Visitors and playtime?

Towards the end of the week at the cabin some of our favorite people came to visit. One of our sons and his 2 children. (Their names all begin with K) It seems they like to work too. We had some small fir trees that were growing TOO close together and needed to be cleared out. They decided to help out and next thing we knew we had cleared 3 groupings of small not doing well trees. They were so thick their trunks were very spindly.

Here is the little K. What a trooper. He is a real worker. It was hard to get him to stop. He helped his dad lopper small trees and even tried to help Mom with the small bow saw. He dec ided the loppers were more his style. He looked up the hill behind where we were working and in amazement said,"holycriminy" that's a LOT of trees and work. Are we doing all that today?" We assured him we weren't. We would leave some for another time.

The little K girl taking Sasha for a walk. She decided after a bit of work that she would rather do something else. Play with me(Ernie) or Sasha or go for a ride with Grandpa in the Rhino.

K & K are building lakes and parking lots for their critters. He has dinosaurs and she has horses. Sasha was always watching and staying by them. Sometimes I did too but mostly I did my own thing. There is always a lot to sniff and watch.

The 3 great helpers on the hill behind the cabin. Don't know how we would have gotten so much done in such a short time without them. It was an adventure for the little ones and they told us how much they liked it there. They want to come back again soon. We would love that. Sasha & I actually have a pool up there now. We got to keep the 2 we had at home. Sasha really likes my orange squeaker toy. Mom says I am stingy with it.

We were out for a walk and when we came back we found this frog resting on our screen door. It stayed there for quite a while even though we were all going in and out the door. There was even one baby one on the side of the cabin.

Looking from inside the cabin out the screen door. The little critter seemed to like it there.

Meanwhile back at the pool. Sasha has her own toy but still is waiting for me to get tired of this one. hee hee!!! Like that is going to happen.

I don't dare put it down. Let me tell you it is hard to get a drink of water and still hang on to it.

Do you think she is getting tired of following me and waiting for me to put it down?

Sasha decided to take a 'dip" and cool off. She is still keeping her eye on me though. She is very patient & doesn't give up.

I am trying to get that drink of water and not put squeaky down. It's tough!

Sometimes I actually go up to Mom and put it at her feet so she can throw it for me. Then I run like the wind and take the long way back especially when it is hot and I want to cool off a bit before the next big run. M & D say I am very fast.

Sasha is not without toys. This Kong Wubba is her new toy. It used to squeak. Not like mine though. I think she likes the squeaking. She played so hard with it that now it hardly ever gives out a squeak - only air noises. She just got done cleaning it in the pool. We had a great time. We missed reading about all your adventures. We are catching up now.

Have a fun day.

Ernie & Sasha