Holiday Faces....

Lance was called in to work.. on CHRISTMAS.. so he did it HIS WAY..... CLIMED THE POLE IN HIS SANTA SUIT.

Don & I on the "HOLIDAY CRUISE"

Brandon & Jennifer

Andrew & Kortnie

Dustin & Taralynn.




Our Christmas... was wonderful. What time together we spend... I treasure more & more.

Reno trip

Don had a business trip, to RENO, for a mining convention. So, he was able to have a company pay for our trip down there. There was also a Idaho Foot ball game going on down there,

so we were able to go with some friends.

On the first leg of our trip, we were on the Vandal Express.

This last picture is on right out of the town DUSTIN LIVES IN!!!! The elk are on the move.

Not alot of snow yet... not sure what they are doing?

Ugly NEIGHBORS???

Last month our neighbor hit a pole on our canvas garage, and denied it to the cops. Last week he took his bobcat and plowed a large pile of snow on our property. So after talking to the "SHERIFF", we have taken action and will NO longer allow him to drive over our property. It could get ugly before it gets over!!!
Top picture is of the Drive he has been using . My red car is on our property BLOCKING HIM.

Don, parking the car, with the

NO TRESSPASSING SIGN.





The gifted SNOW PILE? Still dont know why, he gave it to us????

Our Clearwater Trip 2011

Another wonderful 11 day camping vacation, has come to an end. We found this river last year, thinking we could float and fish, some areas not accessable any other way. Well, I can tell you the fishing on this river was some of the best. BUT, here is one of the OBSTACLES, that we had to address. As you can tell, I am GLADLY, WAITING, on shore, downstream. The men are "walking the raft" unmanned. Can you see the size of some of those ROCKS?
We were able to see 10+ eagles, this time of year the salmon are spawning so, they are an easy target for the eagles.

MY, NICE 'CATCH OF THE DAY'

This is my favorite river to fish.
I am much more comfortable, standing here on ground fishing.

And, here is Don, with his 'catch of the day'.

We also just celebrated, our 10 year anniversary!
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Campin', Fishin' and Growin' CANTELOPE

Fishin' last weekend, sure needed to get away. We were able to leave town, and head up the river. Not many big fish, but a few small were fun to catch.

Don also had a good time.

Our garden has been planted for quite a while now.

The potatoes on far left are doing great, then on the

far right we have the radishes and tomatoes, also growing fine.

The two bigger plants which we think are CANTELOPE in the left-center just were transplanted from the corn area. It seems that last year, I had tossed some seeds and rhinds, so now we have ended up with" 3 CANTELOPE PLANTS"

We have transplanted 2, so we will keep you posted

Here is the corn area, I left one of the CANTELOPE PLANTS there?

My Quilting Adventure

My daughter-in-law, Amanda turned me on to a shop in Thompson Falls Montana, that rents a quilting machine for the day for $60. So on tuesday, I rented the machine 1 1/2 + hour drive and over the hill I went. I took two quilts, and sure enough, I was able to quilt both quilts. I can tell you, they are not SHOW QUALITY. But, they turned out AWESOME, and I am very happy to be finishing them, and then give them away.

The machine was easy to operate, and the owner "Char," was there every step. I am so thankful. I will plan another trip over there, next month and take two more quilt tops.

Oh, and all her material was 40% off. So I was able to find material for the backs of my next quilts!!! A great day in all.

My fun stuff--- I've been up to!!!!

The latest Crew Picture!! Lance came up for a visit. He and Amanda came up, so we were able to spend lots of time with them, for two weekends in a row!

I finished this quilt for Felicia's High School Graduation.

One of my earlier paintings.

And this is my latest painting.

I have started working part-time at a local Florist Shop. I do deliveries, help prep incoming flowers, take orders, and create plant baskets. I really enjoy the women I work with.

Our Whitewater "LOCHSA" Float!!

Don & I on the porch of our cabin. A wonderful trip was had by all!!

Several of the rafts coming downstream.

One of the rafts.

Brandon, Andrew and Jennifer, before the float.

The Whole Gang. I planned the trip for a total of 28 people. The weather held out and we had a SUPER TIME!!

Our weekend with Dylan.

Another fine painting finished... I am very happy with it.. I have started another painting that will be of a lighthouse.


Then Dylan, Dustin and Taralynn, came over last saturday for a bbq. The weather was coldish, but Dylan played outside for as long as he could.

Oh, sure,

the CRAP IS STILL FLYING!!!!!

UNREAL, UNREAL, AND TODAY MORE COMING!

Who cancelled spring?

Kitchen Progress.....

Dylan came over last weekend and enjoyed the hot tub.. Well, I have finished another project, I have tiled the backsplash of my kitchen!!! It looks so good!! With the help of the mat"tile setting mat", it was a project I would definately do again. Now I need to pick a paint color for the walls and paint the window sill and baseboards and I will take a rest for a while,,,,, maybe. LOL

My Arizona Trip.

One cute picture of Carrie and Mom underground at the silver mine in Tombstone. And then we have MoM, singing away as she is driving us to Tombstone! She must know all the words well!!!

My Arizona trip was WONDERFUL. I was able to spend time with both my sisters and their families. Then Mom and I took a craft class, which we enjoyed. We were able to do a few projects around Moms house,

we hung a towel rack in the bathroom,

put border up in her laundry room,

replaced the carpet in the pantry,

and then put carpet on top of the cabinets in the laundry room.

Then we took a day trip to Tombstone. It was so interesting, and we had a good time.

And then there was a memorable trip to Penneys for the GROUP Photo session!!!!!

Thanks to all for a great time!! See you next year.... LOVE YA