Christmas up in the snow

The Seqioua National Park with it's giagantic Red Wood trees remains a favourite place for Paul and me. This time we enjoyed it in the snow and it was just breathtaking beautiful.

The kids was so warm they could bearly moved, but we played and laughed and had so much fun.

Our San Diego friends, Mark and Jilly, came to visit and went with us. Their kids had never played in the snow....

May the peace of God be with you today and everyday.

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The Reed visit

A visit from the Reed kids.....

The city slickers, Adam and Caleb, trying their hands on electric fencing.....they did a great job.

The stakes and hammer...the auwiiee finger and the bloooodddly blister. We won't tell who's the owner of both these fingers.....

William and Mike raked leaves 'till they dropped....

William got tired of leaves dropping onto his "clean raked ground" so he got up into the tree and started picking them off....

The girls, on the other hand, had fun with the foot spa and pedicures...and so did Lehman..... enjoyed the bubbles. Rachel (in the back)helped me by putting stamps on our Christmas cards.

Alri's nails after the pedicure

O and did I mension the girls watched "Another Cinderalla Story" movie not once or twice, but three times...

The animals was fun for everybody, Lehman's favourite is the Lama

The girl's had so much fun and so little sleep.....

(William is not the only one who likes fire, Christene.....)

Lehman helped folding laundry...or should I say he helped us folding double laughing at him.

CONSTRUCTION AT THE LINDEQUE HOUSE

Phase 1: The FUN phase....demolition....we all helped!!



Phase 2: Cleaning the rumble.....not so FUN...(sorry no picture, we were too busy to take pictures)

Phase 3: Pouring CONCRETE with Friend, Rudy....the guys are working hard!!



Phase 4: The Builder, the framingbook, the $$, the beginning of Paul's new OFFICE and my LAUNDRY ROOM

Did I mention the builder working every possible afternoon and evening....we even have flood lights now.....
Paul asked me to keep the fire going inside, while he's outside working in the cold....I was just too late with this picture, but to let you know, the smoke was all around him on the roof....quite funny...at least for me!!!

The walls are almost done...rain coming tomorrow, better hurry, get some help, Paul.....
Great help Paul....and he's so cute.....

4 DAYS before CRISTMAS.....hopefully we can get stucco soon.....they forecasting heavy rain and cold for the next week...

OOOps...missing the stucco picture.....

The Newest progress...March '09

(Maybe we should not put dates to these pictures, we might get discouraged by time passing so quickly.)

Outside + Stucco done.... Electricity in ....... Beginning with insolation...

Yip Lehman, it's going slow but we're getting there!!!

Picking Walnuts Fun...

Recently. we had our friends, The Reeds, over to help pick up walnuts.

The kids were able to each pick their own and take it in for cash.....pay time was so much fun.!!

Paul and I--- 2 Indians in Love

This picture was taken of us during our visit to South Africa (Jan '08).

Our kids were having fun with face painting and decided that we should join the club.

Did I mension we are celebration 10 wonderful years of marriage this year? ( I Love you more than ever, Paul!!)

Alri

Can't leave the Princess of the house out....she needs to be on the web too..
God has blessed us with such wonderful, energetic kids. Praise Him forever!!

This is Mike and one of his and Daddy's many "zoo-animals" that
we have..

Skillie die Skilpad/ "Skillie" the Tortoise

Thank you to my new friend, Christene, who is so patient in helping me to start my blog.

Lehman had so much fun discovering the mud, here's another picture of him...

Once upon a time.....

there was a little boy

who needed to discover lots of things.....

including MUD, lots of mud....

and he lived VERY happy in it.