Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The Herb Garden

There is a beautiful herb garden coming along in the basement. Yet, the thing that I think is neat is the little garden sticks which have hand drawn illustrations on them showing what seeds ate planted.

Ice Storm picture

Well this ice storm has not been as bad as predicted--thank goodness. We heard different crashing sounds on the roof from smaller branches breaking. Our persimmon tree branch broke and landed on the electric wire going to the outdoor utility light pole. The sun came out for a short period of time and created dazzling bright white from all the ice. It was beautiful.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Blacksmith's Shop

The knight had recently had earned his metalworking merit badge and so visiting the blacksmiths was fun. The blacksmith made small horse shoes for everyone and let us all take a closer peak at the tools, etc. We also enjoyed the Christmas decorations too.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

The Extremely Cold "Carriage" Ride

This picture is from the trip to Nauvoo when we thought we'd want to go on a carriage ride. It was extremely cold And there was a wind chill. I was so glad they had so many quilted blankets. We were a wrapped up like mummies. It was fun to look back on but at the moment it was not so good. It made me think of the pioneers and what they must have gone through to have to leave in the dead of winter. Brrrrrrrrr COLD!

Friday, January 28, 2011

Nauvoo cabin

This is the cabin we stayed in while at Nauvoo. We were in the top part and it was very nice. They had two bunk beds at both ends and a double bed for the parents.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Losing a Tooth

The Little Knight lost his first tooth the other day and had to get his picture taken. Well I wanted to take his picture. The tooth fairy visited later that night while he slept.