Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Caching Adventures While in The Black Hills

We have been to some interesting places this past week. Here are some of the highlights from last week.


An old school house



Looking in a cave...not there


Open pit mine from the Homestake Gold Mine


Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood


Got our first geocache in Wyoming, at this sign


Then it was northward to Montana


Saw prickly pear cactus in the ditch in MT


This cache was a first-to-find cache for us in MT
Touched By An Angel


Visited the buffalo sinkhole in WY


Placed my first Travel Bug (My 2¢) in a cache
in the camping resort...


near a nice shade tree


Attended a meeting of Rapid City geocachers
The Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer


Getting some history of the area


A stop in the Badlands National Park


I saw an eagle, an erosion creation


And another erosion eagle


A night caching adventure with Jon & Sherry from CV


A Travel Bug that I moved to a cache in Montana


Cemetery in Scenic SD


A little history of the area


The Black Hills area is so very green,
unusual for this time of year


A headstone in The Old Vale Cemetery


Some of the detail on the headstone


A visit to a ghost town...


to find a Letter Box cache
Yup, in the fake birdhouse


We've had a good time and plan to repeat it in a couple of weeks.








Monday, July 29, 2013

Happy Anniversary

Happy 7th Anniversary!


Wishes for many more years of
love and happiness!


Sunday, July 28, 2013

Daughter Projects

Kari asked her dad last winter if he would make a side table for her sofa. She wanted it to 'match' the other pieces he has made. Bench  (We also made a side table for her chair, but I can't find any photos.) Hubby bought the wood and cut it while we were in AZ. The plan was to have it finished for her B-Day in May, but the kitchen makeover (and geocaching) took over our lives. Then goal the was to have it completed before the July B-Day party for Marek. And we did.



The wood has been cut, sanded and assembled.
He then took it apart and I did my part...



Staining, and staining, and staining and then
varnishing, varnishing & varnishing.



TA DA!
She loves it!


Then she had another other project....


A print and a solid
Fabrics for a chair and a foot stool



She wanted to recover the cushion on a chair she had found



I had a thick piece of foam just sitting around needing 
an assignment. This seemed like a match.



Hubby cut the foam



Hubby and I wrapped it and stapled and Kari trimmed



TA DA!
A more formal look for the chair



This is for the footstool...the NEXT project.







Friday, July 26, 2013

Grandson's First B-Day

Our favorite grandson had his first birthday last Sunday and we were there to help celebrate.


Birthday boy with G'Pa



Mommy was busy last week while Miss Willa stayed with us.




Do you recognize the birthday theme?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle



From a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly



Mommy also painted the T-shirt



Auntie with the kids



The Hanson family 



B-Day lunch outside on the patio



The Ehresmann family



Balloons & Presents



The table is ready for cake & ice cream



The B-Day cake
Pretty cute, Mommy!



Mommy and the B-Day boy looking at his cards



Big sister is helping



The B-Day card Miss Willa made for her little brother



Sister and brother...



Sister and brother



Happy 1st Birthday Marek!

May you have many, many more!