Showing posts with label cousins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cousins. Show all posts

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Winter Beach Party

By Marci

So my cousin Melanie lives 75 minutes south of us, and we're really far away from most family members, so we have to arrange to see each other at least once per month.   My Soldier is off at training in Georgia for two weeks, and her daughter had a half day at school, so we just had get together to play for the day.

My oldest daughter has been concerned recently that she is missing out on all the fun at home while she's at school.  So, Melanie planned a great surprise for when she got off the bus.  Welcome to the [sun] + E Beach Party.
This one's for the Cornell graduate.
And here's a snippet of Big D from the party that went on earlier in the day.
When it was all said and done: "That beach party...I just didn't even expect it.  It was fantastic!"

Monday, November 14, 2011

EGGS! Take Two

by Marci

Saturday we began and mostly finished the project of painting the chicken coop.  Our cousins joined us, and all the kids participated.  The guinea hens squawked at high volume through the entire process.
Before
 Primer
 Topcoat(s)



The chickens must like the color: 1. because they've been pecking the paint off the walls like crazy, ahhh! And 2. because we got our first egg the next evening. We've been anticipating this day for almost five months!  Here's a congested description of how the second egg was secured (this morning).