Slater Creek Update

Deb with her two nieces, Erica and Courtney, at her grandmas funeral dinner. Sad occasion, but nice to catch up with relatives.

The family at the cemetery. When B and I dress up on the same occasion, you better get a picture.

Well, I got nothin.....

Deb posing on top of the newly roofed goat barn.

Riley measuring the soffit. She loves to help and it keeps me off the ladder.

You see, I fall down a lot.

The little boy is our nephew Alex. He is the youngest child of Courtneys. He loves to come visit when he is at grandmas.

Strawberries galore. I picked that whole ice cream bucket full Wednesday evening with at least another bucketful to pick tomorrow. Plenty for homemade jam and shortcake. Yum!

Life at Slater Creek Farm...

Just wanted to share a few pictures from this past week...(they are not in chronilogical order...still don't have that part of blogging down)


I worked all day last Monday pulling weeds and mulching down this flower bed...

Callie...is our new 'barn-cat'... She is fixed so no kittens are coming from her. But, she has already proven herself by killing her first mouse the other day.

Riley lost her front tooth last night! LOVE those toothless grins!

Brandon modeling Grandma's wig...that she doesn't like.

MOm and me on Mother's Day afternoon...

Jeff and Brandon working....(we loaded several loads of rich black dirt to fill in our raised beds in the garden)

Brandon loves driving the rider.

Riley and her beloved chickens...

The kids and I after church on Mother's Day...

Happy 48th Birthday Jeff!

I know that we are going to have a fun day in St.Louis tomorrow...and you get to watch your beloved Pirates play ball... Happy Birthday Bud! Love you ;-)

What we do for fun

Riley is mowing with big brother and her mommy. She loves to be outside.

Deb looks good on the tractor. I am glad she likes to mow. Every time we mow, we seem to mow a little more. I hope we stop expanding sometime soon.

It is nice that Brandon now can mow with a tractor. It definitely speeds up the process. I use a push mower while he and his momma use riders.
The strawberries are looking AWESOME!!!!!

Brandon is going to be pitching this year on his little league team. A bucket comes in handy for fat, out of shape catchers.

Riley has made friends with all the chickens. I guarantee they would not let me do this. Also what happened to "Lucy" our cat has happened to one or two of our "hens". They may be roosters. Stay tuned.