Kiera's First Holy Communion

The second graders had a dress rehearsal before actual First Communion.

Here are some pictures from that night...

Kiera and Mrs. Gregg, the 2nd grade aide

Kiera and Mrs. Palcko

And here are the pictures from the actual First Communion...

Each child made a banner for First Communion...

it just so happened that we sat in Kiera's row! 

Grandpa and Great Gram came to church, 

and Gram sat in handicapped seating...which were

two of the best seats in the house! They got some

great pictures!

Back on stage for a class blessing

Gram admiring Kiera's new cross

Kier and her friend J

The Dragans

Kiera and MG

Kiera and Father Tim

Kiera and Father Ryan

Posing for lots of pictures!

One of my favorite pics of all time

Ty and Val

Mimi and Papa

Mom and Dad

Look at the photo bomber to the right!

Kiera and her posse

Praying hands!

We went to lunch at the new Si Seniors (Kiera's pick!) then 

headed home to have coffee and dessert.

May God bless Kiera Jean! 

Let there be "Water!"

We've had electricity at the cabin for sometime now...but we've been without water. This weekend, the hole for the 1,000 gallon water holding tank was dug and the spring was tapped! 

Kiera's pond now has a little waterfall! Here's a close up...

...and a shot from a distance.

The trickling water makes the most lovely sound. 

Brookey playing fetch

The water was still quite chilly...

Kiera and Brooke didn't stay in very long.

Doing a happy dance? Throwing rocks? Preparing to do a 

cartwheel? Not sure, but I know one thing for sure...Kiera

had a great day at the farm!

Because the cabin sits so far back in the woods, we needed

to improve the pathway back to it...first step, dig a trench and put in 

drainage pipes, then lay highway mat and put rocks down.

It took all of us to move the tank from the cabin to its

new spot in the woods!

Let the digging begin!

Love the flower in the moss on the rock

She's in!

Barn Update...

Can you spot the snake?

Adventures in the golf cart with Ryan!

After the water tank was buried, we headed down to

the spring to watch the guys tap the spring.

The put the pipe in place, then gently tapped it into the

spring with the bucket of the digger. 

Kiera to the rescue with the wrench to open the pipe

Brooke!