from the foothills

Thursday, May 12, 2005

Fun at the creek! Working on the dam, looking at the fish, skipping rocks, roasting hot dogs over the fire, swinging on the ropes, playing in the water!

Monday, April 11, 2005

Our Weekend

Our weekend was filled with lots of good things...lots of family around, Adam's prom, and his Eagle Court of Honor. Kristen, Cory, Elise and Ian, and Milo were here and that's always fun. Kristen did lots of things to make the weekend go smoothly, including reworking Adam's corsage for the prom and helping with the dinner after the Eagle Court. Adrian and the guys were sure good to help clean on Friday before everyone came in. Then on Sat., we had such a nice day. Some of us went to the park, Logan to soccer practice, Adam went to pick up Kim, Adrian worked in the yard and garden, and later in the day we had fun playing at the creek. We worked on the dinner for Sunday and helped Adam with his prom plans. He and Kim made a cute couple and had a nice evening. On Sunday, we had a special day with Adam as he received his Eagle Scout award. I feel special this morning wearing my two mother's eagle pins! On Sunday afternoon, we went back to the creek and got to spend a little more time together there. It's such a relaxing and fun little place. Someday, I'd like to plant bamboo by the road and have some steps going down the hill, but for now I think it would be fun to have a little bench or porch swing type thing to put on the side. Sounds relaxing to just think about it. Yesterday it was so much fun to sit beside the creek and watch Elise and Ian throw in rocks and watch Ethan and Logan push them around in the little sandbox boat. Good memories.

Saturday, March 26, 2005

The Creek

We have a lot of fun at the creek. There is an attraction to the water. Maybe it's something about the sound of it, but we enjoy going down to our little creek - no matter the season. It's fun to go in the winter and drink hot chocolate or in the summer and actually get in the water or in the fall or spring and build a fire or work on the dam. Mostly I just watch everyone else in the water these days, but that's fun for me and I like to make pictures.

We went yesterday and Ethan, Adam, Logan, and Adrian worked on the dam. They moved around big rocks and got it in good shape. I couldn't help but smile as they joked about moving their dam rocks to stop the dam water, etc. And a big thanks to Grandma for that cute story about the dam you told them! :)