A few changes........

It was time to finaly get that new family picture on the blog. Before it gets old again.
Life on the farm, what can I say? It is really busy. Potatoes going out the door left and right. Cullage is down. Quite a change from last year. The price is down a bit from last year. So that evens it out.
Outside, it is still snowing. We had more snow this year then the last few years. We also had more freezing rain. That brought us our longest power outage since a long time ago. Our old generator kept us warm for the duration. We tought back, and realized, that it is 22 years old. So I guess it did well.
I hope your week is going well.......

A few more pictures.......

Here are a few more pictures of the storm. The kids were having a lot of fun with it. They figured that since schools were all closed, ours should be too. So it has been a nice slow week for them.All that ice sure made sledding fast and fun. They would almost go right down to the road. And on this side right up to the little house. I'm sure they will remember this storm for a long time. They can tell their kids, back when I was little......now THAT was a storm!
Below you can see by the icicle that Caleb is holding how thick the ice was everywhere. They thought it was quite something. It sure made some awesome decorations.
Above, just going for a walk through the clayroad. Hope there is no falling ice! Could be hard on the head.
A quick look at Klaas and Alice's. Lots of branches down there as well.It was a good thing that we did not get high winds with all the ice on the trees. That would have been a bad combination.
This last picture I took out back. You can see that there is a branch in the top that is ready to snap.
This concludes the pictures of the storm of 2008. I hope you enjoyed them.
We did get our power back yesterday afternoon. On day four. It makes you think of the saying:"You don't appreciate something until you it's gone!"
Have a great week.

Ice Storm on P.E.I..........

Here are a few pictures of our world as we see it right now. We are running on the generator. Hopefully it will keep going. The wind is supposed to pick up as the day goes by. Up to 90 clicks tonight. The schools have been closed for two days now
There are lots of people without power. Between Kensington and Hunter River, there are about 70 poles down. The Western end of the Island has been hit the hardest.
I will add some more pictures when I can. Maritime Electric said this afternoon, that it could be Friday before power is restored.This is the weeping willow in front of the house.And this is what the clayroad looks like.This next one shows how much ice is actually on the trees. It is scary to walk in the woods now. The temperature is coming up a bit and the ice is starting to fall of somewhat.
This is the pine tree by the house. It does look pretty like that.
Anyway, more about the storm later.

How time flies..............

Just a year ago today, we were traveling in the Dominican Republic. On that Monday we had a day of work and drove to Jarabacoa, to visit with Leona. We were stuck behind this truck loaded with bags and Haitian workers.
.You wonder that they don't fall off
The next picture was taken in Jarabacoa. The things you see on the road. That would never happen here on good old PEI. The culture is soo diferent from here.

It was amazing to see how Leona has been absorbed by the people that she works with. She feels so at home with them. It was amazing. The kids just love her. All in all, it was an amazing experience that I will never forget.......

Happy New Year.........

Sorry to all of you faithfull readers that it took so long to get this blog posting done. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. It certainly was a full house here. The first time that we were together with all thirteen of us. We took a few pictures too! What a happy bunch. Let me introduce you. From left to right starting with the back row: Dianna & Jordan, Aaron & Rebecca, Pete, Amanda & Matt, Isaac & Mary. Then in the front row: Beppe holding Micaiah, Damaris, and Pake holding Caleb.



A nice picture of the siblings. It was last summer at Upper Clements, that they were all together the last time.
And, "The Guys". As the girls get older, we seem to get more guys in the picture.
All in all, we had a great time together. There was even enough snow for a bit of snow mobiling. And a lot of games were played as well.
And now it is back to work for all of us. May God Bless all of you in the coming year.

A time for travel..........

It is Thursday already, wow, does time ever fly. In just a few more days, the Lord willing, the whole family will be together for the first time ever with this many people. 13 All together, that should fill the house up nicely for the holidays.
We here at home are soo excited. Pete and Rebecca are going to get us a tree tomorrow. And we are getting the house nicely decorated for Christmas.
We wish all of you that have to travel a safe journey, where ever you may go or however far you need to travel. May God go with you.

Quick update........

It has been a very busy week. Alternating between being in the warehouse and paper work. And then some work in the house in between. Mom has been decorating in the house, and it starting to look really nice.
It has been snowing here some more the last few days. We actually have snowbanks on the side of the road this year. And it is still fall, at least technicaly. Since winter doesn't start until the 21'st. We have not had a winter like this for many years. This coming weekend, we are getting a Nor'easter. And then milder on Monday. The system is still forming, so no idea as to what we are getting exactly.
I guess we will know on Monday. How has your winter been so far?
Stay warm, and we'll chat later........