Shooting Pool

A couple of nights during our vacation time we decided to make use of the game room and play a little pool.

Even the little one got in on the action, with a little help from Gwampa.

Watch out World. Pool Shark in the making!

Baby Chair & Momma Chair

I think a couple days ago I mentioned we were going to make some more Adirondack chairs while my daughter was here on vacation. 

I got the Ana White's plan and also found a plan by her for a child's Adirondack chair.

So we went to work and here are the results.

These are going home with them. 

A Day At The Reservoir

We went to the Prineville Reservoir for a little kayaking and picnicking yesterday. We launched from a little spot on the south side of the reservoir. In the winter the water is almost to the parking lot. Here you can see in the background how far the water has receded.

On the way. Carli was on the single ride-on-top and Bill, Siena, and I were in the double.

Here's our favorite little spot.

It's at the end of that inlet so we have a great view of this end of the reservoir.

On my backside is the reservoir, and in front of me is the pretty little meadow.

It has many of these pretty little yellow flowers.

And its carpeted with these very fragrant tiny white flowers.

These little guys were flitting all over.

Only one of these flying creatures was there.

Then it was time to start heading for home. The sheriff's boat was constantly cruising the lake to make sure all was good.

Some of the wildlife.

And finally we reached the end. I let the hubby and young person drag the kayaks up to the truck parking.

Okay, this is the third time I have attempted to post this particular entry. So this actually was from a few days ago!

The Home Depot Kids Clinic And Cool Event

My daughter and granddaughter are here from California. The Home Depot has childrens clinics on the first Saturday of the month and I took the opportunity to bring them to the clinic yesterday. The subject was pencil boxes.

The things the kids build come in a kit and The Home Depot provides the extras like the glue, paint, or other things to decorate the finished project. The kids even get their own orange apron. The parents help the kids build the project.

Ta da! We decided to wait til we got home to paint because we have a big kit of different colors including sparkly paint!

The kids clinic is on the first Saturday of every month from 9a - noon. Yesterday The Home Depot also  had a "cool" event from noon to 3p. They had free popcorn, snowcones, ice water, face painting, and various games for the kids. One of the things advertised on the flyer was a "cool dog contest" and they were taking free pictures of your dog (or kid). 

Here Siena is getting a butterfly painted on her arm from our very talented face paint artist, Aricelli. 

Beautiful!

I can't believe I didn't get more pictures of the dog. We brought Sadi along for the cool dog contest and photo. We think she totally blew the competition away. She and Siena were in matching tutus! I also wish I had taken a photo of the little boy in the wheelchair who was giving Sadi kisses while she had her head in his lap. And she gave him a kiss or two also. It reminded me of our late therapy dog, Gus.

While we were there we bought some lumber so we could make some more adirondack chairs. And we found a plan for a mini chair so we can make one for Siena to bring home. More on that next time.

UPDATE!!!

They sent the picture from the Cool Event and of course, Siena and Sadi WON! And rightfully so, of course.