Playing with the Cousins

Pearl Mae






Blake, Wade and Royce protecting family and home.

Busy Busy

Wow, we've been busy! Here are some pictures to show what we've been up to...

First, Pearl with a blue ribbon for the long jump at Field Day.

Next, Royce at the lake eating a sandwich.

And, unfortunately, no good picture of Evelyn, but here is what follows me around when I go outside, our meat birds.

The grand finale, Banjo showcasing our wysteria in bloom. What do you think Annie, could he be a guest contestant on Pugject Runway?

Cookies and cream

Here is the new baby!! Finally, after years of waiting we have fresh milk, yummy! The kids named the baby Oreo, he is a bull calf, 1/2 Jersey and 1/2 Holstein. Here is a picture of him just after birth (which I missed) and one of him today, 5 days old.

New Arrivals

The girls have arrived!!! Here are the latest additions to our place. Lily (standing) will calve in March and the one laying down, Iris, is her calf from last year. Iris is 1/2 Jersey 1/2 Holstein we can't wait for some fresh milk!!

Memories

This is a picture of me, my sister and my mom at my grandparents house in Greeley. My aunt and uncle still live in this house and this picture brings back lots of wonderful memories. I loved climbing that tree, eating ice cream right before bed, looking at the flowers my grandparents had in their yard and picking out my very own cereal when I got to stay the night! Just a little house in town full of love.

P.S. Congrats to my sister, Tanya, Loveland's Dispatcher of the Year!!! Mom was proud of you then and she would be proud of you now!!!

Good ol' summertime!

Well, long time no post! Who knew time could pass so quickly!! We are cold and snowy here in Holly today so I thought I would post some of my favorite pictures from this summer!

The first is of Maggie and Pearl up at Maggie's house. This is official chicken catching garb, if you were wondering. Don't we all wear our bikinis when catching chickens?! My poor chickens would die of fright!

Here is a picture of me, my brother Bobby and all of the kids. We are at the Swetsville Zoo in Ft. Collins. If you have never been, you should go!

Finally, this picture just makes me laugh! It looks like he put that watermelon seed on his head, but really he didn't. We don't know how it ended up there, but it was funny!

Hope these photos will help you get through a cold winter's day! Before we know it, it'll be July again and I'll be wondering just how the kids manage to get every towel in the house outside and in the sprinkler!

Richard and the flock (Wordful Wednesday!)

This is our rooster, Richard. Pearl hatched him out at school this spring. When she brought him home she said that his name was Richard and now as I talk to other people who got some of the chicks from school, they also have one named Richard. Smart teacher, I think she named them ALL Richard! He is a silver laced Wyandotte and so far has been very much the gentleman. Ginny the Guinea can been seen in the background, that is for Ken, he laughs because there always seems to be an animal in the background of my pictures!

Evelyn especially enjoys the chickens and she checks for eggs for me about 16 times a day!

The chickens are still laying well dispite the shorter days, we did put light in the coop as they lay better with 12 - 14 hours of light. We are anxiously awaiting our first egg from our "Easter Eggers" Pearl picked out two Easter Egger pullets last time we visited our chicken lady and we are hoping for some green or blue eggs from them. Our dog, Banjo, is finally leaving the chickens alone, although I did catch him with an egg the other day, better an egg than a $6.00 chicken! Good boy, Banjo!