Mary-
Here is part of the bee's nest I was telling you about.
I let the dogs out the other morning and a bunch of little bees were swarming around. I bent down to look under the deck and there was a huge bees nest. I got the bee spray and killed it. Tons of bees came out and inside were two cones that looks like this. I thought it was really cool!!!
This is the first crayfish that Josh caught on his own. 
The boys caught about 30 crayfish the first day there. They had this cooler stuffed full. We took them back to the cabin and cooked them up. The boys tried them, but didn't like them that well. They ate a couple. Ethan had a great time chucking the ones that they decided not to cook down the bank back into the water. 
Ethan with one of the larger crayfish. At one point Ethan took one of the big crayfish and put it's claw near another smaller crayfish. The big one took his claw and crunched the smaller ones head off. It was nasty!!!
Ellie and Terra's dog, Dexter playing in the sand. Terra has two Yorkie puppies that she brought camping. The dogs had a great time playing and were constantly covered in sand, sticks, etc.
Tucker playing in the sand. He really wasn't into catching the crayfish. He just wanted to build in the sand. 
The first crayfish!
This is the first day there. We crossed the big railroad bridge and walked to the other side of the river where the boys could get into the water. The Clarkfork moves pretty fast and drops off fast in spots so we tried to find calmer area for the boys to play in. 
This is a picture of the bridge from where we where playing. 
Walking back across the bridge. You can kind of see in the picture where there is a walkway next to the tracks. It was still rather scary walking across hoping a train didn't come while we were on the track. It was a dizzying experience looking down while walking across.
Do you think he likes the puppy? 
Tucker made Ellie a sock on a string to play with. She loves to attack it. She was biting my feet, which is rather painful with sharp puppy teeth. She is so much fun. She loves to snuggle. Yesterday she joined me in the garden while I pulled weeds. She would attack the moving plants. She finally curled up and fell asleep under the lilies. 
This is how Tucker wakes up most mornings!
This was the patio that had the hot tub under it. We sold the hot tub and the picnic table is there now. Rusty built the bar that runs across the side for putting food or sitting at. I am in the process of painting it green to match the house and shop. You can see the red post in the back.
My new garden shed I got off Craiglist for cheap and restained it. The dirt there is where the trampoline used to be in the ground.
This is off the back deck. The boys and I built the fence all my ourselves. Tanzy is now confined unless someone lets her out the front door and then she is history until she decides to return. The white rose to the right smells so yummy!!
view of the front lawn edging. He is here finishing it as I type.
Front of house, unfortunately my clematis are not in full bloom because I moved them and they did not do so well. It least they are alive.
We moved the fence back and so I add more rock and made it a nice place to sit and have my coffee in the morning. I am quite proud of myself as I didn't know that I could do fencing. Rusty helped me dig holes and set the new posts on this one.
Close up of my coffee area!
