Follow in His Ways

Ryah was so excited to be baptized.  For the last week she has been asking a billion questions about it.  (As a side note, this is a huge improvement in communication that she has made).

She was a little nervous about being dunked under the water but Keith made it quick and she did wonderfully!

She looked beautiful and very happy!

For the record. 5 May 2012.  Baptized and confirmed by her Daddy, Keith Aaron Jones.

As is tradition, because we usually don't have any visitors to make a big meal for, (and it wouldn't be a treat to have a meal for just us) Ryah chose a place to go eat (The Mayan- appropriate for Cinco de Mayo don't you think).

Congratulations to the newest member of our ward!

Next Plateau

From Corner of house

 From 1st fruit tree

From Chinook street

 MISC pictures

 Elijah and his friend, Addie, playing prison in my fruit room.  Can't wait until we get walls and shelves up, banish our foodstorage to here and reclaim our living space.

Upstairs standing in the north east corner and looking toward the toy room window.

 In the north west corner looking at a handsome boy.  Sometime in the future, when we can save up enough money that stairway will disappear and we'll make a couple more rooms and a bathroom up here.  For now it will be a room to catch flies and kids when it is rainy outside.

Our garden (newly tilled, yeah!) from (what will be) the boys' new window.

.Roof Over Our Head

They waited for a couple of days to begin the roof because they wanted  to have a couple rain-free days before they tore into the old roof.  (Ha ha, in Western Washington?  That is funny!!)

From corner of house

From first fruit tree

From Chinook Street



OTHERS

Everyone in the house took turns being sick except myself and Caleb (well, he had a cold but never got the high fever-cought-sore throat thing)  This was toward the tail end when Miriam, Elijah and Kristina were sick.

Onward and Upward

From orner of the house

From first fruit tree

From chinook street

From back door

From upstairs toy room window

Framed- Day 2

FROM THE BACK DOOR

FROM THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE

FROM THE 1ST FRUIT TREE

FROM CHINOOK STREET

Our Home is Expanding All Over the Place

This time our home is expanding by 40 feet...... 40 scratchy, noisy, adorable feet.

We have wanted to get chickens ever since we had to give up the last chickens for the first building project.

Things just happened to come together.  Neighbor was selling his kennel.

Elijah was so excited.  And I was mean telling him on monday that we were getting chicks on wednesday.  He has been hovering over them night and day.  If we leave he says "I can't wait to see Naku (his name for one of them) again."

Those chicks get lots of lovin' and lots of names.

And more lovin'!

Now if they can just survive to produce some eggs.

I was framed!!

CORNER OF HOUSE

1ST FRUIT TREE

FROM CHINOOK STREET

Materials are delivered.... a day early.

The framers show up... a day early as well.

Now I will take you on a tour from the back door.