Year's End

I can't believe today was the LAST day of 2016!!!!
It was a good and not so good at the same time kinda year, I'm sorry but kinda glad to see if coming to a close.

The highlight of the year for me by far was the amazing surprise party my family and friends threw for me!
It was so great and I had an absolute blast!

A few other highlights were:
Going to the zoo with a couple friends for Kai's birthday, had lots of fun and took lots of photos. :)
The Ape cave was an amazing time too, first time ever going the long way!
Our trip to Spokane to get Mac and getting also to meet a pen pal for the first time and see some friends we haven't seen for ages!
Snow! ;)

Down sides, well.....
Lost several goats to pneumonia.... I started out this spring with 9 goats, after selling 1 of them I now have 5 goats.
Yeah.... weird weather, they say people were losing goats to pneumonia and unknown reasons all over the U.S. this year! :/


Looking forward to what the New Year will bring, what God had planned for my family, me, my friends. :)


On another note, here is a fun 12 days of Christmas video, it was done several years ago by some friends, but its funny watching them! ;)

Most folks don't know this, but did you know that the 12 Days of Christmas actually is between Christmas and Epiphany which is January 6th?
Yep, you can check google now if you'd like. ;)

It feels like 2016 is going out with a grand finale, Snow!!
It's been snowing on and off all day, and started to finally stick so now we have about a 1/4"of snow!
Not much but hey, it's snow. ;)

Have a Happy New Year!!

More Snow!!

On Dec. 19th we had more snow!!!
Woke up ti Mac barking because he heard a branch fall in the driveway, looked out and there was snow!!
So at 7:30am we were outside playing in the snow, taking pictures and making a snowman!
Here are some pictures:

I LOVE snow on the trees!!

Kai rolled the base, Megs the middle and I made the head, the girls did the finishing touches. :)

Mac "helped" he took both arms off at different times!

Snowing!

Belinda wanted us to kick her ball for her .:)

Snow, snow, snow!!

Out my bedroom window, beautiful isn't it?!

Christmas is just 3 days away!! So excited!!

Merry Christmas!!

One Week!!

I can't believe it's only 9 days to Christmas!!! It's just coming so fast this year.....


Last Saturday was the Christmas at the Fort event, that was fun and very busy.
Here are some pictures from the Fort photographer and one of dancing from the Colombian.

In the Carpenter Shop they were helping kids make tops

The Ladies in the Chief Factors House visiting and doing some handwork

A gentleman portraying Dr. Barclay in the Infirmary

Dancing in the Counting House *picture from the Colombian*

We were all very busy but had fun. :)


This week it snowed pretty much everywhere but our place. :/
Drat.....

Anywho, here is this weeks song. :)

This song is sung by one guy, his name is David Wesley, you should search him on YouTube, he's really good!!



Keep warm!!

Snow!!!!!!!!

It snowed today!!!! Okay, only 1" a the most but hay, I'll take what I can get! ;)
So we played out in it off and on today, got some fun pictures and just hung out. :)

We got our Christmas tree last Saturday, yay!! So pretty!!

Here are some pictures I got today. :)

The handsomest and most photogenic boy ever!! :D

Miss Trixie

I got one with Belinda not wincing from snow in her eyes!!

Can you tell what kind of weather we had till this week? :P ;)

Buried in the Snow

Snow Grass

Pony girls!!!

Pretty <3

Hawthorn branches

Pipe corral fence

And to keep with my Christmas song theme here is another one I like and thought I'd share. :)

Sorry the video I found isn't the greatest, but you can still hear the song. :)

It's not the tree, the lights the gifts, that's not what makes us sing,
a Virgin birth, a manger bed, the birthday of a King.
These are the Truths, I'll hold on to, 'cuz they will always last
We celebrate on Christmas Day, because it came to Pass.

December - Finally Getting Cold!

Well, it's December already, and it's finally starting to get cold around here!
Haven't had a single frost yet! I remember 2 years ago when we'd had at least 2 weeks of frost by now! (I remember so well because that was the time my pony decided to get really sick and I had to go out every 20-30mins to force water her and it was COLD!)
But it's supposed to start getting cold this weekend and possibly cold enough to have snow here on Monday!! Yay!! :D

I have already decided if we don't get to it before my birthday, I want to go sledding!
I found there are 2 places up by Mt. Hood that except for the $3 pass (which I think our card we have covers) its free to go sledding!!!
So I know what I want to do .:)


We've been listening to Christmas and holiday music all week! Love it.
Here are two favorites of mine. You have to listen to both!!! Trust me. :)

It rained last weekend and was nice the one day we were busy.... so we're hoping to get our tree this weekend.
We have inspectors on the new HVAC here and coming today, so hoping to get it tomorrow. :)

Keep warm and safe! Especially if its gonna snow!

Countdown to Christmas!!

Thanksgiving was yesterday, we had a very fun day.
We had a couple from our church who didn't have family spending the day with them so invited them over.
Besides eating dinner and talking, we played the card game golf over and over and the dice game 10,000.
So much fun!! I love those two games! :)
 Dinner was amazing and everyone enjoyed it. I got to make the pumpkin pies this year, and they were delicious if I do say so myself. ;)

And with a wonderful Thanksgiving there are only 4 WEEKS till Christmas folks!!
Already! Time is sure flying this year!
Today marked the official "we can listen to Christmas music all day" in our house! Yay!
I love Christmastime music!

Here is a favorite one of mine and the words are so true, It will Always Be Christmas To Me.

