Sunday, June 29, 2008

Where's Riley??


I don't know what happened to Riley's picture but we will try again.

One of these days I will get the hang of this blog.

Summer has arrived!!!!

As you can tell, Summer has arrived and so have the Sturgeon!.






Lee was down at my brothers for 10 days and caught three nice sturgeon. It will be nice to have them in the freezer for winter.



These fish were all around fifty inches. My brother his family and Mom and Dad were all together for Fathers Day. I will add a few pictures of our get together.

Below are Dad, Lee, Jack, Scott and my brother. We have a very nice visit but of course we all ate way too much. That's what Fathers Day and picnics are for. My sister inlaw Toni is a wonderful cook. Harley and Lee cooked salmon and hamburgers. Mom and Dad enjoyed all the Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren.




Below Harleys, boys Jed,Jack, Scott and his new baby boy, Jacks son, Harley, Dad and Lee.


The doe and her two fawns are doing great, they are still in the neighbors yard but should be getting more adventurous soon.


The last week of June is Rodeo time in Prineville. Wed. nite they drive the cows down main street. What a hoot!! Saturday morning is the parade down town. There were over 90 entries this year. Sat. evening we went to the rodeo with our neighbors from up at the lake and had a wonderful time. It was a little warm, 98 degrees. Riley is the only smart one of the bunch and really knows how to cool off. Well, this is all for now. Happy 4th of July!!! Enjoy

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Spring babies how they grow.



Hi again,



We are having a cool spring so far, but the neighbor had a doe deliver two baby fawns about 2 weeks ago. They are so cute. I am going to put on a picture of them hope you can see them.



We are busy fishing, lee cutting wood for the comming winter and working in the yard. Last weekend Lee and I dug several bunches of Ribbon Grass to plant on the hill side. I am still



working on getting the last of them in the ground. Last weekend Shannon, Porter and myself



went to a craft fair near her house. We had a great time and Porter was so good. He slept thru



it all. Both boys are able to stand with a little help. How fast they grow. Lee is off to Astoria



for fishing tomorrow for about 10 days. I am going to join him for a few days and visit with



my folks. Well, that's about all for now. Hopefully we will have sturgeon pictures for the next



post. Lee, Sheri and Rilely

Dane is 3mo. old in this picture.
Dane and his Grandma Karen in Montana

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Here we go again.










Hi and Happy trails to everyone. This is the third time I have tried to post on my own today.


So you know what they say about being the charm. Lets see if it works.!! We are getting anxious


to plant our vegetables but the night time lows are in the 30's so we will wait about another week. Lee is outside getting the auto water system in and putting up a fence to keep out the deer and bunnies. We hope to get some veggies this season. Time will tell. I have included a few pictures of Porter and Dane, Riley of course and fishing. Happy Memorial Day to everyone!


We have been fishing in the Prineville Reservior and have been doing well. We went fishing with our neighbors John and Sherry and caught a total of 20 fish between us.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

On the road again!!

Yes, I know it has been awhile since the last posting. Upon returning home from Montana we packed up and got ready to go to Hawaii. Boy has it changed in the last 33 years!!!. We stayed on Maui and soaked up a few rays and spent a day snorkeling and watching whales. It was Awsome!







As you can tell Lee still enjoys the surf and sand! Upon returning home we had our hand full with a redo of our rental home. Thank goodness for our son Sam and his wife Shannon who helped us clean up the mess.









We have worked on this house for about 3 weeks and it is finally looking like a new house again. We have it rented and hope that it stays that way for a long while. On to better things FISHING and GRANDKIDS!!




Sam, Shannon and Porter spent their first sleep over a couple of weekends ago. The guys went fishing and caught 10 fish between the two of them. Shannon and Nana kept the home fires burning and enjoying Porter. As you can tell from the first picture we wore him out, but he thinks this is OK stuff. More to come next time. Happy spring to everyone!!!

Monday, April 7, 2008

New Grandsons and Trip to Montana

Hi Everyone,

Lee and I have decided that it would be nice to do a blog so that we can share our adventures with everyone. We have been so blessed! Clint and Tanya had a son Dane Jakob Houston on March 9th and Sam and Shannon had a son Porter Montgomery Houston on March 21st. They are both healthy and really growing.




March 31st Lee and I left for Montana looking like the Clampets from Prineville with the truck and trailer loaded.


We had a good trip to Great Falls, with some snow. You can see Riley really loved it!



All of us went to the cabin out by Willow Creek Reservior and Lee and Clint put in a wood stove and wired it for Solar Panels and lights. We had a great time and as you can see more snow!


Monday we drove out to Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge. We observed lots of birds and had a nice a great view of the of the Rocky Mountain
Lee and I are back on the road again in the morning heading back to Prineville. It is so tough to say goodbye the kids. More to come later.