Cat vs. Dog

Molly has this place she likes to lay in the sun in the yard....She was minding her own business the other day when Jack came up to bother her...Molly was not impressed!

Jack proceeded to lay down in the driveway and roll around in front of Molly....you can tell the dog wasn't liking it.....It went on for a while....

Until this happened! haha!

Jack-1  Molly-0

Such funny animals!

Fire and Ice

Early last week the trees were decorated with ice for Christmas....just beautiful and these pictures really doesn't do justice to how pretty it really was.....

Beautiful sunset Saturday evening! I do regret not getting in the car and going to a better place for pictures...one that did not include buildings and power lines....but it was such a beautiful sky anyway!

Christmas

Emily playing with a bow..

Tyler is such a good boy!

Little Emily on her first Christmas Eve...

Concentrating on opening a gift!

We had a really nice evening....Didn't get too many pictures, but enjoyed the evening a lot!

Christmas Eve

Happy Christmas Eve! Friday night we went out to dinner with another couple....at the Westphalia Inn...Nice dinner....and we "shopped" there at their flea market kind of stuff....I found the smaller elf here...for fifty cents! I was pretty excited to find a little friend for our other elf....They will both be watching over the festivities tonight!

Hope Christmas is great for everyone!

Mute Monday

Mostly River Pictures.....

I bought this set of bells for myself for Christmas! I had some $ as a gift and used a bit of it for this...

From yesterday at the river....up at the old cabin spot...

On the bluff between the two cabins...

this is a ways up the bluff....wouldn't want to be in the way when these rocks come tumbling down!

Dried flowers...I should remember the name of this, but escapes me right now...

I enjoyed our time at the river yesterday.....of course Richard did all the work and all I did was walk around and take pictures!

Sock Monkey and the Old Cabin

We went to the river this morning to repair the roof on the old cabin....a rock had come off the bluff and damaged the roof.....it was so nice this morning that it was the perfect time to go out to repair it....Sock Monkey came along for the ride! Here he is in front of the cave....

Hanging on a grapevine....I accidentally got Richard in the background on the roof....I guess you can tell I was not being much help! Ha!

Climbing up to the cave...

Enjoying the sixty degree temps this morning!

Pink Flamingo that our neighbor has out....They actually had two of these...both floated off in the flood, but this one got tangled in some brush so they got it back...Sock Monkey enjoyed riding it....he found a friend!

Hmm, the pump house! I can get into all kinds of trouble in here!

Turning knobs to mess things up!

Peeking into a hole in the bluff...

Resting on the moss covered bluff between our two cabins...

Sure was a nice morning to be outside...temps started dropping by the time we had left, but was still nice out...

New Stove

Our oven went out last Saturday...right in the middle of baking some bread....Was unexpected, as we hadn't had any trouble ever with the stove....guess we shouldn't have been too surprised, since we bought it in 1988 when we built the house...It sure was a good one!

We decided to get a new stove instead of trying to fix the old one, since it was so old...Just a basic electric range....will read up on the book and see what those digital controls are all about...

Not too much fun spending a bunch of money on a new stove....that on top of the damage at the cabin from the flood makes for a bunch of spending money on non-fun things....but that is just the way it is! ha! When we got married I remember my  uncle saying that there should be showers and gifts for people that have been married for over 25 years, as stuff starts wearing out...pretty true actually. We had to replace our water heater this fall...and our clothes washer a few years ago.  Our refrigerator has seen better days and after looking at those in the store the other day, we are thinking of getting a new one....We deserve it, right?

Seasonal Randoms

Angel hanging on our back door...reminds me of a dear friend...whose garage sale I bought it at!

Christmas tree!

Coyote I saw in the Mae field last Saturday...the afternoon after the big snow...

Huge peanut butter cup! 

Enjoy this last week before Christmas!

Mute Monday-Winter Wonderland!

Thursday's Fun

We had a good time yesterday morning watching Tyler and Emily...They were both so good! It was nice to spend some extra, extended time with them too...Little Emily liked her bouncer seat....

Tyler loving on Emily! All un-coached...

Helping entertain!

After Sarah came to pick them up, the UPS guy came....A delivery from Cabela's! Merry Christmas! Tyler had a bunch of fun playing with the box....He also has in his hand the little dog Sarah got him for being a brave boy while getting his flu shot...and also five dollars Richard gave him for being good...

I have a few pictures of him doing various things with the box...just something about a little kid and a big empty box...they just seem to go together!

Wow! Don't you want a seclusion 3D Gobbler Lounger too??? Haha! Just kidding, Richard! I told him that seat sits so low to the ground I would have to crawl in and out of it....Of course, it's supposed to be that way!

And a nice new pair of boots!

Tyler trying out the new chair....

Sweet Emily...

We sure enjoyed our time with these two....Made for a super day!