Few pics and quick hello

Not much to report from us, except that we have been working on our rental house this weekend and we are sore... and when I say sore, I mean really sore. I could hardly walk yesterday and when I did it was definitely more than a waddle accompanied with "ouch, owie, ugh...." etc type moans with every step. Not so attractive!
Yesterday was our second, first wedding anniversary. Yep, you heard it right, our second, first wedding anniversary. We had two wedding's right....?!?!?!? Therefore two wedding anniversaries! ;)

We had a fun day, went out to lunch at GVB after church which was really nice, and after that we went up to Tualatin to Erik & Krista's place to say a quick hello to them and Cory's parents since it was also Father's day.

Anyway, here's a few photos from around the Fast household recently... yes, a random collection!
Over & out!The Grosbeaks seem to have left us now, which is kind of sad since I'd gotten used to them and their feeding habits, oh, and not to forget their noise... But here's one of the last pics I took of them. I love how the two far birds have 'locked beaks'!
Our daffodil bulb 'crop'. We sat digging and dividing daffodils out of our yard so we can move them around next spring. There was so many - we left at least the same amount in the ground!

We had two pair of black headed grosbeaks feeding at our house towards the end. This is one of the males. I love how orange their colour is - they are really pretty. The females look different too. They were fun to watch!

Our niece (step-niece if you want to get technical) received an award at school, it was the 'Love one another' award. So I went with her Mom and brother to watch her receive it. Isn't she adorable?!?!

So, I did say it was a random selection of pics, right?!?!

Well, I love the lillies we have in our garden and I am so happy that we have so many too. We spent a lot of time this spring moving and separating out the tubers, but I was impressed that we still got so many with super large flowers.
Yes, Cory's hands are dirty - comes with being a farmer I guess ;)
River walk, Salem OR
"The Mountain's Out"

More birds (photos)

The grosbeak's have arrived

So, it seems like the Grosbeak's have found the Fast household and they like to dine here now.

Yesterday was the first day I actually saw them outside. I'd seen the odd finch here and there take some sunflower seeds, but never really any real activity.Yesterday as I was trying to keep my mind occupied while waiting for my surgery time to roll around I noticed that we had a couple of evening grosbeaks in the feeder. Then slowly the group got really big.
I ended up getting a pizza tray out there with more seed on it so they didn't have to fight over the one seed tray and last night when Cory went to get my prescriptions he picked up another seed try that we could hang out there for them.
I'd say there must be somewhere between 60 & 70 Grosbeaks here with us right now, not to count the ones that are hanging out over the road at John & Janet's place for grub!
Anyway, I got to watch them all morning while I was waiting for my appointment time to roll around, and I got some good photos of them too... I'll have to try and get some better pics the next couple of days though, since I only got a few birds in the photos compared with how many are actually here!