Parade

We had fun dancing in the Cherry Festival Parade this morning!

Felling, Bucking, Hauling, and Barking

Paul was hard at work this week getting the posts for our house. He felled the trees, bucked them, made a fork for the tractor, hauled the logs in, and is now barking them.

The land got damaged where he had to drive the tractor to bring the logs in, but we did some repair and it should be able to heal, hopefully in the next few years.

My dad is on vacation, so I went up and stayed his house last night to check on things and feed the animals - Otto missed me.

Windsurfing - Paul's first day out this year

Wednesday was nice and sunny and super windy, so Paul ventured out onto the river for the first time this year.

Otto was very worried about him going so far out into the river. He sat and watched, very alert. Everytime Paul fell into the water, Otto would cry and run to the edge of the water, pacing until his Papa was up again.

When Paul comes in, Otto runs to him and howls and snuggles him.

Fruit Trees and Snowboarding

Last weekend I bought three new fruit trees - 1 bartlett, 1 d'anjou, and 1 apricot.

The neighbors dog came over and helped me plant them. :)

I still need to finish putting stones around the edges and mulching inside, but they are in the ground.

I took four of the foster boys up to Mt. Hood Meadows snowboarding on Saturday - they had a great time! Meadows donated lessons and gear and lift tickets for the day.

Paul's Birthday!