ANYONE FOR HUNTING

There is a real nice doe eating in this picture, but it's not hunting season, bummer huh?

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!

Well, it's my Birthday, and yes I got my new bow. It a Fred Bear Bow, approved by Primos, called "Instinct", it's a 50 pound compound bow, with Bill Jordan's Real Tree Hardwoods Green HD Camo. And it shoots fast and quiet, I'm all sighted in and ready to go. Just in time for the Arrow Fest Shoot on the 29th. and 30th.
My sneaky Hubby also got me the hunting jacket I've been "eyeing but not buying", I liked the camo pattern, but I have a hunting jacket already in another camo pattern.( I really did'nt think I needed another) Well I have it now, so thank you my Love. At least I won't be cold this next season. I also got the new Primos and Real Tree's DVD's, I Love those guy's!! Way to go Will(Primos) and Bill(Jordan). I'll put on a picture of my new bow as soon as I download it to my computer.
Love You All. Happy Saint Patricks Day....

FLOWERS FROM MY BULB GARDEN

Ahhhh the fragrance of springtime in the air is such a sweet, sweet smell, enjoy....

SPRING HAS SPRUNG IN WASHINGTON !!

Well we have had 5 weeks of 55 plus degree's of sunshine and warmth. We can say for sure, spring is here to stay. Last weekend it was up to 62 degree's. My flower bulbs are up and my lilacs have buds. Our snow is gone, so our snow toys have gone into hybernation till winter comes again. Now it's time to break out the summer toys!! We did our spring cleaning this past weekend, mended fences, put winter bedding away, let the animals out into the large pasture to run and had a picnic!! Next week is my birthday, and my husband is being sneaky again. We'll see what happens this time,lol. Well I need to go since I have a few blog now to care for, which I may not get to today, I need to go into Yakima and get some quilting supplies, and that's quite a drive from here. Have a nice day.

I HAVE A PICTURE BLOG, COME SEE..

I have a new blog. It has pictures of my children through out their life, and mine. It's under "my other favorite places to go". I hope you will all enjoy this trip through "my life's garden". Visit often , I'll add more pictures as time allows, I have ton's of them.

James M. McDonald VI, Christa M. Blanchard(Daniel Blanchard),Tiffany Faith McDonald & Melissa LeAnne McDonald, Your Mom Loves You...

This is for my Biological children, James Michael McDonaldVI,Christa Marie Blanchard and( her husband Daniel),Tiffany Faith McDonald, and of course my youngest daughter Melissa LeAnne McDonald. I Love You Very Much. You know my e-mail address, but in case you lost it, its-ahummingbird1963@aol.com. Your Mother Loves You and misses you too.

REWIND FAST FORWARD, IT'S LEAP YEAR !!

Well let's rewind, last year at this time we were getting ready to celebrate the anniversary of my "newest additions", my 3 adopted kids. I became their "new mom" at the beginning of March in 1998. This past year has had it's up's and down's. The worst of the year was my fall, the best was our family hunting trip.
We also sold a home and bought a new home. We remodeled for my broken leg, and found the room needed for my husband to work from home more often. I went hunting thanks to my family who helped me to get into the woods 150 yards from the nearest road so I would have a chance at filling my tags. I had 2 very cute bucks come into bow range, but they were babies, button bucks. Washington Hunting Law, bucks 3 points and more, your safe little guys, for now. The area we were in was a no doe area, so the doe that came in and stood 15 yards in front of me, wondering what kind of tree is that, just stood there and chewed her cud, fluttered her big doe ears and she was beautiful, I just stood and watched her until she decided to head off to her bedding area. Late hunt I was in a tree, my husband bought me a tree stand for Christmas and they all put it up for me and helped me in. I'm not too sure of hunting elk from a stand, I'll have to do more homework on that.
Well let's fast forward. I've had these 3 Blessings that the Good Lord put into my path, now for 10 years. Well 10 years in just a few days. Were off to our yearly family archery shoot for the weekend, this is the start of many around Washington, so good luck to us all!! So far everthing is great, no down's, plenty of up's!! I have talked to my Trinity, that's what call the Pastors in my life. I was born and raised in my families 3 religions and I have kept them the best that I have been able too. I said I would explain Tiffany Faith's name and I have on my other blog, my Trinity all agreed that this blog is not the place to put it, but my other is, so for those of you who know my other blog, you can go there, sorry.
Now it's time to close, I have family matter's to attend too:) Love to my Children.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFFANY FAITH McDONALD

