Sunday, July 24, 2011

Cherries, Roosters and a Saturday Drive

So we were rooster owners up until a few weeks ago. The rooster started attacking Samuel. Everytime he would step onto the porch the mean old rooster would charge Samuel. I taught him to carry a mallet and yell "No!" to the rooster but it still kept charging him. Solution: The chopping block. Ricky had the boys from our ward come take care of our rooster. They even grilled the chicken up. Moral of the story: Dont' mess with Samuel.









Saturday drive up to Cascadae. We stopped and played in the river. These two LOVED the water. We decided we'll stop at this little river bank everytime we head up to Cascade.



















I thought this was funny. Any similarities??



Check out these baby blues.




Cascade, Idaho


This was our first trip to Cascade. Absolutely beautiful! We'll definitely be back.



Pruning and a net do wonders for fruit trees. We've been up to our eyeballs in cherries! Ricky picked buckets and buckets of cherries and the tree didn't look like it had been touched. We've taken sacks of cherries to our neighbors and everyone we know, made cherry shakes, cherry salads, dried cherries and I still had plenty to can. I canned cherries in syrup, black forest preserves and will top it off with some cherry jam this week. Love Idaho!


How does Dad handle two? Put one in a bucket:)


Samuel climbing the ladder to pick some cherries.


So handsome!



Ruby girl smile from her head to her toes. Sometimes I call her Ruby Cube. Samuel caught on and has affectionately started calling her Cube.


She's my crawler.


Samuel is such a good brother. The other day Ruby was crying so he brought her a book and started "reading" it to her. Lucky girl.


More Cherries!


Thursday, July 7, 2011

The 1/2



I should have posted this picture from Jacob and Rachel visiting in my last blog. We had SO much fun with them. Rachel and I planned the 1st Annual Bower/Carlson 1/2 Marathon. Out of over 20 Bower/Carlsons 2 ran: Me and Rachel. Love you all still:)I meant to take lots of pictures of our race to show how much FUN running can be and motivate everyone to want to join next year, but this is all I have. We'll be anxious for the 2nd annual run. Sure love you guys!

Airshow, The 4th, Cousins...




The Melba Fourth of July Parade

Caroline and I took her cute girls and my little ones and then found a FABULOUS garage sale on the way home. Love a woman with a love for garage sales. I will post some of our good finds.


Rubes and I walking to our parade spot. She can hang out on my back for hours, totally content.










Saturday at the Caldwell Airshow
































Love this boy









My handsome little farmer.





























Ruby girl sure loves her daddy.







Uncle Jacob, Bubba and Samuel with Jacob's catch of the day.


Bubba and the fish.


Samuel and the fish.





My snowballs and peonis. Aren't they beautiful?! I love when these bloom. I bring bunches in every room.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

This one's for you Dad and Mamma!

WE LOVE YOU GIGI!



Trying to take a picture of the monkey on my back:)