New BBS Equipment

The new truck with all the supplies able to be loaded on the deck. 

 

They cut out a piece of the deck and dropped it for the cement mixer. 

Pap's new truck - he is so proud of his buy!!!!  Black Betsy was getting pretty old, still runs though. 

The new zoom-boom - a very very helpful piece of equipment. 

Here the boom is out 40 ft. making getting on the roof and lifting rock up there to finish the chimney very easy!!! 

Why We've Been Away!!!!!

Our first foul of this spring - so very cute!  All new life is beautiful!!!!! 

This is the little summer cottage that we have been working on for the last 2-1/2 weeks.  Pap and I stayed here in our camper, came home for the weekends.  Lots of rock on this little pad!!!  Real rock, so kind of heavy too.  But we had a wonderful time together and worked ........hard! 

The view of the cottage from the lake, I was almost standing in the water when I took this picture. 

 

The rock that looked like a fish - so we rocked it in above the back door. 

Here pad is installing rock on the front of the house where we also placed a fish! It was pretty cold the whole time we were there, always a cold wind.  But it was warm in the camper! 

This is the front of the cottage!  Anyway, that is what we have been busy with lately, so had no time for the blog.  We are so thankful that our Heavenly Father has given us the strength and health to work together. 

Finished Livingroom

This is the book corner for now, by the south facing window. 

The north facing corner - with pap's big chair! 

The other south corner going into the kitchen! 

Roely - deze foto is voor jouw - papa's pijp rek en foto! 

The north corner in front of the fireplace! 

We are so thankful that this was all possible! 

The beam work facing west - lots of natural light! 

Snowy Easter

We woke up this morning to a most glorious sight - glitteringly beautiful - SNOW - alot of it, wet and heavy.  How we must once again be so very thankful to our Heavenly Father, for gifting us with moisture! 

How beautiful the trees are laden with the pure white cotton! 

Just like a fairytale - something man cannot duplicate! 

On our way to Barrhead - we were awestruck by the beauty of the world! 

Finally Finished

Here pap is grinding a small piece off the steel window trim - just thought the sparks would make a beautiful picture. 

Here is the finished fireplace and the hearth.  All we need to do yet is the flooring, in the fall. 

Here are the steps into the kitchen, sealed and done, so we can move in since it's all cleaned up as well. 

Fireplace and Still Winter

Here I am still working late at night to get the work finished - I'm so proud of my man - quite the mason! 

We still have to do the hearth, but at least this is finished - not long now! 

 

On Thursday, we had snow - what a brilliant sight - and it was melting at the same time, creating gorgeous icicles!  Lord, your creation is awesome! 

Spring is here!!!!! 

No biking yet!!! 

 

Spending Time in Coaldale with the new baby and family!

Isaiah - what a boy, can you tell in his eyes - everything was no - his favorite word at this time - of course he had to get used to so many events at one time - new baby brother, opa and oma there for a visit (and who are they?).........etc, etc.  Here he was enjoying a slick of the beaters - guess what we made!  He loved it in any case!














I flew into Lethbridge on Tuesday morning, had a quick lunch and drove to Calgary to pick Freek up, who was returning from his visit to Holland - kindof jetlaggy here? 














The beautiful new baby Jesse Gerry - isn't he adorable, or am I biased.  We have indeed been abundantly blessed - 2 new beautiful, healthy grandchildren in one month.  Our Lord is Great!
Captain of the Crew - ya think