Mother Goose, Mother Goose, This is the Silver Fox

 Jake called be before Christmas, and asked if I'd help him make a plaque for Grandma and Grandpa. He had given me some plum wood earlier, and some barn wood, and had a vague idea of what it should look like. I drew it up, cut it out on the laser, and set the inlay.

Figures cut out of old barn wood.

I etched recesses in the plum, and set the barn wood cutouts in.

There were more foxes than geese.

After finishing.

Hang it up!

A Week With the Petes

 After my semester ended, we decided to spend the week-ish break with the Petes. We also went to see Sara and Brice, who just moved near to Sara. Forgot to take pictures of that though..

Zipping out to find Easter eggs.

It didn't take too long.

Pete making a tomb the kids could bust out of.

Taking a rainy walk.

Or run.

The mushroom.

Toots and Ezzy.

Found some flowers.

Jake and Louie Bob on his neighbor's dozer.

Candace keeping an eye on Annie.

Hazel meets George.

Playing on the swings.

Hazel said Higher.

Chillin.

A Week With the O'Connors

Em and Rory brought the girls out for a visit. So they could do some skinning too. We've been having a fantastic snow year, so we got the toboggan out too.

Em, trying not to sink up to her thighs in the deep snow.

Toots and Pops and Eleanor and Rory on the old toboggan.

Beanor looking a little cold.

Between runs. Madelyn's there too.

Eleanor asking if she can go in now.

June had a fantastic time.

She even carried her own sled back up the hill.

Sort of.

Lily was not feeling well.

Roasting marshmallows on the fire.

Eleanor likes to become one with her food.