Super Saturday

One of our chickens laid this massive egg this past week.  WOW !

With Grandpa Roger in Eden, waiting for Dad to finish his half marathon.

They were exclaiming, "We're the KING of the WORLD !"

Epic FALL.............this will probably be the LAST TIME they run to cross the finish line with Dad.

They felt so bad, and it HURT !!  Dad comforted them.

Great Medal !

Fear the Beard :)

Treats, courtesy of Dad

Back to Morgan to clean up the Property - even Treyson and Tagg did their part !  I was really impressed.  They actually worked instead of playing...........at least for ONE PILE EACH :)

Resting after work :)

Finally got the big guy to smile 

Dax and Treyson pretending to be garbage..........
until Zac said he would put them on the burn pile.  THEN Dax got a little nervous :)

Aaron and Kuk

Watching Zac light it up

Somebody got a taste of Grandpa Roger's Pepsi.........and they LIKED IT !!

Makin' me Smile :)

They look so happy :)

Camryn Dee (on right) - with her cousin
Beautiful girls

  Tagg is such a fun kid !

The Project

It started out something like this.....

An old gas pump from Round Valley, where my mom grew up.It was light green in color (the picture above is NOT the original tank, but it was similar).  Grandpa used to fill his tractors with it.  

This pic was taken last October
when "The Project" was started

Project Manager :)
Gotta love this kid

Zac worked so hard on this.
It was a lot of work

  It was completely rebuilt with original and new parts, and is a fully functioning gas pump.  We were going to put it outside of Grandpa's shop.  We had even figured a way to make it "legal", so that actual gas could be stored and pumped.  But............ it was JUST TOO NICE to sit out in the weather, and possibly be subject to vandalism.

Moving Day

I didn't get any pictures of the actual MOVE - because I was helping, but let me tell you.  It was intense, and nerve wracking, and took the muscles of 4 men and 1 woman.....we were most worried about the glass cylinder (original) and that it not get broken.

Payson thinks it looks GREAT !!
 This move happened in February

Sides

Light works

Small adjustments

Pictures for posterity :)

Two hard working proud men
The Project Manager, and the Financier

Couldn't ask for a better place to display it.

Saturday at the Property

The creek is SO LOW - amazing compared to two years ago.

We were able to get some trees cleaned up, that had fallen during the winter

The Easter Bunny came early with eggs for the kids

Pulled a dead beaver which had been caught in a trap out of the creek. Believe it or not, I was the one who pulled it out with the rake.  AND when dad pried apart the trap, I'm the one who released his leg (with a stick).

Tagg had fun gathering his eggs.  Treyson came up later (after my camera died )

He kept telling me he was SUPER DOG

Spring Burn - it's HOT on Tagg's face

Thatcher's first time in the swing

He was a good boy - smiling all of the time :)

Keeping him CONTAINED :)

Grandma Gwen and Thatch

Notice Tagg, laying on the tree, watching the fire

If anyone can get Thatch to giggle, it is Tagg

Roasting hotdogs

Odds and Ends

Our ducks and turkeys are GROWING !!

Thatch loves the chickens

 Roger D. made a little door on the chicken house, so that his "girls" could go out into the barnyard with Zac's chickens.  Tried it out today, and they went out, but hung near the door and wouldn't mix with the other chickens.  Later, SAM, the goat decided to try the door, and wouldn't you know it?  He fit himself through it and into the chicken pen....... unbelievable.

Thatcher's hand - all better, but with some scarring.
Doesn't phase him at all.  Glad he's a boy !

The boys favorite game to play - UNO.
They are pros, and regularly beat Grandpa

Landon and Payson in Bacolod

Pays loves animals, and really enjoyed a zoo they went to.  It wasn't a very big zoo, they were able to walk through it in 10 minutes, and it only cost all of them together  about $1.10 to get in.  

Not a fan of the water (at first)

They have gone swimming in the hotel pool each day, and this must have been the first day, because Landon said Pays DID NOT like it.  The 2nd day was a little better, and by the 3rd day, he was loving it !  I think we will have a major swimmer by the time they get home :)