January and February 2008 photos posted

Our home computer died in the middle of December. While we have backups of all our data the Picasa program I use to keep track of our pictures and what I have uploaded onto the web is on that computer. Which means that I have been waiting for the computer to get repaired before I started posting more pictures. This week we found out that we would have to wait another few weeks so I decided to start posting some photos anyways and synchronize them with our soon-to-be-resurrected computer later.

So, December 2007 is missing but here are January and February 2008.

January 2008

February 2008

we're back

It has been almost two months since I last updated this blog. A lot has happened since then and we have a bunch of new pictures to show for it.

At the end of May Alfred's sister Marlene and her son Alexander came to visit. But we actually had overnight guests at our house the week before that. And then throughout most of June we also had various family members stay with us.

During all that time we were busy reviving our yard. As you may be aware, we had over 30 cubic yards of gravel spread on it and our goal was to get rid of all the gravel without sending any of it to the landfill. I think within the next week we will have realized that goal. Thanks to Becky for her determined push to find recipients for the rocks and her skill in coordinating mechanical and physical labor to move the rocks.

In July we started amending the soil by adding horse manure, rototilling the entire yard and then planting buckwheat, sunflowers and winter rye. Then we are covering the entire crop with mulched straw to keep the moisture in and the weeds down. We plan to turn all this "green manure" under in August in preparation for landscaping later in the fall.

You can find the last of the May pictures here...

From May 2007

The June pictures are here...

June 2007

And some of the July pictures are here...

July 2007

Enjoy!

worms after dinner

More pictures posted including silly children, a ride in the park and worms.

Click on the image below to see the photos.

From April 2007

Alfred has been eating alot more since we moved to Boulder because he has actually been riding his bike to work almost every day. So he will eat anything that Joel and Kate don't eat. But who eats the things that no one will eat? Click the image below to find out.

From April 2007

Enjoy!

We have solved our dependence on oil

The fuel of choice for this lean, mean transportation machine includes juice, cheese, milk, cold peas and frequent desserts.

Have a look at...

From April 2007

Joel and Kate Birthday

The actual birthday was yesterday so here are a few more pictures and videos from then.

From Joel & Kate 3...

Joel and Kate Birthday and other pictures

Joel's and Kate's birthdays are not until Monday, but we had the birthday party for them this evening so that Great Grandma, Grandma, Grandpa, Roy and Susan could join us from Haxtun. Great Great Aunt Marlene from Denver also joined the party. You can see pictures and video clips from the party by clicking on this image.

Joel & Kate 3rd Birthday

We also have pictures from January...

January 2007

... and February ...

February 2007

Enjoy!