Eggs!

Chickens earn their keep! On August 18th we found our first egg! It was an exciting moment. Soon after we were getting 2 a day and now we are getting 4 a day. Not always the same color or size so we really have no idea who is laying what but I am more than happy to have this endless supply of eggs in the fridg.

Makayla's 7

Tea for a Princess.

Makayla was positive she wanted a Tea Party for her 7th birthday but she was also positive she wanted a Tangled party. So we gave her the best of both worlds. She had a Tea party with a Repunzal cake. We had some of the most well mannered little girls over for a great time.

Happy 1st Birthday Chelsea

Happy Birthday to You!!

Let me help you with that cake Chelsea. . . .

Who me? What do you mean I am a mess?

Party's over! Time for clean up!

Bathing Beauties!

Butt Scootin`

I can't say I have ever had this problem before! Usually a kid wears a hole in their knees during the crawling stage of life. . . . well Myla has been one to break the mold right from the start.

YES! This would be the BUTT of her pants!

Easter Garden

Kaden tells the story.

I can't figure this thing out but I have been trying to link a youtube video to this post and can't seem to get it to work unless you click on the title of this post. . . . so, click on "Easter Garden" to hear Kaden tell the story of Easter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxkFl4caqNU

More Fun on the Farm

As you will see by these next few pictures we have a lot of brush on our property. We were at a point where we weren't sure what to do but we knew we wanted/needed to get some of the property cleared out. This section below Kaden (in the following picture) needs to have some trees planted in it so we can stay in the Timber Tax Deferral and the rest of the property. . . ok, maybe not all of it, just needs some clearing and hopefully some field grass or something will pop up. Here's for wishful thinking. :o)

So we decided about a couple weeks ago that we are going to get some goats. We have been thinking about it for a while and the kids would LOVE some "farm animals" but we just weren't sure about adding more to the "farm" that would need care when we aren't home. After much research and talking with other goat owners we decided it was our best option to get the job done. We went last week and picked out 3 baby goats that will come to live with us the end of May. They don't have names yet but their pictures are below.

What should we call them? They are all boys. . . . .

Spring House Progress

I love spring at our house. Flowers that I don't even know the names of are blooming. My kids bring me boquets almost every afternoon and Makayla has to give the bus driver a daffodil almost every morning.

It has been a long time since I have posted any house progress and that's because there doesn't seem to be much to see. The office/spare room is done accept for a built in cabinet we would like to do. The downstairs bath is complete, although we will probably add a built in vanity at some point just to allow for storage and more counter space. The deck is finished and we LOVE IT. It is so nice to have that extra space off the main floor. The view is nice and I can't wait for some warmer mornings to go out and have breakfast on the deck. The laundry/mudroom still needs be be finished although it is functional it just isn't pretty. I would like to have a built in bench coat rack area for the kids to hang their stuff and a place for their shoes. . . you know like Pottery Barn type I am sure you have seen them before. Michael is going to build this for me when he finally get's his wood shop set up. Then we need to do some new flooring and are going to do a full pantry in there with some cabinets over the washer and dryer and possibly upgrade the existing utility sink to a built in type. I am anxious for the finished product but we have so many projects around here that we just are trying to decide what needs to be done first. That being said, the master bath has been put on the back burner. As much as I would love to have it done and enjoy a nice soak in my tub that sits without a faucet hooked up to it. . . . . I guess it will have to wait. My poor husband can only do so much on his days off. He has been such a great husband and father and has been doing his best to balance his time between projects and family to make sure that the projects don't take over his life. When we bought our house we both said, "we have YEARS to do all these projects around here". Problem is that we both get such satisfaction out of it being done that we don't know how NOT to work on a project.

The backyard and looking up to the deck. The grass is coming in!!

We are so excited to have grass and not mud in our yard! It is still pretty thin but we didn't get it planted until the end of September and didn't have much warm weather left for it to really take off so we are pleased with the progress.