Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...................

That was a long, long sigh......

after a long, long weekend.

And here is the weekend in review.

The Farmer and I were expecting guests this past weekend. I love it when guests come....it is motivation to get things done around the house!

We have been doing some landscaping and decided that some large rocks were needed. So we went rock hunting. Hand picked the rocks. And had them delivered. It all sounds to simple doesn't it??;)

It took chains, forklifts, men and more men. And Finally the rocks were in place. And I love them!

Next.....The Boy became the starting quarterback quite suddenly this past weekend. Sure he had practiced a little,

The key word is a LITTLE!

He was great! We were amazed and who knew that The Boy

could throw a ball like that!
(We thought he had been bred for basketball!)

They lost their game....but they did a great job!



Coach S. and The Boy

Tradition is that the teams sings

"The Army of Helaman"

after each game....win or loose. It is a tender thing to watch.

How grateful we are to coaches who understand that they are shaping and forming future missionaries.

The weekend continued with two sessions of Stake Conference....a wonderful visitor who we now call "friend." A prayer and a promise that angels would surround our home and that our children would be protected. A lovely dinner to complete all of the meetings, and at the end of the day....

The Farmer found himself with his favorite.....

our Sunday night tradition,

A big bowl of popcorn!

Tuesday......

This is where Kitty Meow Meow, sits hoping and waiting for a lovely little

Humming Bird to swoop low enough that he might catch it.

He sits for hours!

This is what he is hoping for.

We are hosting literally hundreds of Humming Birds at our house

these days. We fill our feeders twice daily, and when the little beauties have to wait,

they get upset and have been known to be quite agressive with PreShie,

who keeps them all fed. The Farmer told The Darlings, the other day, he

thought that the Humming Birds were preparing to leave our area, to migrate, and that

they were building up their strength for their journey. The Darlings, almost

in unison said.....AWWWWWWWW.......

and suggested that we add 10-15 more feeders in our yard to help them prepare

to migrate.

I don't think so.

Meet Don Hector. This kind and gentle man arrived at our home yesterday to do

a little art work on the house. When he came, he carefully set up his painters table,

mixed the paint colors until just right and then painted this,

(below)

He is a wonderful man. He filled my morning with inspiring thoughts of Christ and

left a peaceful feeling when he left.

A few weeks ago I began the seach for just the right artist to help me with this project.

I contacted a few friends and low and behold, two painters

showed up the same day, that was yesterday. Highly unusal in the land which I live!

I wasn't sure what to do, I didn't want anyone to feel bad and certainly I wanted the

best guy to do the job. So I was in my kitchen discussing this with our Rosa, who helps keep

us all afloat around here. And this is what she said, "My mother-in-law once told me, you should never keep two boyfriends at once....and this is exactly why......They are likely to both show up

at the same time." Just as the two painters did yesterday.

So there is your advice for the day......from Dona Rosa!

p.s. The Farmer took me rock hunting yesterday afternoon, boy was it fun! Seriously!

We are adding some large rocks to our yard, we marked the ones we wanted, and

they should arrive later today!

Construction Update #3

It is really getting fun now! The whole process has really been alot of fun,

but we are enjoying the details now. Hummmm.....the paint.....

still not sure how that is going to go.

The fireplace is amazing! We love it!


The molding is beautiful.

And The Rooster....is having the time of his life! He said to The Farmer the other day

"Dad, you are never going to be able to move out of this house you know." The Farmer

said, "Why is that Rooster?" The Rooster said "Because your Boy helped build it."

And he really has enjoyed the process. He eats his lunch quickly so he can

"work" with the crew. He even keeps a measuring tape attached to his pants

....just in case.

Construction Update #2

It's coming along!

Construction Update...

Yes...those are paw prints...in the fresh cement.

Long Needed Cleaning!

Wow! That is word I am left with. Shame on me for waiting TOO long to do a deep cleaning in my kids rooms! SHAME!! I bought a new dresser for my boys room, which required re-arranging and moving the existing pieces. Before you judge...remember I live in a dusty farming town and I think those darling boys of mine brought most of the dirt from the farm, into the house. We do clean at our house...really we do! Our businesses have kept me very very busy for the last while and I have not given the time to the house that I should have....anyway....with cleaned carpets, sorted clothes, shoes and toys we have a fresh start.
NOW, for the darling girls' room.....

p.s. thanks Rae for the cute signature idea! I love it