it's all fun and games: May 2020

outside work

last weekend, or rather the long wkend was spent working around the house. chris did 99% of the work himself, while i admit i goofed off and went out with friends....im super happy that he got so much done! i give him ALL the credit! ha

finishing the deck. we expanded it almost to the property line and added a privacy fence

morning snuggles with daddy!

then we did the fence, i did help with this before i met up with a friend. ha

building the fence

chris also fixed the pool pad and added more sand to the bottom

baby ellie in her swing! cant believe shes going to be 8! what the what!?!?! where did time go???

on mon i went to a friends house, SOOOO nice to catch up with my homeschool homies! there was 22 kids. So much fun on the trampoline. haha

we checked out the chickens and the eggs

then came home to help chris with the last of the fence.

we got a GAZEBO!!!! i was happy with the reg old, cheapest one i just wanted shade! but chris picked this one out. its SOOOOO nice and now we have more privacy! we added lights as well then opened up my new patio furniture....that i bought on line in feb....ive been waiting for SO long to have this and once we put it together i was so upset with it. i didnt like it at all!

it was WAY too small! and not comfortable! i was so upset. after talking to chris we decided to sell it on kijiji for 300...i took a loss of 50. i paid 350 for it....it was sold with in hrs of listing and 3 others wanted it. ha

less on learned. i will not order patio furniture on line in the winter. chris you were RIGHT! ha! 2 comments

Posted by mel at 1:09 PM

cabin

on wed i took the kids back to the cabin, for our 2nd last week of school. we found this wasp and after watching it we let it go

then hit the books to finish up some school

they work so well at the cabin!

ive decided that this week is our last week for school. the weather is turning nice and im done with it. i will keep working with the girls on science to finish up the book, but im thinking only at the cabin. nate has 1 more book report to write and he's done too. next yr we will pick up the slack!

i read this on 1 day. so good! its about the children that were kidnapped to start the perfect race. ive never read about this topic before. it was totally worth the 9.00 i spent on it!

chris arrived thurs with a surprise for me!!! a swing! he got it off kijiji for 25.00! theres no cushions but ill make it work, we put the bug net around it and i set up a school area, we spent our school time outside.

their little work table

and a blanket too!

my outdoor school room...protected from the bugs. which have arrived! yikes!!!!

sun we had friends visit us at the cabin. i havent seen them in 4 yrs! it was SOOOOO nice catching up and picking up where we left off. we went for a walk in the woods and i found this cute little fern, its all rolled up! corse now i have to google it to find out what it is!

then it was time to bath the pigs! ellie takes great care of them. first thing she does every day is change the water and feed them. she loves animals and i can see her having lots on the future!

i wanted to do something nice for nate to thank him for watching the girls with out complaining or asking for payment. i finally knew what to get him as a thank you!

digging in

burgers! juice and watermelon! he was so impressed. thanks buddy for ALL that you do! you are so loved and i am so proud of the young man you are turning out to be. he's almost and i mean like less than in inch way from being taller than me!

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Posted by mel at 1:08 PM

house!

we arrived back to the house on tues, we had small groups tues night and i needed to be back. i came home to my new front steps!!! chris really out did himself. i only wanted new steps, the onld ones were 12 yrs old and broken. instead he did this!!!!!

new stones, border and new steps. i LOVE It. it looks so much bigger now. thanks chris!

then i came around back and saw this!!! chris got me a swing of kijij for free. i need to get a cushion for it and he set up my new patio furniture! sunday we left the kids at the cabin and went to find a set that we both liked

we ended up spending 100 more and got this set. we both love it! its much stronger and comfortable. so now i have the set up ive wanted for yrs!!!! thanks chris!

i took joey to the 300 store yesterday. shes been acting up lately and i figured she just needed some one on one time. she has a BLAST and i was reminded that i MISS having 1 on 1 time with each kid!

my joey

this is her "ice cream" dress

then we joined our neighbors for a lovely afternoon in the sun! the kids swam and we caught up. so nice having good friends who live over the fence!

i found this selfie on my phone!

and last night chris and i set this bad boy up!

it was filled this morning but will need a few days to warm up to be warm enough to swim in

chris painted the last 1/2 of the deck as well. so now all we have to do is set the gazebo back up and we are ready for summer!

the future mr. and mrs?

silly joey

i hope to get my never ending list of things to do around the house semi finished so i can head to the cabin tomorrow...im thinking next tues ill come back and the pool will be swim ready...the back yard will be summer ready and i can spend some time at the house, having friends over and enjoying the fruits of chris's hard work!

thanks chris for ALL you do! we appreciate it!

and with that the sun is calling me for a break...then ill tackle the never ending mountain of laundry! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 1:08 PM

catching up!

I know! I know! im way behind in my blogs! im back at the house for the week, but ive been busy! I had a friend over on wed, and I went on a walk yesterday with another friend. its so nice to see people again! I cant wait for this virus to be over! we have a good groove at the cabin, I find I get more school done, on the days I do school. ha. I think ill wrap this yr up soon. its been the weirdest spring!

last week was junk garbage day. chris found this bbq on the side of the road, it needed some work and welding.. b\chris told nate he would do the welding if nate did the rest. so nate spent the night in the shop fixing it all up. chris posted it on Kijiji the next day and sold it for 140!!! nate was thrilled and went with chris to drop it off

great job buddy!

the kids play with the oddest things!

we went to the river to check out how much snow was left. joey went like this. they are broken ear phones but she told me they did play music for her to hear!