The Melt

CHEESE!!!










I'm off to Boise for the week for a meeting so I thought maybe a quick post will tide me over until next time. It warmed up quite a bit this last weekend and we are now seeing some of the effect of that given that we have had a lot of snow. The creek across the road has been slowly on the rise and now it has crested it's banks and has completely filled the fields across the road. Here are a few pics. Aside from that not much has been happening. Looking forward to more good weather for sure. We should be painting the house soon and are going to be looking at finishing up the driveway on towards the end of the month. The Lester V. Smith Pike Tourney is at the end of April and me and Clute are going to take the trophy this year I am fairly confident. Heidi continues to do well with the baby. All is on schedule for June. Until next time.

Wow.

It's been over a month. What can I say. I was actually looking over the blog the other day and realized that this thing has been going for over a year now. I was thinking about doing a best of and thought, I haven't even posted for the last month! Anyway, we're still here and we are settling into our new home. The weather has been crazy here. We had seven inches of snow the other day. It has been an unusual winter with over 150 inches of accumulated snowfall. Heidi is doing well with baby to be named later. All has gone well so far with doctor appointments and with the general well being of Heidi and the baby. So, we keep looking forward to June when baby to be named later will actually be named. Here are a few pics of our recent happenings in the Frazier household.



















Elise with Josh Pelczar over in Seattle on a girls trip with mom.













Dad was fishing at Rocky Ford Creek. The fishing was goooooood!













Then, it snowed.



















It was Easter



















Then, it snowed again.

It has melted since but we are holding out for more. It's April already! This has been one of the longest winters I have ever experienced! Next up, Elise's birthday!

Stay tuned for baby yet to be named!

President's Day

Ok, last post for today. I had the day off so I'm catching up. Anyway, Heidi is off to Boise and Elise and I are fending for ourselves. We spent most of the morning outside. It was a beautiful day. We played in the snow and hopped on the new snow plow and cruised down to the lake for some 'ice skating'. Pretty good day to be outside.

Ultrasound Pics

Heidi had her Doctor appointment for the ultrasound on Valentines Day. Everything looked real good and we were informed that the baby is progressing well. We celebrated with lunch at Beverly's! Heidi is feeling good and is due in June. The date that everyone seems to agree on is June 29th. Just in time for summer. We decided not to find out what the sex is and are anticipating the surprise. We are very happy that the baby's development is progressing well and that it is healthy. Look forward to some belly pics in the near future!

Welcome to SETI

We have decided to begin our own independent search for extraterrestrial intellegence here in Fernan. We have the hardware mounted on the eve of the house and we have been listening intently for sounds of life out there. So far, we have only been able to get a little tv reception and some internet signals. The tv is coming through in Hi-Def though so that's nice. Check out the SETI Alien Telescopic Array. I think that we are pretty close to the same setup minus just a couple of dishes.

Here is our internal set-up. Elise is doing some hard scientific work here sifting through the miscellaneous television signals looking intently for signs of intelligence in our universe. She's prepared to put some long hours in.

The mouse is toast

We got em. It took three nights and some different trap arrangements but we finally got our mouse. The bucket trap ended up not working quite as well as I would have liked. There was evidence that the mouse had nabbed some of the peanut butter on the can and that the can had failed to spin. I had to try a traditional mouse trap after that. I used peanut butter and that didn't work because the mouse just licked it off. I went with the old cheese standby after that and that finally did the trick. One down, who knows how many more to go. I decided not to post a pic because it was a particularly gruesome death for that rodent. Maybe next time.

Mouse Trap

Elise and I found that we have some meece living with us in our new house and decided that we need to get rid of them. I have sprung my trap. If you have never tried a bucket trap before, check this out. It's a mouse slayer. Basically, the mouse walks up the ramp, reaches for some peanut butter spread out on a can that is on a dowel centered over the bucket. When weight is applied to the can, it spins, the mouse loses balance and falls into the bucket. Sweet ehh. I'll keep you posted of the mouse progress.