Winter Wonerland!

Between 5:00 -6:00am down came the snow!! Darin took our tractor and plowed down our driveway, back around our house and in the riding arena.

Our poor dogs were stuck in their house. This snow drift covered their water bucket. Darin did shovel it out.

New Carpet is in!!!!

Here is Darin working on getting all the staples removed. We decided that we would remove the old carpet ourselves. We removed all the carpet including our bedrooms 3 weeks in advance. It wasn't too bad removing the old carpet but we both couldn't believe how dirty and filthy the old carpet was.

Here I am vaccuming up the loose paddings and staples and the dirt that you wouldn't believe. It was a dirty job. I can't believe we let kids crawl around in this carpet!!!

Here it is. It was instald Jan. 23rd. This carpet has specks of green, brown and light cream. I am very please on how it turned out. We also put this carpet in 3 of our bedrooms. It smells so good and feels so nice, we finally have fresh clean carpet.

The Austin's Family Cruise /Panama Canal

This is our Princess Cruise Ship. There were about 2000 people on this ship with 850 staff workers. It is a huge ship. There was a casino, movie theatre, 2 resturants, bars, a buffett, 2 pools, hot tubs galore, gym, spa, just to name a few. We sure had a great time relaxing and being with our family.

The Panama Canal. This is an amazing experience. This picture was taken from our balcony and you can see another ship behind us. This ship is 87 feet above sea level and before it can move forward the water ahead of him has to rise to 87 feet also. There are six total locks, 3 on the Pacific side and 3 on the Atlantic side. It is gravity driven no pumps. There is a canal captain steering us along with little trains pulling against us to keep from hitting the sides of the lock. It is very interesting and amazing experience. This took most of the day to go through.

Huatituko, Mexico. Our first Port. Dan, Emily, Darin and I went into town and looked around. We were there for only 4 hours. It is a beautiful place. We will hopefully come back someday. I love Mexico.

Emily and I went and did wine tasting on our Princess Cruise Ship. It was set up in our Dining area were we ate our dinners. We were able to taste samples of Chardonnay from Kendall-Jackson, Pinot Noir from La Crema, Cabernet Sauvignon from Wolf Blass (Australia)Sauvignon Blac from Errazuriz and Sauvignon Blac from Nobilo. From this we recieved a shooter glass to take home. It was fun.

In Costa Rica Diane, Doug, Darin and I went on a Countryside tour and Coffee plantation tour. It was very fun.

As you can see I volunteered to taste their coffee. I am smelling the coffee aroma by continuously sturring my spoon. HMMMM!!!

Only if you had smellavision. ;>) With your spoon you would then slurp your coffee instead of sipping it. You get more flavor from the coffee that way.

They used a coffee press instead of a coffee maker. BIG difference. I got a complementary hat.

Sunset from Aruba.

Aruba is only 19 miles long 6 miles wide. Beautiful white sandy beaches and blue water. The whole island looks like a desert with cactus galore.

We were able to rent a van and tour the island ourselves. We went to a beach and swam for a while and then drove around the rest of the island exploring.

Opening Day Success!!!

Opening Day Success!!!

Darin can't believe hunting season is over.

I am looking forward to good eats.

Quatro has Arrived!!

Yes, SHE has arrived all by herself. Her Momma is the one behind her and did a fine job of delivering. Whew! We are so so Glad!!!

She was born on 9/28 sometime between 5:00pm -6:30pm because I discovered her at 6:50pm.

She is tiny compared to Tres who was born 5 days earlier.

Well, sadly but thankfully this concludes our newborns of 2007. We will be expecting our first Uno 08 in March 2008. It has been a successful year of all our new arrivals. Hopefully next year we will have the same success.

Baby Girl Tres

She is one day old in this picture. She is doing really well. She and her Momma join the others in the pasture.

Its a GIRL! Baby Cow

This is Tres and she was born this morning. Momma' s water broke just after 7:00am and she arrived at 9:20 am. She had to have help from Darin and Pete. She is doing just fine. She is just a beauty.

I will post more pictures of her up close.