Sunrise Creek Farm

New Years was held at Debbie and Bob's place.  We did calzones and pizzas to celebrate.   

The next day Cameron took the boys out to play in the sunshine.

The boys had a great time.  I stayed home and worked on this website.  I must be nuts!

Suddenly our garden is drawing a lot of interest.  Mama moose has made an effort to drive off her twins in preparation of having a new calf.  The yearlings decided our home was a safe haven and took to climbing between the rails of the garden fence and spending their nights in their own private corral.

We felt bad about driving the youngsters off, but if we were to let them stay, they would eat the apple trees and raspberry canes that are in the garden.

Here's Momma.  She chooses another odd place to consider her safe haven.  Here she is browsing on limbs around our shooting range.

Cameron knows that sooner or later, he will have to repair the reverse gear on the tractor!  He is reading a tractor manual that does not cover how to work on the transmission of a Ford 971 with a Selecto-Speed.  If anyone out there has any ideas, please e-mail us!

On April 15th we received our last snowfall.  It was a doozy, dumping about 10 inches on us at night.  It was too warm to stay and melted away in about 3 days.

On Mother's Day I was blessed to have all three of our sons and Whitney at home to have a picnic.  Whitney is only a couple of weeks away from delivering her own baby and being a mother herself. 

We did a little bit of 'careful' four wheeling....

and played horse shoes.

May was jam packed with more excitement than a person deserves to have!  Grandma and Grandpa Seddon came up to see Charlie graduate from high school and got more than they bargained for!

Grandpa cut loose and went for a trail ride up Bald Mountain to explore our rivers and trails.

In this photo, Grandpa has to winch Charlie out of a mud bog.  This is a common scene at this time of the year and doesn't seem to deter the boys from enjoying their rides. 

A big black bear was here before us.  Grandpa is pointing out its tracks beside him in the mud.

On May 21st, Charlie graduated from high school and earned awards of two scholarships for college.  One was the IDEA scholarship and the other was the Alaska State Fair Scholarship. 

We held his open house/picnic on May 22nd.

And celebrated his birthday and his grandmother's birthday at the same time.

On May 24th, Whitney went to the Elmendorf Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska to give birth to our first grandson!  Some time after 10:00 PM, she gave birth to a 8 pound, 8 ounce handsome Seddon boy.

This little boy is too cute!

Brock Edward Thunder Seddon has arrived.

On May 25th we took Grandma and Grandpa riding at Jim Creek.  Here, CJ is practicing some of his stunts in front of the Matanuska Glacier.

Grandpa cut loose, once again, to ride the steep dunes and play in the huge expanse of sand.

Once Whitney and Edward brought Brock E.T. Seddon home, we all went over to visit.  Charlie and CJ got their first look at thier nephew and Grandma and Grandpa got to meet their first great grandson.

Edward and Whitney have plenty of reasons for being proud of their little blessing...

....And I LOVE being a Grandma!

On June 14th, our chicks arrived in the post office.  This may seem like an ordinary event to the rest of us, but this holds great importance to Maverick.

For 9 short weeks during the summer, Maverick gets to be a real mother hen. 

Are you my mother?

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