Bradley's birthday

 We had Bradley Bloomer's birthday party at our house last month. I kind of put on a "movie theater" theme for the upstairs, and had a lot of fun doing it. :)

 Bradley helped decorate the cupcakes. :)

Happy Birthday Bradley!!!

Hunter Safety

 Hey Ya'll. Sorry for the lack of photos lately. I am going to *try* to catch you all up to date on what we've been doing over here, but I don't know if I'll be able to get throught the sea of photos I have at the moment. For now, I'll fill you in on the "oldest" happening. :)

We all passes hunter safety! I am so happy. :) Now I'll be able to hunt all 'em ducks in the fall. :p And, eventually, I think us five oldest kids might go Elk hunting. (Now 'that' will be fun!)

 Yeah. It poured on range day. That kinda stunk, but in the end I was happy for it. One forgets the wonderful feeling of the rain on your face, and sopping wet hair and clothes. :)

 I LOVED our instructer! He was really nice and humerous.

Thanks be to God for this delightful time learning about guns, and for letting us all pass!

Orange Almond Pound Cake

I just recently made this pound cake, and had a blast taking photos of it. I think this was one of the best. I just really liked the "snow" on the lemons. It looked so...magical.

Fishing

Last week Papa took all us kiddos out fishing up the river. I love going fishing with Papa and my siblings. My favorite fishing, is what we call "adventure fishing." That's when there are only us bigger kids, and we explore up and down the river, through the woods, and find the best fishing spots, barefoot. It's the best thing in the world to me.

I haven't writen much in this post, so pictures will have to do. :) All to be said, we had a lovely time.

Working man's boots

Constructing a new patio

 I am so thrilled to be back doing something "construction" like again! It just brings back so many fond memories of building our house, the appartment, the barn...etc. We are now building a new patio for the appartment. First, we had to raise the roof because it was far too short, then the next day (Wednesday) we started laying the wall of cinder blocks. That REALLY hurt your back! My job was bringing the blocks over, and leveling the ground. Not nearly as hard as what Papa was doing! He is a stong man.

 Perfectly level..all the way around.

 Done for the day. Lookin' good!

That is one day's labor. Many more to come--