Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts

Monday, April 28, 2014

At Home




 




Lately, we've been spending lots of time at home. These are photos from our last few weeks. David's been working on finishing up indoor projects, so we can move onto the outdoor ones. We found a lovely light fixture at a little shop downtown for over the farm table. It matched the other kitchen light fixtures perfectly. The little ones/guest bathroom is also almost finished. He's put in a new tub, shower, vanity, light fixture, slate tile and just finished the wainscoting. 

Last week, we saw President Obama fly over our house on his way to Oso to see the aftermath of the terrible mudslide that happened the week we moved into our home. The photo of the airplane is from our backyard.

The next two photos are from Easter Sunday. Sienna has been practicing her Cat's Cradle and she is getting very good at it. She also finished her first sewing project, which was a pillow for her doll, Lucy. I was working on a tooth fairy pillow for her, so she wanted her own little sewing project to work on alongside me. Both of her two bottom teeth are quite loose and she has her two adult teeth coming in behind them. She goes to the dentist next week, so we are hoping they will fall out on their own before then!  

Lastly, Sunshine is growing quickly! We are working on teaching her to walk on a leash in our backyard. It's quite comical to watch her, but she is getting better each day. 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Puppy Love







Our little family decided to add to the already chaotic moments in moving and house renovating by adopting a puppy. We knew we wanted a puppy for the little ones to grow up with and after emailing on a few, we found one that was local. 

Sienna named her Sunshine. Her Mama was a Golden Retriever/Lab Mix and her Daddy was an Australian Shepherd. She was born on a 5 acre farm just east of us and she is 8 weeks old. 

We love our Sunshine puppy and look forward to giving her a forever home with our little family.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Heart Kitty

Our sweet, new-ish kitty Kona has a patch of brown fur on her chest that looks like a little heart.


We love our Kona kitty that Sienna picked out all by herself.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

November-ish

Lately ...
It's been feeling quite November-ish. We've been thrifting to find treasures for Christmas. But, of course, we've found some new treasures for our little home and for the wee ones, too. 

And, we loved crunching in the Autumn leaves on a local hiking trail yesterday. It was a beautiful day for a hike. 

Our kitties are also working on fattening up for the long Winter ahead. I often find them at the food bowls together and thought it was very sweet, so I thought I'd share a photo of them together.   

Nikki McClure print, framed - $6.99 

John Holt book - $0.50 

Nature's Children - $0.50 

A red wool sweater for Forest - $4.99

Back of sweater 

A handmade sweater w/bear buttons for Forest - $4.99 

A new basket for seasonal books - $3.00 

A very old barn at the beginning of the hiking trail. 

Autumn trees 

A trail through a wet meadow. 

Sienna on the trail. 

Forest on the trail. 

A purple mushroom fit for a fairy to sit upon. 

Sienna's alder cones for the nature table. 

A banana slug. 

Fallen hornet's nest. 

Walking, together. 

Chai and Kona fattening up for Winter.

Happy Autumn!

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Hello, October!

Between the Autumn sickies, our little family made it to one of our favorites festivals of the year, the Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms. It was a beautiful, sunny, fall-ish weekend. We started out on Saturday after Sienna's dance class. This year, we got to go with Grandma and Grandpa, who were wrapping up their cross-country trip and Nana. We visited the Golden Glen Creamery, Gordon Skagit Farms and Hedlin Family Farm. 

Golden Glen Creamery 

Sienna practiced milking the cow! 

Our little family amongst the cows. 

Sienna posing at Gordon Skagit Farms. 

Forest loves pumpkins! 

We love Gordon Skagit Farms!

On Sunday, our little family ventured out alone to more farms. We started the trek at RoozenGaarde, since we had VIP bracelets (Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!) to pick up our free tulip bulbs. Then, we stopped off at Gordon Skagit Farms again, because Sienna really wanted to go in the haunted barn that she was too scared to go in the day before. She decided it wasn't too scary this time. After that, it was time for our little adventure to begin! A few of the farms are a bit off the beaten path along North Cascades Highway. We stopped off at Eagle Haven Winery/Perkins Apple Orchard in Sedro Woolley for our free gallon of Apple Cider. Sienna even tried some on the way to our last farm stop of the day and she loved it! We arrived at the beautiful Double O Ranch/Ovenell Heritage Inn & Log Cabins. This farm had the best view! Sienna was pleased to see all of the farm animals and to get her face painted. Both little ones napped all the way home.

Our farm girl. 

Perkins Apple Orchards 

Yummy apple cider! 

This farm has the best view! 

Sienna chose to have a pink flower and the girl added a happy face sun to the other cheek.  

Pleased with her face painting. 

Happy chickens and ducks! Forest loved hearing the ducks go "Quack." 

She really wants a horse! 

Talking to a Shetland pony.  

Happy farm girl loved visiting all of the farms! 

Forest was tired and was starting to come down with another case of the sickies. (He is wearing his Seahawks jersey for game day though!)

Our little family loves October! 

Sunday, August 25, 2013

The Tale of Two Loaves

One of the things I've been meaning to perfect is my breadmaking. So, last week when I made my weekly loaves, I tried two different methods when rolling the loaves out and shaping them into the loaf pans. Alas, I think I figured out how to make my loaf rise! So, we had one perfect and one flat. But, they both tasted delicious. These loaves were a mixture of Bob's Red Mill white and wheat.




 I couldn't just write a post about bread, so here are a few pictures of the kitties and wee little Forest.

Mr. Chai Guy 

Miss Kona Mocha 


Wee little Forest in a play silk. 

Happy breadmaking!