.  

I miss her every day...

SPRING?

 Snowing again today.  The lake is still ice covered with only a very limited melt close to shore.  There is still snow in the bush.  It is very depressing to say the least. We can't get to the wood yet to start splitting as the pile is still covered in snow.  We need a few days of sun and warmer temperatures to get the snow melting.  We are lucky we have the play house to work on and I must say I am very impressed with our progress.  The boys will love it!!  We built it in the garage and will take it apart and reassemble it when we can get to the spot where it is going to go.  That spot is still snow covered as well.  It won't take long to put it back together.  the difficult part will be having enough help to move it from the garage to the site.  Joanne and Mitch will be here the middle of May and Rick and Steve are coming as well.  We will have to have lots of beer on hand.  Now fingers crossed that Jodie and the Boys and Dave will be able to travel this summer.  It has been a long time...

HAPPY SPRING

 

Finally the first day of Spring!!  It has been a long winter up here.  Lots of snow but the temperature hasn't been that bad.  We never had a morning where it was -40 - close but never that low.  My wood held out as did Rejean's wood.  We have our blocked double bunk of wood waiting for us over at the other property to start splitting once the snow melts enough that we can get to it.  We bought all our pressure treated plywood to repair our balcony - 5 sheets at $67 a piece!!  Not cheap!  Over the years we have had some water leaking in a corner and the floor is a bit soft so we have to get it fixed.  Plus we are in the middle of building the boys a playhouse.  Some joy finally as they are supposed to be coming this summer!  After missing two summers due to the pandemic they are trying to come.  Pictures when it is finished.  I must say it is sucking up 2 x 4s like crazy.  I think so far we have used 35 not to mention the plywood and all the other details we are incorporating.  But it will be amazing.  Charlie is worried about the time line and if it will be finished in time and Monty wants to know if they can have their own rooms!!  Jodie is trying to bring down their expectations a bit.  It will have a slide, a climbing wall and steps plus a deck.  It is 8 x 8 and the interior will be 8 x 5 so lots of room inside for them to play.  It will be right by the trampoline so we may never see them all summer.

The first picture is one of our sure signs of spring - the racoons are out.  Eating up all the bird seeds the birds missed.  Hopefully when we bring in the bird feeder they will move on.  Not creatures you want hanging around.  

NO WORDS

 

FOR CATHY...THE BOYS

 

I was at the Post today talking to Cathy and she mentioned she hadn't seen pictures of the boys lately so I promised her I would post some today - I do do requests!!

The first picture is of them with their new year's eve glasses on.  Can't believe how big they are getting.  They will be 8 this August!  Where did the time go?

Next is them during lockdown doing E Learning.  Yes.  Even across the world they did that as well.  And Jodie, being a teacher, was doing her E Teaching at the same time.  Hope they had enough computers or laptops.

The next is them doing family 5Ks.  Both Jodie and Dave are runners - as is Aunt Stacey - so it is in their blood.  They get out when they can and when it isn't100 degrees!!!

And a picture of one of the fish children.  They both love the water and are very good swimmers.  Can't get them out of the water.  They find the water here a bit chilly.

And finally a picture of the four of them.  The boys are getting a bit big to be picked up.  But they still enjoy it and as long as Jodie and Dave can still manage it, why not.  Makes a great picture.

Hope to see them this July!