Ships Ahoy

A couple of years ago my mom bought my dad a canoe for Christmas. Ever since he has been complaining that he's never been able to take it out because he's been to busy. Well a couple of months ago we had a heavy rain, and when ever that happens this large hole in the back of our office always fills with water. So one day I told him that he should take his canoe out on that. So that's what he did, Cameron was at the office at the time so Grandpa took him out for a ride. The water was only about a foot deep and they kept getting stuck.

Easter Madness

This Easter my family decided it would be fun to have Easter at my house. Then we found out that tons of our extended family would be down so our small gathering of 17 turned into about 48 people. It was fun though, we just put painters plastic down and set up tables in my empty front room. Then we went to a near by park to hide eggs. There were eggs everywhere because everyone brought eggs so we had around two hundred. We were just throwing them in the grass, it was one colorful site. When the kids showed up and saw all those eggs it was like a tide of yapping chihuahuas were descending upon us. Scary but fun, I think everyone had a good time. The good news is that my house survived, if it can handle that it can handle anything.

Hard Ground

This weekend I decided to plant some rose bushes in my new back yard. I got six bushes in different colors and sizes. I think my house was built on a river bed. There are so many rocks in that ground that I couldn't even use a shovel I had to use one of those hand gardening shovels. It took over an hour for each hole, but I did get them all in so ya for me. It made my hands and arms so sore I'm chicken peck'n it right now. I'm going to have to come up with something else to finish planting things in my yard. Dose anyone have any ideas or know of a tool that might help please let me know.

Birthday Madness

Well today my dad has turned 56 yrs old. We're having a party tonight to celebrate this once in a lifetime event. The end of February and into March is when we have a perlethera of birthdays. Six of them at last count, we all gain 10 lbs because of the cake and ice cream that is consumed during this time. For these 4 weeks my whole family will be walking around in a sugar coma and if we're lucky by the time its done no one will have had to get their stomach pumped. Kids will be running up and down the walls screaming, parents will be yelling, Dad and Mom will be watching it all with joy because at the end of the night everyone goes home. Then there's me looking on in silence half wishing I didn't have to go home alone and the other half raises my hands in halalua that I get to go home alone without the ear popping noise makers that are my nieces and nephews.
I love them all but let me tell you those kiddies have some lugs on them. Only three more weeks to go till the birthday swarm passes, lets all pray that everyone makes it out in tacked.