Sunday, June 8, 2014

Busy June


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So far this month has been nuts!  Cole graduated Kindergarten and is turning 6 years old.  John and Leigh are living in Boise for the summer.  We traveled all the way north to Cour d'Alene.  Gardens, house stuff and Willy's music.  He released a brand new CD with his band and is also learning jazz.   Whaa whaa wee wah!  Enjoy the pictures!

Monday, April 28, 2014

It's been awhile...

It seems the blog is here to stay.  I wonder if I should have a photo album for Cole.  Maybe it falls within my motherly duties to scrapbook.  To compromise between scissors and printing pictures, I better at least keep up with this blog

At the end of April, the sky in Boise is impossibly blue.  Leigh and John will be here in a few weeks.  Cole is finishing up his year in Kindergarten.  Willy installed another nuc of bees in the hive and I am busy preparing the garden and starting seeds.  Last night, we pulled up the best patch of parsnips yet.

Since November I've been taking care of a rescue horse.  I think she'll be sold soon to a new home.  It's been such a good experience and reignited one of my passions.  I'm still plugging away at my novel while Cole and Willy are in school.  It's going well and something I love to do.  It's hard work, though.

My dad sent me the most beautiful gardening tools.  They're natural extensions of my arms.  I don't know how I managed to weed before them and I greedily keep them to myself.  (Thank you so much Dad!)

I'll work on being more diligent about pictures!

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Picture Album

Mom made Cole a dragon costume.  He is Maleficent.  Now don't be misled, Maleficent is only a carnivore.

From 2013-05-16

He won't eat normal preschool food like celery and PB but he likes sushi (because Smeagol likes raw fish).  He is eating calamari here.  Yes, that's a tentacle.

From 2013-05-16

From 2013-05-16

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Pictures

Some of my favorite highlights after emptying the camera.  I deleted exactly half of them before uploading.  Cole took a camera tour of our entire house.  I would have kept the pictures but I want to spare everyone images of my double chin and dirty toilets!  The album:  https://picasaweb.google.com/Marisadallas/20130410

Ummm... thanks Grandpa and Grandma...
From 2013-04-10
Mr. Bojangles.  Hopefully we will have a little Nigerian kid in June.
From 2013-04-10

Critter in the tree.
From 2013-04-10

From 2013-04-10
Idaho City with Pappy O'Daniel
From 2013-04-10
Zoo with the grandparents
From 2013-04-10
Blooming trees at BSU after zoo, before nap
From 2013-04-10

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Hockey

We took Cole to a free try at hockey this morning.  He was very excited to wear all of the gear.  The coaches were great and encouraging.  Cole was only on the ice for about 15 minutes, but each time he tried he got a little more confident.  This was only his second time on ice skates, so I am really happy because the whole experience was really positive.