PARTAY!

some pics of my little flower

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILLY BELLE!

You are the happiest being I have ever met and I cannot belive that two years has passed scence you were born. I love you Lilly!

because i can

put my little girl in crazy outfits and hope she doen't hate me when she is older.

so many lovleys

So, what is this you say? Our lovly friends had a surprise for Lillys birthday! A tonn of sand for her now assembeld sand box (which has been resting in bits by the barn all summer...) What a gift!!!!
She jumped in and so did Kitty

My girls and thier wonderful sweaters the neigbour made!!!! Alpakka, people!

This just cracks me up

Gma sent PJ's from the US... We LOVE

Hazel is getting so big...

FALL, SAY WHAT????

Wow, that summer went by fast... My poor garden, suffering from me not weeding when I was super preggers cus of heartburn and well.... the massive rain we have had. My poor veggies are rotting before they are ripe. I am super proud about my garden though, and have learned allot and have lots of good new tips so gonna start hardcore next spring! My darling Hazel is doing great! She has a diffent start on life compared to Lilly... You see, Lilly is giving her a run for her money. Big sisters beat up the little ones, even when they are not trying to. Also finished Hazels quilt!

IT'S A GIRL!

Hazel Aften was finally born Aug. 18, 14 days overdue!

She weighed in at 3012 grams and was 46 cm long

She is the sweetest little thing and cute as a button and we love her so very much!!!

gettin things done

My lil sis and bro came up for the weekend and wow we got some things checked off our list, pluss the neigbour friend spent some time helping boyfriend with some outstanding buisness!!!

The swing set is up!

The chicken coop is DONE!

The barn is in phase one of the chicken clean up.

The hall shelf is half painted.

The lawn is mowed.

The sheep are clean.

The flowers are weeded.

The kids are fed.

And last but not least... The damn machine is GONE BABY GONE!!!!!!!

lovin it!

Ole McDonald had......

SHEEP! Three of them! we got them last night and they are just fine looking livestock, if I do say so myself. Donkey did not wink when we put them out to pasture today, Flicka is really hoping that she has new playmates... We shall see... Hoping the electric fence is gonna do its wonders, we might be on some crazy escapades getting them back home if they get out... Loven IT!

hus & hem

I love interior magazines, and love to read them and then give them off to my friends to read. I like to recycle like that. I bought hus & hem the other day cus everyone in the blogging world in the US seems to link to them all the time. I figured I would give all my American readers a chance to read a real paperback issue, so here's your chance! Leave a comment and contact info in the comment link and if I pull your lucky name out of the hat I'll and send you a copy!!!

moving right along...

Its Sunday and we all seem to need to take a rest day. Its really overcast and doesn't look like a good day to paint the house. We resolved our hen house problem yesterday and got a cute little house for our feathered friends, just need a paint job and some interior decorating ;)

We also got some new chicks from a friend the other day, they seem to be settling in nicely.

Lilly Belle

This is summer! She is having so much fun, spending hours filling her bucket with sand!

ALL THE CRAZY PROJECTS...

So, I've been getting some grief for not posting for a while... Here is the explanation:

The painting the house project:

Boyfriend was bummed that I didn't take a pic of him risking his life at the top of the house... We are painting the whole house white, including the windows.

The swing set/sandbox project

The field clearing and restranding fence project:We are getting three lambs sometime soon and have to restrand our fence. Also battling the weeds....
The garden project:
For a first time garden I'm thrilled! The beets, carrots, and pasternak is all coming along great. The squash, pumpkins, cucumbers were planted late and are growing slowly, but really enjoy the warm weather we have had lately!
Halter breaking Flicka project:

She is no problem at all (so far :))

The firewood stacking project:

Restranding the flagpole project:


The hen house project:

We moved the chickens in the barn during a moment of crisis, but they have made a total mess in the barn. It needs to be cleaned out and they need to get a house of there own. Supposed to start this week...

The redoing the stable project:

Had to demolish two walls in the barn and they are waiting to be rebuilt...

The quilt project:
I did not have enough fabric left for the binding, so need to get some more in town next week...

The baby project:
Due in only 4 weeks! This is all I have bought. Started to get Lilly's baby stuff out. Really hard to find clothes for a newborn that are not pink or blue... LOVE my new stroller though!!!

Moving my sewing room project:
Making room for the new baby, my sewing room has been moved to the annex. I love the space I have now, just need more time to unpack.

So, these are just a few of the projects, there are more, believe me... If you saw the mountain of laundry you would run away... Enjoy!