Mar. 16, 2008
Brrrr...our weather has been crazy!!!! All last week it was in the 80's! It was wonderful....then this morning it is 45? WTH? It seems as if we have a cold front coming through and snow is predicted for later today/tomorrow for elevations over 3400 ft! That is periously close to our 3200 feet! And of course, the wind is blowing a gale, so it's cold! However, the wildflowers are out and they are beautiful again this year. And the desert is green, from the recent rain/snow we had. Of course, all the "things" are in bloom as well....achoo!
The Spaids have all gone back home, with the exception of my brother Dick, who has the house below us in the winter and my nephew Bruce who is staying with him. We had a great reunion and missed the ones that couldn't come. Next year we are planning to have the reunion over Spring Break so perhaps more nieces/nephews/cousins can come.
Bruce, Dick, Al and I spent 3 wonderful days at Spring Training. The Mariners were in town for 3 games, so we took advantage of it. Bruce and Al saw all three games, Diamondbacks, White Sox, Rockies; Dick and I saw only two, but it was great. And we all decided we want to do it again next year. It was hot and sunny and we all came away from the games a little on the "burnt" side.
I spent most of last week quilting the baby quilt for Joshua.
I am so hooked on quilting...I can hardly wait to start my next baby quilt, which will be for Nadia. I am finding that quilting relaxes me, especially the sewing part with my new machine. And it challenges me as well, which is good. I need a challenge other than Al sometimes. :-)
Kali and Josh are here visiting Gary and Jeannette, so we spent some time visiting with them.
Josh is the best little guy...he is now 7 months old, but as smart as can be (don't ask Gramma (Jeannette) about that....she will say he is the smartest baby in the world...and Grampa (Gary) agrees!) He is such a good baby as well, fusses very little, usually when he is hungry, wet, tired, etc. Kali is a great mother as we knew she would be. What a blessing this little guy is to the family. 
Last night we had our annual corned beef and cabbage dinner for St. Patricks Day. Yes, a little early, but since we will be gone on the 17th, we decided to do it early. Hubbells, Voss's, Spaids and Bob Grabow were here. Good friends, good food and good times. On Thursday we had Bruce, Holly and Cortney over for a pork roast...a new recipe I tried out and everyone loved it! And it was super easy.
This morning we had a visitor. Both dogs were barking, so Al went to the front window to see what was outside....lo' and behold, we had an Eagle! He was perched on one of our big rocks, just looking around! We have never seen an Eagle here! And he stayed around for over an hour!!!
And our resident road runner (we named him "Freddy")was not happy about being invaded. Freddy actually was near the eagle looking at him as if to say "What are you and why are you here?" 
So our wildlife population continues to increase. The javalina's are busy around here as well. When we came home the other night there were 8 of them trying to get into the bird seed we have stored in gallon containers by our deck. We are flying today to Kansas City and then on to St. Louis to visit. Danny, our grandson who is in the Army is home on leave, so we will spend some time visiting him and his brother David in Kansas City. Then we will drive to St. Louis to see Mike and Bev, Sarah, Natasha and Nadia and Stephen will be home from NYC for Easter, so we will get to see him as well. We are both excited about this trip.
So until next post, we hope everyone is happy and healthy and living life the way they want....
1 comment:
Poor Freddy! At least the eagle won't eat Freddy's lizards.
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