The trail was pretty muddy.

It was another beautiful weekend so I grabbed the sunscreen and headed outdoors. Saturday I went to Galbraith to go mt. biking with my dad and Russ, it wasn't too sunny but pretty hot and humid. One of the best parts of the day was right off the bat. I was in the parking lot getting geared up when a guy rode up to the car next to mine and started packing his bike up. I noticed that he was talking to someone but I could not see the person anywhere and then out from the other side of the car comes this little boy. He couldn't have been over the age of six but he had the tiniest full suspension bike, disk brakes and everything! He had a little motocross helmet, tiny shin pads and was covered from head to toe with mud. He was so adorable! He was tearing around the parking lot and then comes over to me and says, "Man, its super muddy up there". I asked him if he had a good ride and he replies, "Yah, it was awesome!” It was so cute I couldn't even handle it. The ride was great, very muddy but very fun.

Today was full of yard work and kick ball. I mowed our lawn, which was sort of a jungle. It was slow going and very hot out but I was pretty proud of myself, the first lawn I've ever mowed! It looks pretty good if I do say so myself. Then the roomies and I, plus Chris our adopted roomie, went and grabbed some food and headed to the Maritime Heritage Park. There were a zillion, if I were to guess, little baby salmon in the fishery all swimming around and growing strong. There were also little Canada goose goslings playing on the shore with their parents, very cute and fuzzy. Oh and there was a little river otter playing on the rocks and swimming in the water. I thought he would rather eat some baby salmon but that just isn't allowed. Next Bri and I headed to kick ball with the Bagelry crew. I can't say that I actually kicked the ball but we added to the very quiet cheering squad. We did play on the swings and climbed a tree, which was entertaining though.

Now I'm off to work on my papers and channel my studious side. Good luck with Monday everyone!

Mother's Day Weekend

This weekend was beautiful and I'm glad to say that I was able to take advantage of it. Saturday I went down to Anacortes with my parents and Willie (my dog) to mt. bike at Cranberry Lake Community Forest. It was wonderfully sunny although not too warm and the lake was absolutely gorgeous. It was lovely to be in the quiet woods and spending time with two of my favorite people. I always seem to forget how much I like mt. biking except for the moments like when I thought I was seriously going head first into a rather large cedar tree at what felt like mach ten. It was a long ride that left me falling asleep on the car ride home.




After some serious sleeping I woke up to make a delious mother's day breakfast of bacon, waffles and strawberries. Then it was off to the garden to do some manual labor, a traditional mother's day activity in our family. The duckies played outside munching on dandalions and playing in the pool. I can't believe that they have pretty much doubled in size in one week and are actually getting feathers. Oh by the way they have names now too, Fuchia, Buttercup, Violet, Orchid, and Periwinkle (yes, I was channeling spring and all the flowers). In the garden it was Battle Royale, Emily vs. The Dandalions. It waged on for quite some time and I sustained a few back injuries but in the end I was victorious!

Now after some very yummy brownies I'm feeling quite sleepy and ready for some nation geographic channel. Adios amigos!

Sunday proved to be funday.

I woke up Sunday morning having no idea that five little wonders would make their way into my life before the sun set. I was out at my parent’s house enjoying the sunshine and helping in the garden when it was decided that today was the day to get the chicks and ducklings my mom and I have been planning on getting. So we switched gears entirely and began setting up a new chicky/ducky house for the babies. In no time at all we were in the car with boxes ready to go. One very interesting feed store experience later we had 13 (5 ducks and 8 chickens) new additions to the farm. After a day of rest I took the duckies for a little adventure today, which it turns out, they greatly enjoyed!



No matter how you cut it, there just is not room for five in this pool.



After all that swimming the kids were very sleepy.





Then it was snack time.



They ended the day with some synchronized stretching