It's Spring!

We started our spring clean-up of the yard today. We found this nest on the ground under the big willow tree. Banner put it in the the little crab apple tree so we could take a picture.

Banner and her friend Ashley, cleaning up twigs and leaves in the front yard. These girls were a big help.

Jim doing the same in the side yard.

Our big pile ready to burn.

Jim is protecting "Buck" from the inferno.

Banner used this sled to carry twigs off the deck.

Tennyson with some logs off our fence that has collapsed in a few places. Jim wants to tear it out this year.

The flames are out. "Buck" is safe.

Tennyson practicing her golf swing for her golf date with her Dad.

The lilac bush has started to bud out. There was a light breeze, that's why it's blurry. It couldn't be because of me or my camera.

Jim and Tennyson left for Millsite(where you "pee" over the dam) and Banner and Ashley went to the pool so I decided to bake banana bread. Before he left, Jim had asked me why we keep fruit and vegetables until they're petrified. I say my petrified bananas are perfect for banana bread. A year ago I was at Ace Hardware and I found these little loaf pans. They reminded me of Mom and when she would let us make little loaves of bread. So, here are my cute little loaves, I thought they would be perfect for Leah and Essie, too bad they're not here.

Maybe when everyone is down for Easter we can make some more bread in the little pans.

Here are the big loaves baking. They will be perfect for an after swimming/golfing snack.

Now I can practice my knitting. Lizzy said she thought about my work and realized that my technique was all wrong. I was casting on wrong, sticking my right needle in wrong and wrapping my yarn around the needle wrong. This is the perfect opportunity to work on all my wrongs. If I fix my problems, Becky might get this lovely dishcloth at her shower.

Just for your information, we got Tennyson's car out of the shop yesterday. Little Red Riding Hood was kind of banged up after Tennyson ran into a "deer friend" two weeks ago but she is home now and looks better that ever. What would we do without comprehensive coverage?

Some Projects!

These are just waiting to snuggle some sweet new babies!

Quiz Answers!

1. Miranda. After Mom was diagnosed with liver cancer, Miranda was convinced she had it too.

2. Tennyson. She said this to the male nurse who was giving her her kindergarten shots. He asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up.

3. Banner. She said this after seeing a Bowflex commercial.

4. Whitney. She was watching TV and there was a preview of a 20/20 show about living as lesbians.

5. Miranda. We were in Price at the hospital (when Dad was really sick)but Miranda wanted to go eat, I had told her earlier that Sara was fasting so we wouldn't be going out to dinner.(I was nursing Tennyson at the time so that is why I wasn't fasting.) She was just questioning if Sara was still "fascinating".

6. Banner. Our family was driving home from Price and she just popped out with this one. She was interested in Elvis after she found out that they have the same birthday. I have no idea where she heard about "cheating on".

7. Miranda. No explanation necessary.

8. Banner. She was being asked to get up for family prayer. She was mad at her Dad.

9. Miranda after being told that the Easter Bunny would be coming that night to put candy in her basket .

10. Tennyson. All of her other words that started with s had an h sound but not shoes and socks.

11. Whitney to Jim when she was about 3. I just happened to overhear her out the kitchen window. The sad thing is, he believed her.

12. Banner. She said this to a little friend that had come over to play. Whitney just happened to walk through the room and Banner decided to make up this story. The little girl promptly told me I had to take her home and she never came to play at our house again.

13. Tennyson. This was just last year when Russia's tanks crossed the border into Georgia. She didn't know there was a country called Georgia. She was very confused.

14. Whitney. After 2 weeks with baby Miranda she had had enough.

15. Whitney. We had stopped in Ashton on the way back from Jim's grandpa's funeral in Montana. We had tied a large wardrobe on the top of our car that Jim had been given by his family. Whitney was only 3 and somehow she thought we had the body in the "box" on top of the car.

16. Miranda. She still sometimes has a lisp.

Daughter Quiz II

Who said that?


1. I think I have liver cancer.

2. Maybe I will be somebody's mom.

3. Dad doesn't look like that but we still love him.

4. Mom, are you a lesbian?

5. Is Sara still fascinating?

6. Mom's cheating on Dad with Elvis.

7. Why does the tooth fairy leave $5 for Les and I only get $1?

8. (Crying)Doesn't he know that little girls are tired in the morning?

9. I don't WANT a big rabbit in my house.

10. I need to find my quoos and gocks.

11. Mommy beats me everyday.

12. That's my sister, she's a witch. She eats little kids.

13. I didn't know Russia was by Georgia.

14. When are we taking that baby back to the hospital?

15. Are we leaving the cancer man outside in the box?

16. My Grandma lives in Minnethoda.