THIS & THAT

Preston grew up with all boys, so of course he loves motorbikes.  I on the other hand was not & am almost afraid of them.  But I have to admit I was totally excited when he brought home my early B-day present.  A little Honda 200 3-wheeler. I can do this.   

Seeing as it’s not officially mine till June so of course Preston has to give it a few good “test runs”  

CRAZY DRIVER! I hope it makes it to June. 

We had a ton of help branding at the Kelly’s over Easter.

(TWITCHELLs--Guy, Juanita, Grandpa Jerry; KELLYs--Marc, Pam, JD, Echo, Jade, Lane, KyLin, Dan, Malena, Me, Preston, Carson ;  REYNOLDS--Kellen, Crystal, Juliet, Mason and Vance) 

Our husbands all needed a day of playing in blood & manure.  Somehow it relaxes boys to get all pissed off at cows once in a while.   Of course I did my part by taking pictures of all the excitement.  

Now I’ve been around cows, branding, medicine, and “home surgeries” my whole life, but Marc's (father-in-law) method of castration really grosses me out.     

Later we had an Easter egg hunt in the back yard for Jade & Lane.   Score—Jade 35 ; Lane 15   I actually think it might have evened out as Lane found both XL eggs and the money egg.  

 

Jade Turned 4 on the 5^th of April.   Echo threw a princess party for her.  

 Aunt Juanita decorated her cake.  WOW!
The Boys had a hard time not cheating or being too competitive over the “pin the star on the wand” game.   But in the end Jade still Won.
Happy Birthday Princess Jade!!!

Just a few days later we celebrated Lane’s birthday.   Grandpa Marc surprises them with a swing set.   

How cool--I want one!
I think I’m going to hire Juanita to make my birthday cake too. Lane loved his power tool set, especially the hammer.   It was cute he actually knew how to use each tool. 

Still making improvements on the house.   Finally getting a permanent kitchen.  It’s looking so good  

We’ve been getting lots of rain lately.  Major Mudslides have closed roads to Jackson, WY.  It’s also put Flood Alert on HIGH for those along the Snake River plane.  At church we’ve been asked to be ready to help/house those who may be evacuated.  Or be ready to help bag sand.

AND SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST

Happy Mothers Day  

Preston surprised me with a potted flower.   

I didn’t even have to remind him it was mother’s day, and that I was close enough.

A Special thanks to my own Mother DIXIE LYNETTE NEF AMY  Your kisses made the hurts be gone, you stood by and loved me even when I did wrong, survived me in my teenage years and was the comfort for my tears. And so with gratitude I humbly send words of love that never end...to my Mother...my best friend.  I LOVE YOU MOM!

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.  ~Washington Irving

HE LOVES ME

 Preston loves me...or at least he will again after I’m done making him move stuff around, dig up the yard, clean up the house, and “be tall” or “be strong”  Here I’ll just shut up Be Quiet (we’re starting to practice nice words at our house) and show you.

Here is Preston happily moving my chicken house and lilacs out of the middle of the yard.  It really opens it up back there. 

Here Preston is having fun on the tractor smoothing out my new garden spot. Wow look at the detail--A slight downhill grade for the water

Preston and Carson excitedly digging up Free rose bushes I found via craigslist.  

All we had to do is dig them up and plant them at my house.

Preston energetically tearing down his parents old chicken run so we can use the wire to build ours.  And Notice the cute horseshoe reindeer Preston made when he was like 12.   He was eager to help me find the missing Dasher and Santa’s sleigh, but alas they are nowhere to be found.  Then Preston carefully rolled up the wire and stuffed it in the back of my roomy Saturn SL1 for a cozy, joyful ride home 

Preston has been great about cooking when I can’t.  His first breakfast started a bit iffy, but he kicked it up a notch with this wonderful Bean dip side for dinner.    

Preston is excellent at laundry carefully separating the clean folded clothes from the week old dirty stuff by using a “maybe clean” bathrobe.  He has this system see.  When we run out of underwear or socks he flips the basket upside down & wala--clean pre-folded clothes. Then on his way to the laundryroom he fills the basket with all the dirty stuff that didn’t make it to the hamper.  By the time he gets to the washroom he has enough for 1 or 2 good-sized loads.  No need to separate it into 10 small loads cuz by now it’s all really really dirty anyway.

All joking and jabs aside I Really appreciate My Preston.  Loving me and keeping me happy can be hazardous. (I didn't actually do that to him.  He cut it moving my redneck lawn decore--An old toliet i'm going to plant flowers in.)   I don’t know how he deals with all my demands, emotions, and faults, but I’m glad he does.