I first heard this song on a CD I won on a call in and be #3 on the gospel sing last year about Christmas time.
I just love the songs on that CD!!
 I'll share other favorites each week till Christmas. :)

We might get to get our tree on Sunday!!!
We usually get it the day after or Sat. after Thanksgiving but...... it's raining. :/
 But it's supposed to be nice on Sunday, so maybe after church we can go get one.


Tomorrow is our first orientation for the new students to the Fort schools.
So we get to go interpret to visitors then when the kids come through we get to be bad interpreters and then have to be good interpreters to show the kids the differences.
It's the one time a year we can be naughty!! ;)
Since most all the older kids decided to get lives( the nerve of them! ;) I get to be in charge this year. :)

We got our new shower completely tiled! It looks beautiful!!
Now to get the grout in.....

It's getting cold!!

Its cold here today!!
It actually finally feels like its November!! :D
Its windy too, less at our house, but still windy out there.

My sentiments exactly!!

Our H VAC will be done being installed today!! Yay!! Now maybe the house will be constantly warm this winter and have cleaner air! :)


On Wednesday I lost one of my older goats to pneumonia.  :'(
 Zibiah was such a sweet girl and I will miss her very much!

My Zibi girl. :)

I lost her daughter a couple months ago to the same thing.....

My Kitty girl. :)

But death is apart of this life, it will always be around and happen until we reach heaven where
there will be no death or sorry, no parting there. No more heartache, no grief to bare.
I am so glad that Jesus died for me so I could live forever with Him in heaven if only I believe and ask Him into my heart to be my Lord and Savior. :)

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Thanksgiving is next week!!! I can't believe it's already here!!
We are having a couple from our church over to have dinner and hang out with for the day.
Having friends over always makes the day more special. :)


And...... since I can't think of anything more to say.....

Keep warm in the ever cooling weather!
I love scarves..............

November... Already?!?!

I can't believe it's November already!!!  Fall had been here a whole month already.
Time is going by way to fast!
Thanksgiving is just 2 weeks away folks!!!

Wish we could do that around here.... all we get is soggy leaves. :/ ;)


Nothing much has been going on around here, had a few nice sunny days these last two weeks.
Us girls did the fall clean out of the big goat pen, so now it looks really nice again and is ready for winter!!

And I learned that using gasoline in a diesel tractor doesn't work......
Thankfully all dad had to do was drain the little bit of gas out of the diesel tank on the tractor and replace the fuel filter that was needing replaced anyways.
And he got a new yellow diesel can so I can tell the difference next time. ;)
I'm just thankful the tractor is tough!!

At the fort we have the new students that got accepted into the "school" starting to come in and get outfits!
Now our Compass Circle is going over classes and will be confirming the school schedules.
And the interpretation days are coming up too! Those are fun. :)
Christmas at the forth is a month away from yesterday!!
It's really fun to do, its my family's favorite event! (the only one where its not really hot!) ;)

Penny Whistlests in the Bakehouse with folks making wreaths in the background. :)

Next week we will be having our a/c furnace installed!! YAY!!!!!
Now our house will have air movement and our dust and mold problem will be improved! :D
And it will make the house warm all the time in the winter and cool all the time in the summer!
No more window a/c units!! (I'm just a little bit excited, can't you tell?) ;)

Here are some books I'm reading that I like and thought I'd share the names of to kinda mix up my posts. :)

Freedom in Christ - Understanding Paul's Epistle to the Galatians - by Meno Kalisher
Living Virtuously - bi Erin Harrison (this will be my second time reading it)

I like both books, still working on both.
I'm finding the older I get, the less time I have to read!
Anyone else have that feeling or is it just me?


Ok, got to get back to my at home job, got some emails to get out.
Keep warm and dry!

Old Books

Yesterday my sisters and I went on a vintage and antique shop escapade in Battleground with some of the ladies who work at the Fort Vancouver sewing department.
That was really fun! I found 2 100 yr. old books and I'm so excited!!!

One is a Spanish Grammar book, the other is called Ranson's Folly.

Here are some pictures:

The red one is in better condition, but both look pretty good. :)

the Grammar book

Ranson's Folly

This is written in the inside page of the Grammar book!! That's written in 1917 folks!!!!

This is on the inside of the Grammar book cover

I did a search for Ernest and Sari Szekely, didn't find much, but it looks like he was born in 1888 and her in 1883.
Not sure if that was the right Ernest and Sari, but they were married in 1911 which would lineup with the date in the book and lived in the state of Michigan. :)

And if they were the right folks, they were both Hungarian and she was a play-write in the late 20's!
Looks like she did several comical plays and her dad was a Hungarian Comedian. :)
And again, if I found the right people, her maiden name was Dodo.

I love history and learning about people from the past.
Just think, when Ernest wrote his name in that Grammar book WWI was still in play!!
What was life like for them? What did they look like?
I'll probably never find out, but its neat to think about while reading through the book. :)
And, ya never know, maybe it will help me learn Spanish! ;)

Anyways, thought I'd share my findings with ya'll. :)


Been raining a lot lately.
Had "my van" in the shop this week to repair the recalls on the airbag and another thing.
So hopefully it's safe and won't have anymore recalls!!
It's so nice being able to have someone ride in the front passenger side seat now. ;)

Have a great weekend!

Beulah Land

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Beulah land, I’m longing for you

And someday, on thee I’ll stand

Where my home shall be eternal

Beulah land, sweet Beulah land

I’m kind of homesick for a country

Where I’ve never been before

No sad goodbyes will there be spoken

For time won’t matter anymore

I’m looking now across the river

Where my faith is gonna end in sight

There’s just a few more days to labor

And then I’ll take my heavenly flight

Where my home shall be eternal

Beulah land, sweet Beulah land