Curlew Wildlife

We have really enjoyed the wildlife here!  Every morning and night we get to watch the deer as they graze on this acreage.

We have also seen some great rainbows over the last two weeks since we have had some rain.

See the double rainbow?

Then...last night Josh saw a MOOSE!  It was right out near our propane tank.  We quick grabbed the camera and here is what we saw:

 This little yearling ran around our yard

 then jumped into the Kettle River 

 to cross to the other side.

Then he ran across the field and out of sight.  

It was a pretty special thing to see!

  

Vivian is 18 month old! (May 28th)

One of my favorite outfits - I am glad it was still cool here so she could wear this to church last week.  

And...she ate a stamp, well, licked a stamp.  This crazy girl!

Vivian does well to keep up with Shelby.  She wants to do everything that Shelby is doing.  They play well together and we enjoy watching them.

Vivian, there are so many things we love about you! Here are a few ~ We love...

• how happy you are to see the three of us in the morning
• how you say "Hi" to us (and everyone else) all throughout the day
• how you try to wink
• how you hug us
• how you have learned to hold your baby dolls and "shush" them
• how much you talk! Even though it is gibberish right now.  You are so very serious and shake your head "yes" afterwards, as if to say, "You with me?"
• how you dance
• how you love to pray with us before a meal 
• how you hold our hands and bow your head to pray
• how you clap at the end of saying a prayer
• how you wave "bye" to us at night before bedtime and give kisses
• how you imitate animals sounds (really only bears, lions and tigers as you say ARRGGHH!)
• how you say Please "dg" and Thank you "tn u" 
• the way you talk: momma, dada, shoe, hi, that, go, get - and I think that's about it.  The last two words you know because we tell them to the cats.  Haha.  Mostly you just say: momma!
• the way you rock on your blue horse and the wood horse
• love, love to hear you sing!  You and Shelby sound sooo good together!

We love you, Vivian Ruth!  You are sweet in the way you love your sister; you learn very quickly from watching her and it is precious.  You like to eat supper porridge, cheese, carrots, bread, bananas, macaroni & cheese and a few other things.  ;)  You like to drink water and that's about it!  Unless Daddy makes some yummy chocolate milk, or there is milk left in your cereal bowl and then you'll drink that. You do well playing with others and sharing.  You like to jump in your crib and on Shelby's bed.  You do well feeding yourself.  We enjoy watching you grow!

The girls lately

We've had a lot of fun lately and even taken some pictures.  So, without further delay - here we go!

Shelby being Aunt Z, playing the piano.  Of course Vivian was Zadok.  :)

All wrapped up after their bath.   

 Play date!

Love this one of Vivian poking her head around for the picture. 

Pretty girl in my scarf. 

Aurora over for dinner and playing. 

We got pumpkin seeds from the library a few weeks ago.  We planted them in planters so that we could keep them inside at night for the first few weeks.  It is warmed up enough to plant them in the ground, so Shelby and Daddy transplanted them the other night.  It was about 7:30 at night and the mosquitos were horrible!  Shelby stayed out with Josh for a while, but he ended up sending her inside.  She currently has 17 mosquito bites (she only got three this night, which is surprising because there were TONS of mosquitos out!).  Those darn things love her.  :(

Horses and cows and cats, oh my! (And chickens and dogs)

Boy did we have a fun day on Friday!!!  Our new friend, Lindy, had us over to her house for lunch and fun on their farm.  The first thing we did was go see the horses!  Vivian was rather brave at first, while Shelby wouldn't touch them to save her life.  Shortly after Vivian's first touch of the horse, the roles were reversed.  These girls are so silly, and so much fun!  After a yummy lunch (which included the tastiest sandwich I think I've ever had) the girls wanted to go right back out to the horses again.  They also petted a cat, ran from chickens, watched the cows and listened to the dogs - who were too excited to come out a play without knocking the girls down.  :)

It was such a lovely day!  Enjoy the pictures!

Thanks for the fun, Lindy!  Excited to do it again soon.

And thanks for taking pictures.  :)

Monday, Monday

We have had a very nice Monday - doing yard work on this beautiful day and hanging out together.  We hope you have a great week!  And enjoy some pictures ~ 

We had lots of rain on Saturday and the girls had a lot of fun playing out in the rain!  

It is supposed to rain again tomorrow.  The moisture is great and we are enjoying it.   

Christy (our landlord's fiance) gave us this "Learning Tower" to use for a while.  It is a great tool for the kids to help in the kitchen.  And...it kept them occupied for almost an hour this afternoon.  Shelby was "downstairs" as she called it.

Shelby looked like a little China doll being carried around.  What fun to be little!

Gorgeous "Man From Snowy River" morning here...love the mountains

Mother's Day

We have had a lovely Mother's Day and hope you did, too!
Last week we visited Lakeview Bible Church in Republic and enjoyed it.  We met lots of nice people who we look forward to building relationships with.  Today we visited the Curlew Community Church and enjoyed it, too!  Again, we met lots of nice people who we look forward to building relationships with.  :)
Also today we ate lunch outside looking at the river, played some, and Josh and the girls took me to dinner in Curlew.  At dinner we met some more great people.  We are really enjoying life up here!

Mother's Day, May 12, 2013

 Love these girls!!!

Sweet cards and the flowers are from church this morning.  They had the kiddos give each Mom some flowers.