Flicka, Ricka and Dicka

My three Swedish chairs.

They were old white chairs. One was partially striped, one I tried to strip, and one that I just gave up, sanded and painted. After all that stripping and sanding, I figured I'd just sand it. They sure do add some punch to a room. I also painted the front door red, but never took a photo. Oooo, it's lovely!

And the Sistahs!

I'm going backwards in time in order to catch up on some of my summer's activities. The last blog was about Mom and her generation, but my generation also made it up. We had a lively three days with Celeste, Dave and Mindy and Jenny and five of her children. Gorgeous weather those days so we could spread out! :)

Cousin Steve came and brought 22's so the kids had a great time with some target practice!

 And climbing the windmill! (The photos won't post right side round!)

A couple of us went for a walk down the newly widened road. It's like a highway compared to the tracks it used to be!

And they never tired of their game! I think everyone had a great time! Anyone want a cookie?

And before that, family time

The August trip to Minnesota was more family reunion time, although I did get a couple of projects done. It began with Mom getting together with her two sisters. We all had fun going through the photos and letters.

We had a monster bonfire one night! All those old papers, branches of trees that had blown down, boxes, junk. It was huge!

The Aunt and Uncles and Mom got together several times for meals and coffee time. It was Mom's 60th class reunion this year! So glad she was able to get up there for that. And what lovely weather!

Catching up

 Last week was Moms and babies week. I had Helen and Amy here three times to swim. On Wednesday Norah and Arliss joined the fun. Not so sure Helen and Norah are having a great time on their "boat", but at least they lasted long enough for a photo! :)

Little Judah came, too, already four months old! He looks like the Gerber baby! We had him floating around in the water for a little bit, even. So cute! It was a fun week enjoying these little punkins!

To the Homestead

We're taking a long weekend this weekend back up to the Homestead. The way I feel you'd think I hadn't been there for ages. Yippee! I'm going back up. This time Den is coming too and that makes it even better! The forcast isn't great for the rest of the week, but maybe we can relax and plan out the garden and/or the house addition. Either way, I'm looking forward to the whispering of the wind in the birches and the pines!