HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Happy 8th Birthday Jordan!!!

Jordan's menu for the day:

cinnamon rolls

sandwiches

macaroni and cheese~from the box

Her day includes:

NO chores

NO school

Lots of playing!!!!

What a week

Wow what a week, Hubby was gone, teaching a class. Soccer started, thankfully all the practices are on the same day within 2 hours of each other:) This makes this Mama very happy:) The kiddos and I visited a friend who just had a baby, a very cute one at that...as if there is such a thing as an ugly baby:) Ran fifty million errands...ok not fifty but you get the point. We left the house every day except for Monday, which I hate to do with these gas prices (@ $3.50 a gallon). We also had AWANA. We are planning to get some chicks, maybe this week.

The fence is coming along, but slowly. Hubby is tappering the horizontal poles and boring out the vertical poles for the horizontals to fit in. It is a lot of work but the end result, we think, will be nice. I also got my camara that I've been waiting for. It has more features on this thing than I can figure out, but I am very impressed. I am having lots of fun! All in all we had a very good week, but this week we are going to try and stay home more, which I enjoy very much:)

Bargains Galore

If you like to shop online, scoot on over to www.mommyauctions.com for some great deals. If your buying, selling or just doing some browsing, have fun.

Those Games

Go check out Dalyn's and see my kiddos at the AWANA games, it was such fun. Thanks Dalyn for taking the pictures! We had a great time but it sure was loud!

Its about time!

We finally, after a year 4 months, put up curtains in our dining room. So no more squinting at each other during breakfast. I am sure glad hubby talked me into getting the sheers for behind, I think it gives it a great look. Don't mind the ugly 80's light in the 2nd picture, it will be gone pretty soon.

Spring is a comin'

Happy March

This month we have so much going on! So much, if I didn't put it on paper(or computer) my head would explode:) So here it is:

Fix truck(w/o it we wouldn't be able to do most on this list)

replace timing chain on van

Order seeds

till garden

build garden beds

get soil ammendments

clean out chicken coop and put away winter lights

reorganize garage so we can park in there again

finish painting trim and doors on house

buy hops logs for fencing->get them to house:)

make sure all sprinklers are in working order

clear spot for swing set we are getting from friends

Hubby start drilling out holes in logs for fence

put fence up

start building shelter for goats

continue to declutter house and clean it!

And on top of all this all soccer season is upon us, so practices for three of the kids. Thankfully they are all in upward soccer and will be practicing and playing their games at the same place.

Ok it doesn't seem that bad when you write it out. Although I am sure I missed a few things, oh well there is always April:)

I AM SO READY FOR SPRING!!!!

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There is some snow and ice still on the ground, but I can smell spring, or maybe it's just the 50 degree temps:) The kiddos and us grown ups have been outside for the past few days enjoying the sunny weather.

This weekend was very productive, we butchered(we, meaning my hubby) 2 of our roosters and helped out at our friends farm, trimming goat hooves, castrating the boy, and giving shots. It was quite a weekend. I am looking forward to more on-hands-learning. It really is the best way to learn, and the easiest way for me to learn. There is so much to learn that you can't learn out of book. Thanks Dalyn!!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

The day started with some cinnamon rolls and a kiss for brother from all the girls in the house. Nothing like waking up to girls over your bed with big ole kisses comin at you. His response..."you'll pay for that" Some how I don't think he will be reciprocating in the same way:) Later on there will be an early dinner and a movie for the kiddos, so Daddy and I can have a nice and quiet dinner.

When Not to Give your 2 1/2 yr old child milk

1. When you have to wake her at 9:05am...

2. When she wakes up and asks for water, and you say "I have milk do you want that instead?"...

3. When she says "Ummm, OK"...(Shoulda clued in here, she loves milk)

4. After having her milk she says "Can I have water now?" (again, shoulda took the clue...)

5. When after her sister throws up in the bathroom near her she says "Mommy, I sick, I throw up"...and Mommy says "No, you're not sick, sissy is sick"

6. For breakfast she asks for toast...and then proceeds to decorate the table with the milk she drank 15 minutes before:((((( DUH!!!

These are one of those live and learn moments, and not one I want to repeat! yes the stomach flu has hit our home, thankfully it doesn't last long. 3 out of the 4 kids have had it and Hubby and I have been spared, so far.

Looking Ahead

With February almost half over already I am excitingly looking toward spring, and this is how I see it:
Less of this:

And More of this:

Less of this:

More of this:

Less of this:

More of this:

Less of this:

More of this: