What we do!

We have been having an unusual stretch of nice weather, and we took advantage and got a lot of the yard work done. I will not bore you with pics of me with the blower and Dave raking. But, I will be more than happy to bore you other pics of thing we did!!!
Friday night Sarah met us after work at our local Mexican restaurant and we most certainly did not imbibe in any alcoholic beverages!!!

Especially Sarah.....nope not my little girl!! They make the yummiest margarita's here!!

Sarah has been obsessing about a Mini Cooper. She LOVES them. So on Saturday she found one she was interested in and we went for a test drive. You could see the smile on her face if I hadn't deleted the wrong picture from the disc!!!

But, unfortunately this one was without cruise control!! Seriously who has a car without cruise control these days........Like she said if it had it , she would have been bringing it home!!!

On the owl front......Hootie is just hanging out in the nest box and Blowfish in the trees near the nest. She will head out for a few minutes at dusk and we hear them monkey chatting then. We just wait for the eggs to hatch!! I did go outside to see it I could spot them in the dark and heard some noise in the woods. At first I thought it was the neighbors dog and then I saw it was a coyote. We hear them now and then but this is the first time in 20 years we have seen one!!

On Sunday we made a BIG move!!!

After 3 years and NO procrastination on our part we decided to grout the kitchen. So we moved all the stuff out.........

Covered all the granite.........

and started the work.....holy c%$# what a nasty job!!

YES......I helped.....and not just for pictures either. I really helped and I have the sore hands and back to prove it!!

and for anyone who has done this before......seriously how many times can you wash something before it is clean......1,2,3,4,.... times. Then I applied a haze remover and if I do say so myself it looks great!!!!

I am so happy with the results...now a little sealer and some paint (when Dave and I can AGREE on a color) and we can finally say the kitchen is DONE!!!

I played around with the settings on blogspot and I am trying again to upload a video. Let's see if it works??? I just uploaded the last video on this disc to try it. You can see it is a few weeks old. Lukas was enjoying a day in the snow. I am sooo glad it is working and you can now enjoy the cuteness that is Lukas!!



Aren't you glad Dave bought me a camera I can take anywhere?!?!?!

Quickie....get your minds out of the gutter!!

Just a quick little note .....Blowfish is sitting most of the time in the tree across from the nest box. He will usually stay close just in case predators come around. he is also in charge of keeping Hootie fed as she will not leave the nest long enough to hunt till the eggs hatch.

This was the box this morning. As you can see Blowfish is doing his job....there is a vole in the box for Hooties breakfast.

Best part of the week so far.....Lukas came for a visit...and indoor or out he loves his sticks!!

He also loved the screens on the windows......if you bang on them they make a really cool noise!!

He also wanted to help with some clean up in the living room....do you see a little of the Ohh Ohh she caught me in that face??!!

Sun is shining today and next week looks to be spectacular!!!

Hello again ..... Here is a video of Hootie hooting in the nest box.

Spring Fling

I told you I would give you a little owl update.

The other day I saw the one egg in the box. I was pretty sure the other night that I saw a third. Hootie will lay an egg and then leave the nest. She will come back within the next day or so to lay another and so on. Until she has laid all the eggs she will continue to do this. Well she has been sitting now for the last few days so I assume we are done. In the last years we have had 2,3,2,3 and now 2 again........we must be in some sort of pattern!!! Although I am disappointed in the camera at night, at least we can see in the box this year, and the angle seems a little better. So here are the 2 eggs for this year. It will be sometime in the second week of April that they should hatch. Till then I will keep an eye and see what we can see.

Remember when I told you Dave got me a new camera for my birthday? Well here it is......and I LOVE it. It is small and fits in my pocket, so I can take it anywhere........

and it lets me go from this......

To this with no problem focusing.....


The sun was shining and spring was in the air so I took a little walk with the new toy......

The deer have already started eating some of the plants!!!

I like the way the pictures turned out and this is without any editing. I really do need to try that sometime.

Did I say I LOVE this new toy?!?!

Busy Times

As g-ma has mentioned my g-pa and daddy were off in sunny Arizona having a great time bike riding. I really missed him. While he was gone g-ma came down to watch me 4 days last week. We were lucky and had some nice weather so we got to hang out and do a lot of fun things. My Nana O bought me this cool tent and tunnel and I am really having fun with it. G-ma keeps throwing things down the tube and making me fetch........good things it is so much fun!!!

I started swimming lessons at the local YMCA and this was the first time that g-ma got to come along and watch. I am a really busy guy and even in the locker room I have to stay in touch. OK, so while g-ma wasn't looking I took her phone...I just wanted to call my dad and let him know how much I missed him!!!

This is me getting ready to dive in. It's a good thing that mom is right there to catch me. Oh, and what do you think of my very cool swimsuit??

Not only that but she is more than happy to help me with my swimming skills. She took me around and around that pool, helped me with my various swim strokes, and my motorboat skills. She is the VERY best mommy EVER!!!!

Back at the humble abode and g-ma was testing me on all the new things I am learning. Here she is asking me where my belly button is.................

So I obliged and showed her!!!! I am learning a lot of things lately....just a few examples....I love helping around the house, I take things to the trash, help with the vacuuming, and picking up my own toys. I love to say OH OH when things fall to the floor(don't believe it when someone tells you I throw things down). I say bye, out(when I want to go outside), and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. OK so maybe not the last word but I am using a lot of new words.!!

I was longing to go outside and help with the yard work.

I begged and begged. I even had to get my own shoes and coat on.

But FINALLY I got to go out in the sunny weather. I helped with pulling some old plants so the new ones can grow. Of course I took my pole with me where ever I went. When I let g-ma have it she used it to steer me around the yard. I love my new shades too.

We sure did have a lot of fun and you can't beat this weather!!!

With that g-ma went back to GR for the next day and then she came back with a surprise. What was that surprise.........it was aunt YAYA. While they were here we went out for a picnic. Mommy and I had a picnic with g-ma the day before also. I am sure lovin this outdoor stuff better with out all the white stuff on the ground. We went to the play ground across the street for some fun!!!

Aunt YAYA was pushing me way high in the swing.....I like this!! When can I have one of these in my back yard????

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AUNT YAYA....Thanks for swinging with me!!

And for helping me climb that really high wall so I could get to the slide.

And of course for making sure I didn't fall while I was sliding down the slide!!

To top off a wonderful time I found three awesome sticks just laying on the ground....I feel sorry for whoever left those toys at the playground....but I was happy to play with them!!!

I gave one to aunt Ya Ya and one to g-ma ( see I am learning to share), and we walked around the racetrack.

Here you can see I am challenging Ya Ya to a race!!!

It was a long ways around that track and there were a few race fans out to cheer me on. That little boys name was Lukas also, can you imagine that!?!?!

Guess who won!!!!????

Me of course, she just couldn't keep up!!

G-ma said she was including this picture so you could see my cute(her words, not mine) red cheeks from being outside. Oh, and maybe I drool a LITTLE bit too!!!

Saturday and mommy, aunt Ya and g-ma headed back up to GR.

Guess why??

Because daddy and g-pa were coming home and I wanted to be there to meet them. The weather where they were got bad in the mountains and so they ended up taking a longer route home. It added about 5 hours to the trip but at least they were safe. I ended up falling asleep waiting for them. But in the morning.....I got to hug my daddy!!! YEAH!!!

And maybe, just maybe we were both suffering from a case of bedhead!!!

Well, I am out of here. I need to bond with daddy again.

Thanks for the interest in my busy week.
Oh, and g-ma said to tell you she will update you all on the owls in the next couple of days.