New Backyard View

We got new neighbors behind us.

They are relandscaping.  Makes

our backyard look very different

We had a brush pile by that telephone pole

All the blackberry bushes are gone.  :o(

I think they are going to up a fence up

 Trees along the fence are all trimmed which keeps their

branches out of our yard

but doesn't provide much privacy now

They are actually getting the big tree that
keeps dropping branches on our power lines
delimbed.  Yeah!!!!

Our Trip to California

We had a trip to California planned for March

Who knew it would be at the beginning of a 

pandemic?  We were going to watch some

Lacrosse and build a barn door form Amy's

laundry room.  The lacrosse was cancelled

along with school.

 Foggy morning out of Oregon

 You can barely see Mt. McLaughlin above the fog

 Mt. Shasta was beautiful

 The lake was down a little

 Then I didn't think to take pictures again until 

they were halfway thru their project

Amy's laundry room door opened in and

made it a bit difficult to open the dryer

and move around in there

 Cade and Grampa got to work according to

Amy's specifications

 and worked and worked

 Claire and one of their twin cousins, Matteo

 Things to do when your out of school for 

who knows how long

Breakfast of Champions!

yes, that is cake

 and they even got the door finished

Nice Job, guys!!

To bad we didn't go down a week later since they

were in school the week we were there and officially

out of school Tuesday, the morning we left.

Amy sent the last picture after she finished
painting the last coat

Spring is Coming

Spring really is coming

I have proof

 My daphne is blooming

along with the miniature daffodils 

Brooke goes to Maui

Yes, while Brooke and family go to Maui

we get to play grandparents to their pets

 Some time during the evening they cozy 

up on the couch

 and at other times they played havoc with

the things on the coffee table

 the lamps

 each other

 the slippers I put on the heater to dry

 the rug at the door for Charlie

 And then resting again

 Pa is on the computer and there is stuff

that moves in there

Great place to cozy up too!!

Fun Times

Pete turns 5

Pete's Birthday was on Monday.  He

didn't have school that day and Ellie

was out of school for a Teacher In Service 

Day.  So we celebrated his birthday 

on the actual day

 First thing tho...Ellie entered a car

in her Cub Scout Pinewood Derby and won
2nd place out of about 50 entries in grades K-5.

Tiny car (blue) but it has to be a certain 

weight and size

Pete chose to go to Mini Golf for his birthday.

Grammy and Gramps came up from San Diego 

to help celebrate

 'Golf' might mean playing in the water with your putter

They did play all 18 holes tho

 Pete had an audience

Great form

 Pete loves to have his picture taken ... NOT

 as you can see

 Candid shots are best

 but he can be a bit wiggly

  The packing material

always seems to be the biggest hit

What a mess

Pete frosted his cupcakes with Ellie's help

 Then he picked the one he wanted

 Another "Smile for the camera" picture 

 Ellie loves her picture taken and will have 

a lot of pictures of her cute face to remember 

in her later years

Pete ... not so much

Happy 5th Birthday Pete!!