HAPPY Birthday!

Today is Pioneer Sister's b-day. The first 4 of the clan were 16 months apart, she is 4th in the line-up. Mum once said, "Don't ahhhsk me about the '60's, I was too busy having children!" My sister is my mother's daughter: nothing stops her. She blazes her own trail and has the just do it attitude. For the purposes of this blog, I call her Pioneer Sister because she is. She & BIL renovated an old hunting lodge in the middle-of-nowhere from the ground up. Literally! At 8 months pregnant with #3, she was down in the hand-dug stone well repairing it. This past summer, she finished painting the whole house on the outside. I marvel at her strength and tenacity. She really is one of those Super Moms who does it all: takes care of the house, the family, the garden. On top of that, she can do math so well, she works for an accountant!

In our family

she did come

smiling, sweet

red-haired one.

Standing guard

at Christmas time

gifts to open

in a line.

Ghost tag games

Husker Du

playing Spit*

We LOVE you.

Happy Birthday

little sis

Happy birthday

Here's a kiss.

*Before you say Eeeewwwww! Spit was a card game and she was always the fastest at it!