The weather has been beatiful the last few days so it was time to saddle up! For our first ride of the season we decided to take Bubba and Bailey for an easy ride around our property. Everyone did great and we’re really getting excited for our camping trip with the horses along the beach at the end of May.
So driving to the doctor Thursday morning I got stuck in a Colton traffic jam. Oh, and contrary to popular opinion, my doctor is NOT the same person as our vet!
Tonight we attended the 95th annual meeting of the Colton Phone Company Co-Op, now called ColtonTel. Here are the highlights:
Two members in particular were highly perturbed with the 2006 financial results. Apparently there is much debate over the Colton telephone company’s recent purchase of a four-plex in downtown Colton (300 phone service subscribers). In order to receive the most value for their investment, the phone company evicted the four tenants, one of which was a Colton volunteer fire fighter. Some argued that the phone company owes it to Colton residents to subsidize this housing for its residents since there are very few low income housing options in Colton.
One member, Cliff, expressed his concerns regarding a board member’s frequent absences from board meetings and events. According to the board president the absences were excused; one was work related and the other was spent out chasing escaped cows.
The Fire Chief, Gary, concluded the annual meeting with some very positive complements, stressing the friendliness of service, availability of staff, and quick response of after-hours technicians.
One the meeting adjourned, the fun began! The first door prize, a De Walt bit set, went to Tom. One of the board members, also our mailman, yelled out, “Now you can fix that mail box of yours!”
Brad brought Bob home Friday night and spent all day Saturday driving around the farm…
First, Brad and Bob dug out a tree stump:
Next, Brad and Bob cleaned up the burn pile:
Opps! Bob bumped into a fence! (Brad said he had nothing to do with this one!)
Brad made sure to give Bob a good cleaning once all the work was done:
Oh yeah, Jodi got a chance to take a ride, too!
The girls had a good time ‘tiptoeing through the tulips” at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival.
Spring in Oregon is beautiful with all of the blooming trees….
Porter, Koby, and Dee Dee all enjoyed getting out of the mud and into the new spring grass this weekend. The neighbor cows came over to greet our newest addition.
We wanted to test out our new camper so we took a weekend trip to Astoria…although rainy and cold, we love to be out camping again!
While in Astoria, Jodi couldn’t help but to stop at some of the town’s most famous Goonie spots… Mikey’s Dad’s Museum, the Jail house, Chunk’s Bowling alley, Data’s House, and the Gooney’s house (the last 3 to be posted soon)
This morning Dee Dee gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Porterhouse! Mom wouldn’t let us get too close, but she had to eat sometime and Brad was able to get these pictures. We also had to seperate them for a few minutes so that we could give Porter his first round of baby shots.
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