Summer Camp Fun!

Sierra and Alex have been enjoying a fun week at Twin Lakes 4H camp! While it rained and was gloomy and cold here, a mere hour away in the woods the kids enjoyed: swimming in a warm lake, canoeing, campfires, vespers, archery, camp songs and only 1 day of rain! How lucky!! I was glad to have my Pal Al back last evening and Sierra will return home today. She had such a good time, wants to train to be a Counselor In Training (CIT) for next year and even volunteered to stay the extra night to help with camp clean-up today. Love that girl!

Patriotism Begins Young

I asked both Alex and Julia say their own bedtime prayers this evening and I could not be more proud of my children. Not only did they thank our Lord for their day and specific blessings, but my sweet children prayed that our Lord would protect our Soldiers defending our freedoms tonight.

Get ready, get set.... RAIN

All our hard work on our deck and horse trailer is on hold for final touch ups and then enjoyment as it as seen fit to rain for 3 days straight in the middle of July. I think the kids and I are going nuts without the ability to run, play, and enjoy "our park" of a home. More vitamin D please!

Hard Working Hubby

My hunny has been hard at work on our Pool Party Deck! Here are some before and after shots! Of course we got an algae bloom once the sun light hit the water, but add a little algae-cide and it will clear up shortly.

EGGTASTIC!!

We got our first eggs from our chickens (AKA Cluckers) yesterday! We are all so jazzed! Then Princess Chica, Julia's clucker, gave us another one this morning =D Woohoo!!

(This one is Princess Chica's!)

Home Grown Goodies!

It was a very cold Spring and against what other gardeners in my area were doing, I went ahead and started my garden by seeds in late March. I am most happy with my first year with our own horse compost and raised beds! =)

Horse College

So our lovely little Arab filly Bella is off to the Trainers to get broke to ride. We got to watch Bill as he exercised her today. It was totally fun and educational. I love to watch horses in motion, but truly enjoyed watching this cutie Horse we love so much get schooled by a gentle but take no crap experienced horsemen!

Love the PNW in July!

We have had days of fabulous sunshine and warm weather. I can not say there is anything better than watching my children beings kids exploring their world and getting along! Yahoo =)

We have been diligently working on the horse Trailer we bought with Sierra. It's functional but a bit of a rusty thing. however, things don't warm up enough here until July to be able to use the rust-o-leum paint.. unless you have a nice heated RV garage bay.. which I do not. Both Sie and Alex have used the sander to get rust off and we've primed it. Now it just needs a bath and then paint the exterior. Then the big job begins. The inside will be a bit more difficult because of the little latches and tight corners.

(After exterior primer)

 Interior not sanded or primed yet.. labor of love?? Questionable.

We went to our property at Long Beach, Washington to enjoy the 4th of July Fireworks! What a great time! Sunny blue skies, with some wind. We have a lovely view, from our hilltop motorhome perch, of the ocean and right outside our door is the best sandbox ever!