Burfoot Park

 

Havalah, Marcie & Luke, and Brigg start on the trail to the bay

We were able to catch a glimpse of the Capitol from the beach

The zoom lens was able to catch this tender moment by the bay

Darlin kept Luke very warm

Brigg and I took a hike above the beach

It was tough to get a picture of our sleeping Luke through the back window but managed it!

It was a very nice day to be out for a hike and enjoy Heavenly Father's beautiful creations.

More Luke

After 2nd breakfast

new friend - musicbox giraffe

First General Conference - listening to Elder Packer

Hey, I look pretty good in Dad's old outfit!

3 generations of bumble bees

Chatting with Grandma Darlin

Napping with Mom

new front yard

Just waiting for the grass to grow!

New grandson - Luke Turner!

Brigg and Havalah brought their new son to Washington this past Friday for the next six weeks, while Brigg has an internship here in town. 

The 3 travelers arrive  in Seattle after a long day of flying from Erie PA.

There sure is a lot more luggage with a baby:)

Beautiful boy

Luke finds a new friend in the singing giraffe.

Bundled up and ready to go for a walk with Grandpa

Thanks for tilling up the garden Brigg - "back in the saddle again" eh?!

Trees part 2

The day after the trees came down the weather was quite nice, as you can tell.  We had some nice timber to work with - hadn't used a splittling maul for some time!

The weather changed on us the very next day to our great surprise! 

Besides the water main breaking (see previous blog) we also had a mishap with one of our yard lights!

From another angel -

Icicles a plenty

The "orchard" looked a bit different during these few days

All quiet on this lovely winter's eve

Speaking of snow, we caught this view of Mt. Rainier on our way to the Kent cannery the other day.

The weather finally returned to normal and we had the two tree stumps ground out, which left us lots of sawdust for the back yard.  And the yard has smelled wonderful ever since:)



The downing of the trees!!

Presidents Day 2011 will be a memorable for us - our two trees out front finally came down, and not in a wind storm.  We have talked about taking them down for several years and today was the day.  We had a very noteworthy day as you'll see.  First just a record of what the two trees look like from down the street

and then from laying on the sidewalk!

The chief cutter taking the limbs off - some were as big as trees themselves.

The zoom on this camera is great

Chipping - 

can't believe how big the limbs are that can go through the chipper 

Need help placing that highest ornament?  I've got a name I can give you:)  

One of the smaller divots of the day

Limbs gone - two at work getting the trees down

A log on its way down

The last shove before heading off

This one flying away was a bit too big - as you'll see!

It moved a big rock out of its place, smashed a few bricks and...

Cracked the city main water line leading from our meter - lucky for us it wasn't the new line we just put in.  However it does seem that we always have some adventure when doing house repairs!

We called a city crew - they responded very quickly, found the crack and had it repaired in about 15 minutes.

A wish come true!

We took a short video but don't know quite how to put it on the blog - once we figure it out we'll upload it as well.  All in all, a very productive day - and we're so grateful there were no injuries (I even got on the roof under close supervision to clean off all the sawdust!!)