It's been awhile

I have not taken a lot of pictures lately so I apologize. We had a busy weekend. Saturday Brandi, Kaj and I picked raspberries, went for a short ride on Lady, washed Anssi, and did stuff around the house. Brandi left to go to a wedding with her mother so it was just me and the boys Saturday night. We headed up the trail to Trail Center had a nice dinner and then stopped at a favorite blueberry picking spot to see how it was holding out. It was doing pretty good so Sunday we picked up Grandpa Jim and headed up. We got a gallon of berries. Not bad since it is hard to pick with Kaj. Grandpa picked himself is 4.3 Liter bucket full despite losing a few due to an unfortunate knee/bucket collision. A beautiful day all in all. All of us seemed to be pretty pooped out except for the Kaj guy who wanted to stay up and party!

Happy Birthday Brandi!

Brandi helped make her birthday cakes. She wanted the ponies so here they are. Above is Lady, below is Tara.

It was also our block party. It was a great potluck and about 2 degrees warmer than last year. Last year was freezing.

Our neighbors coming over on the 4-Wheeler. The one on the back is the one in the middles mother. She is from New Zealand. I tried to get a picture when they first pulled up but they were all off in about 10 seconds so I missed it, but at least we got one of them leaving.

Some of the neighbor kids and their cousins.

Brandi opening her present from my parents. All the kids thought for sure it was a gun, but it was a paddle that my Dad was refinishing and woodburned her name and birthday date into.

We got her some pretty boxes, she also got some stuff for swimming and some horse stuff.

Kaj made sure there was plenty of wood on the fire.

The neighbors brought over an old Viking game which the kids seemed to get into playing.

Brandi and Sophie enjoying the BBQ. All in all I think a pretty good night.