Amberlea's Birthday

Amberlea, our baby, turned 30!  Gosh, it's hard to believe that time gets away so quickly.
She and Jett came to the farm for a few days to visit, celebrate her birthday, and have her help with our living room make-over.

The Birthday Girl

Amber hanging our new curtains

Time for Chores

No better way to go to the barn than to ride in the back of the pick-up!

Jett, the farm hand, told his Mom all about the chickens and rooster

The "Chicken Pro"

Gathering Eggs

The Horses

Now that there are more bales of hay at the barn, the trip is not complete without playing on the bales!

Chores completed

While playing outside, Jett found this terrapin.

 

After checking it out and experiencing the terrapin's defense system, he put it down and ...

the critter quickly found cover for a hiding place! 
Anyone wonder why???

We were watching Little House on the Prairie, the episode about Laura's husband's nephews playing a joke with the outhouse.

Grandpop told Jett about when he was a little boy and he and his brother had watched a show on TV about digging a hole in the ground and covering it with grass, etc. to catch animals. 

Of course, you put this idea in the head of 2 young boys and what comes about???

Grandpop explained that they did not have indoor bathrooms, just the outhouse.  The first thing his Mom, Grammy, did after getting home from work was to visit the outhouse.  The 2  boys had thought it would be funny to dig a similar hole in front of their outhouse.  Well, needless to say after Grammy found that hole, the idea was definitely NOT funny any more!

The Birthday Girl has become a beautiful and fantastic young woman! 
The loving sweet nature, thoughtfulness and many talents you have make us so proud! We enjoyed the time spent together shopping, redoing the living room, enjoying Mexican food and strawberry cake, doing chores and visiting.
What fun we had with Amberlea and Jett!