Bits and Pieces

I have great intentions to keep this blog up and running, but my computer thinks otherwise. Our computer has been dying a slow death for longer than we thought possible. On one hand it is nice that it is hanging on for dear life and on the other hand I wish that the new computer we want would finally be sold with Windows 7 on it so we could just put this poor girl out of her misery. I guess they are still getting rid of their old stock installed with Vista, but we just don't want to go there and would rather wait for new stock. Hopefully it will be worth the wait! I am tired of freezing screens and error messages one after the other. Meanwhile, I will try and blog when it lets me, but I do have to warn you that my posts will be far and few between depending on the mood of the computer!

Here are some photos from the last few months that don't really go together, but they are my favorites out of all my random day to day snapping.

An osprey is a beautiful bird that we don't often see at our house. This photo was taken right out my back window.

Here's a closer look, although it's a bit blurry cropped this small.

Whether it's rainy or sunny, I love the reflections on the pond. Um, I didn't mean for that to be a pun.

"Look how high I can climb Aunt C!"

Bri peeking out the car window at The Mr. and I.

Pink sky after a thunderstorm.

Four soaked girls on Lord's Day afternoon, you just can't keep kids from playing in the rain!

A train of 8 girls and a little boy caboose.

A new store in Bellingham called Texture Home.

I took these photos out my car window as I waited for The Mr. to come out of the Harley store. I did eventually plug the meter and go in for a look. Texture carries a variety of old and reproduction retro items for the home as well as artwork and locally made clothing.

Baby Cake making a mess in TJ Maxx.

Droo sleeping... why is it that kids can sleep anywhere and in any position and adults can toss and turn all night and wake up feeling like they haven't slept at all?!

Baby Cake and Droo saying hi to their dad. Don't those kids smile great for their "Auntie"?!

Emma was quite happy about her newly installed pigtails one night while I was babysitting.

Say "spaghetti!"

Dolly, Esther, Chiquita and myself. This is our Sunday School class photo for the new school season.

Ioi's baby shower at Aunt Connies home.

Ioi opening the blanket, hat and booties I crocheted for her new little boy. At this point we didn't know whether it was a girl or a boy so I used cream yarn. You can see the post announcing his arrival here. He is SO cute!

A rainbow we saw in Whiterock, BC after dinner one evening. If you look very carefully in the top right of this photo you can see a second arch.

It was impossible to capture the entire bow, it was so beautiful.

Once again Dee and I went shopping and Cake was the entertainment. We won't wonder why if she ends up being a vegetarian! That's A LOT of cold raw meat but at least it matches her outfit! Shortly after this photo we decided she could walk lol.

Yes, that is an entire box of butter on the bottom. It's so much cheaper for my Canadian friends if they buy it in the states and Dee had taken orders.

Bored, but very patient and cooperative kidlets. At least some random guy behind them smiled ha ha.

What happens when the kids throw crumbs on the floor? They vacuum the crumbs up themselves! How cute is this?!

A few days ago we were on yet another shopping trip together and decided to stop at the Custer Country Store.

Too bad I had him stand looking directly into the sun, this is such a sweet photo!

Droo tried on tons of hats in Fred Meyer, this one suited him well!

Mmm, eggnog latté!