Memorial Day and other adventures

So we have been very busy these past couple of weeks. I'll start with Memorial day. We went over to Stewart Falls with some friends and hiked to a waterfall. It was CROWDED there. I was expecting a lot of people but there were so many. It was crazy. Anyway, Sadie did really well...we tried carrying her but she just wanted to walk herself, so we let her walk a lot of the way. She just loved it! Here are some pictures. Needless to say, Rob and I were very sore the next day from having to carry her and hike. It was so fun though.

Sadie and Daddy walking down the trail.

We brought lunch and ate it when we got to the waterfall. It was really hard to find a spot to sit because it was so crowded. Aren't these two little ones just so cute!

Family picture.

On our way back to the cars. Still a smile on both of our faces. :)

We are almost back to the cars!!!! It was such a fun trip and we want to go hiking more often now that we know Sadie loves it!

Then a few days after our great hike, we found out that we had a leak in our plumbing. It had been going on for a while and this is what we found behind the oven.

That hole was already there so I think that either the previous owners of the house had a problem with it before or they put this stuff in and just never covered it up. It was actually helpful that the hole was already there so we didn't have to make one ourselves. So we got that fixed pretty cheaply, and after about a week or so we got a text from our tenant downstairs saying that there was a huge leak. So we had it looked at and the pipe that connected to our sink was metal and all rotted and there was a bunch of gunk in it. I guess from the little pieces of food that go down the sink. Who knows how long that gunk has been sitting there. Anyway, it was gross. So now, this is what the downstairs kitchen looks like.

They had to tear the ceiling up and part of the wall. Actually now it looks a lot worse because they tore that whole wall behind Rob out because the drywall was all wet. Anyway...So we have a lot of fixing to do, but luckily, we hired a guy who knows what he is doing and is able to go with the flow. He is really doing a great job.


On Saturday, we went to feed the ducks at a little pond close to our house. Well, there aren't many ducks in this picture are there? But if you look close, there are huge fish that come to eat the bread. It is really crazy. The kids didn't really mind that there weren't any ducks because the fish were just as cool.

Sadi sitting really close to the edge of the water. We shortly moved her away from the edge so she didn't fall in. The fish would come right up to the edge! Crazy!

We also planted our garden. It is pretty big and we are really excited about it. But the problem is every time I go out to look at it, Sadie either tries to walk all over it or eat the dirt. We are going to plant grass here shortly but because there is only dirt on the ground, she loves to pick it up and put it in her mouth. Yuck!

This was a while after she put a whole handful of dirt in her mouth. Her tongue was covered but by the time I got the camera, it was all gone. I tried to wipe some off before I got the camera and it was just plastered to her tongue. EEk. You can see whats left on the corner of her mouth.

This is just a little part of our garden...the tomatoes are growing great!


Well that is all for now...we will keep you posted on the downstairs problem!