Where have we been???

Well it is already the middle of april and it is time to catch up........ We headed down to Disney world and had what ranks as one of the greatest vacations EVER!!!!! Sure there was the moment it looked like we may be spending the week at the rental car garage in the orlando airport, but after melody showed me the trick to starting the car and the laugh that came from that, it was non stop smiling and laughs for the remaining 9 days. There is so much to talk about, almost to much, but we went from the time the parks opened till we where crawling home sleepy and worn out.




There is so much more going on, but i will share it all in the next few days.... For now we watch the water flow....

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Happy Birthday Autumn

Snow Snow Snow....

So the post office pick up slips are starting to show up, the seed orders are arriving and for some reason it is always to exciting to open the boxes to see seeds.( Its not like it is even a surprise, we ordered them) But maybe it is the hope of new life and a sucessful year that makes it feel so good.



We really haven't had much lazy time this winter, and the repairs that need doing for summer time are slow in getting done, but with the forecast looking warmer this weekend i plan to take on our ditch. It has about a ten foot drift over it and goes for a couple hundred feet, i need to clean it out because the water from our yard wants to flow that way but it will all back up if this drift is there, i would almost be willing to leave it this year but with how wet our fall was i really don't want to risk it.



We went to look at some snow sculptures one afternoon, but other then that weekends have been busy and haven't even had any wiener roasts this winter as the weekends have been quite cool all year. Maybe in the next week or two.

George

It's almost christmas

Melody and I always have a way with home renovation projects, we talk about it out then all of a sudden we are in the check out line at the hardware store with wood and paint and much much more in hand. We finally painted autumn's room for her and got her a new bedroom set. She was quite surprised.

Then we decided to take on our upstairs washroom which was really outdated with the 80's wall paper starting to peel it was long over due, but a simple plan of removing the old wood wainscotting and painting, soon lead to flooring, a new vanity, knocking holes in the wall for a built in shelf unit, but it feels so much better in there now.

We caught the John butler trio show in november and have to say it was the best concert i have ever had the plessure of seeing. They had the energy of 10 year old kids but the chemistry between them it is like they have been playing together for 50 years. I would not think twice about traveling to see them again.



Then i was treated to an amazing weekend away with my wife to a relaxing cabin to hang out with my best friend. The weather was cold, but we still had a great time, would have been nice to have been able to get out more, but it was so nice to be able to relax with out feeling like there is something you should be doing.


We were waiting to start christmas decorating till sabina got home for christmas and now are in full christmas mode, lights are going up and we are building a tobogganing hill in the yard, cleared the whole front yard of snow to have enough to do it.



The kids are counting the days till the big guy drops by, feels a little more like christmas everyday.

All done

So last night was the bale burning party. Two wet hay bales made for a tougher time burning them, but some awesome fireworks made for a even better time then last year. The Official end of the pumpkin year!!!!!!! Time for a week of relaxing, then we will start planning next year.

The trailer sits ready to go once more
Lights shine in the dark off in the distance
As hunters arrive hoping to shot a goose today
The cold works though my rubberboots
As the snow crunches under my step
the year winding up, only 2 days to go
Mother Nature has blessed us all October
But has humble me once again.

Thankful for so many things....

We have had many changes and challenges in the last year. But we have work though them and pushed on, and as i watch my kids and wife and what we do together, how can i not be thankful.

So with the field almost dry, and will hopefully be able to get disc'ing it this week. And start some serious drainage work to prevent another year like this one.

Time to put my pumpkin pie in the oven.

That was a challenge

Well after all summer of working our field it's more then a little disappointing to have such a small amount come off it. But with the way the weather has been it is surprising to have anything at all. Between having to reseed late and so much rain, mother nature wasn't on our side this year. Hopefully she lets things dry out so at least i can get the fields worked for next year. Still having a great fall though.....

hoping for enough time...

Things are coming along and with the 14 day forecast looking good, it might not be to bad, fingers crossed for a very late frost.







Some sections are pressed for time, others are looking really good and giving us hope.

summer days.....

Been a tough last couple days with some family stuff going on, so we did the some of the best things we could think of to do with our spare time. Some go karting, beach fun and general hanging out and laughing. Summer has been busy with the farm, so we have to give the kids some story's to go back to school with.