On this day 22 years ago Tiffany decided to surprise us with her early entry into this world. She was actually due on my birthday, march 17th. I had been to see the Dr. a few days before, they said I was alright to travel by car, but to get out once an hour and walk around for 5 minutes or so. We decided to go up to Priest River for for a couple of days( Feb.15&16). So James, Jamie, Christa, Unlce Tim and I(Tiffany) all went for a visit. We were told we had to call before leaving P.R. and coming up to the Calvins so that they could meet us at the end of their long drive way as there was so much snow we wouldn't be able to get our Escort up the road. Well we didn't call them, we brought a sled for James and Tim to pull the kids up the hill to the Calvins home in the woods. When we got there, T.J. said why didn't you call! Then Karen said, Sandy your all wet. She got me a nightgown and robe, and told me to take a warm bath and she would wash and dry my clothes and have lunch ready when I got out of the bath. So we ate and I was so tired, so I went and laid down for a while, the next thing I know, Karen is telling me we have to go, here are your clothes. So I got dressed and we left, I had slept from 2 till 5:30. We all got in big bird, thats what they called there big yellow 4x4 bronco, and went to Church. I sat at the back of the VFW hall on a chair while James and Tim kept an eye on James and Christa and talked a litte to a few friends during the Church service. Part way thru Church Tiffany decided she'd had enough, and hit me with a huge contraction, I sucked in air loudly and almost fell off my chair. Well now the race was on, it's now 6:30 at night and it's snowing, and I'm in labor and its the 16th. of Feb. not March, a whole month early. We got loaded up in the car and headed straight for Moscow to drop the Kids off with friends before heading to Lewiston. It was snowing hard, the contraction close, and James was having a hard time seeing, it took us so long to get back home, and then the nasty drive to Lewiston down that awful grade in the snow. It was 1 a.m. by the time we got to the hospital, then they had to find our Dr. because it was a planned c-section, so we had to have him. So Febuary 17th early morn, brought Tiffany Faith into our world. (I'll explain her name later, because it was choosen for my Faith in God that she was healhty and a few other reasons.)She had bright red hair and was 21 inches long, she weighed 8 and a half pounds and had blue eyes. And she sucked her thumb, even in the ultra sound pictures, she was sucking her thumb! I LOVE YOU TIFFANY FAITH, Love MOM.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA LeANNE McDONALD

I know I need to use this blog more, my other one keeps me quite busy.
Well 20 years ago today I was preparing for the birth of Melissa. I had to pack up for James, Christa, and Tiffany, as they were going home with Grandma and Grandpa Mike. I spent the day with my parents who came for the birth. My step Father Mike had never been around a newborn or even held one. So I asked him to come for this birth, he was the first one to hold Melissa after she was cleaned up. I have a wonderful picture of them together, him in scrubs, she so tiny. Melissa LeAnne was named for 2 very special little girls. She was also my last biological child. She was born howling, lol, ok screaming. But she quieted down. She was due Feb. 5th, but I wanted her born on my Grandfathers Birthday, and since it was a planned c-section, they allowed me to have her the 29th. very early in the morning. What was really a surprise is that I went into labor with her at 3 in the morning, so she was coming that day anyway. God works in wonderful ways. HAPPY 20th. BIRTHDAY MELISSA LeANNE McDONALD, MOM LOVES YOU SO MUCH.