Garden, goats, soccer

The kids and I spent most of the morning weeding and transplanting plants today. The weeds have overtaken the garden, we have had so much rain lately they are growing faster than I can pull them.


The newly fence garden. One side needs to be reinforced because of our very strong winds but that will have to wait until July. The chickens are still getting in the garden so I will still have to cover the beds with netting.



We transplanted one bed of Tomatoes, and just as Jacob and I were finishing a hail storm came in. I stood by for the 2-3 minutes it took to pass. The tomatoes didn't get any damage from it.



Strawberry bed. We have already picked some and can't wait until there is more.

Jacob and I weeding the beds.
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Praise is giving me about a quart a day. I put the babies away in the evening and milk in the morning. I then return babies to mama. I can't wait for another month when I wean the kids so I can get double the amount of milk

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Soccer season ends this week. I am always sad to see it end. The kids just love it as do the parents. Upward is such a great program. The kids learn drills, sportsmanship, and scripture all at the same time. Each week they are given scripture to memorize and drills to work on. This will be Jacob's last year:( Not sure what he wants to do next year, he has talked about Martial arts but we will see.

Jocelyn's soccer picture, poor girl was throwing up that morning but made it for pictures.

Spring time

It was finally a nice warm day(with no wind) so out came the sprinklers and bikes. No bathing suits required. The kids have been waiting for this for a while. Our winds here are bad in the spring, but once it warms up the wind dies down. The temps are supposed to be in the 80's tomorrow. YIPEE!!!

Mothers Day weekend

This past weekend we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's. Not only was it Mom's Day but her birthday was on Monday. The kids always love going over there. Here are some pictures.
Going over the pass. There is still plenty of snow up in the hills.

For all you W. Washingtonians, can you guess what city we are driving through??

Going over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

Bremerton Ferry

Kids on the community Beach at my Parents house.


Olympic Mountains









Dad bringing Rob and the crew back from a short ride. Bad Picture, sun was in my face.

Coming into Seattle.

The girls on the top level of the ferry.

Mount Rainer

Haircuts for the girls

It's that time of year, hair cutting time. We always wait until after soccer pictures to have the girls hair cut. Once a year this happens. A big deal especially if you have never had your hair cut. Jaelyn just turned 5 so I thought it would be a good time as any to get it done.

The girls before the big cut.


Jaelyn loving the wash.

Jordan wondering where the heck the lady with the scissors went.

Jocelyn waiting patiently.

Phew...finally!

final product, much better than last years disaster...but that's a story for another time.

Happy Birthday and a new addition

Yesterday was Jaelyn's 5th Birthday! Grandma and Grandpa came over to help celebrate with us.

She requested donuts for breakfast.


Happy Birthday Jaelynnnyyyy!!
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A couple weeks ago we were given the opportunity to buy some lambs, So of course we did. Not for breeding but for meat. They will be butchered in late fall this year. I love me some mutton☺

These are hair sheep(sheep that don't need to be sheared but lose their hair in clumps). The goats are tolerant of them, but they won't let us get near them. Oh well at least we won't get attached. I love their brown color though.

Give Away!

Go visit Brenda over at Grannys Best and help her pick out a logo for her cheese. All the details are on her blog. While you are there check out her beautiful goats!

Oatmeal Scones

These were a big hit in our house yesterday, they came from Joy of Cooking cookbook.

Preheat oven to 450
*whisk together thoroughly in a large bowl:
1 1/2c flour
1/4c sugar
1T baking powder
1/2 t salt

*Stir in, using your fingers if necessary to separate the fruit:
1 1/4 c old fashioned rolled oats
1/2c raisins(we used craisens)

*Whisk together then add all at once:
1 lg egg
10 T warm melted butter
1/3c milk

Mix with a rubber spatula, wooden spoon or fork just until the dry ingredients are moistened. the batter will be quite sticky. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface. With floured fingers pat the dough into an 8in round about 3/4in thick. Cut into 8-12 wedges or cut with round cookie cutter
*I used a food processor for this and it was much easier. Dump in dry ingredients then oats and fruit. Combine wet ingredients add to dry and process until combined.

I put a glaze over the top, it also came out of Joy of Cooking.
Mix together briskly:
1c powdered sugar
2-3T water,juice, or coffee. ( I used a combo of water and coffee)
1/2t grated orange zest(optional) I didn't use this
1/4t vanilla(optional) I did use this

drizzle over scones after they have cooled down a bit.

Projects and Kids

There are two projects going on around here. The first I am so excited about! Rob is fencing my garden. It doesn't look much right now but we will be painting it white and it will surround the whole garden. I am thinking I will put roses in front of the fence street side. On the inside will be blueberry bushes. I can't wait. It should be finished being built by the end of this month!

The second project is going on in the pasture. See those white sprinklers, they are going bye bye. In their place there will be pop ups. We aren't having to replace all the white sprinklers because the pop ups we are buying are larger and can spray almost twice as far. It will be nice to have working sprinklers again and green grass for the goats! Jacob and Jordan are in the pasture digging around the sprinklers for Rob so when the sprinklers come in it will go faster.

Here is another picture of the kids. Dot is standing and the boy is being lazy. They are so cute and we are having so much fun with them. On another note we have sold our 3 wethers and they will be picked up this weekend! Money for hay!! yipee!!

They're here!

Praise surprised me this morning while I was getting the kids ready for soccer Jacob went out to check on her and she had already delivered. I think the boy came first he was pretty weak from being so cold. Thankfully we left the heat lamp on but it was in the 20's last night again. The girl has some spunk! She was up and about right away. We have named her Dot for obvious reasons.

Dot


Jacob and Dot

Dot and The boy


The boy(we don't name our boys)