Our Chickens

We absolutely LOVE our chickens!!  They are not old enough to be laying eggs, yet, but we hope within a month or so we should be getting some eggs.

Since I haven't posted pictures of them for a long while, and I wanted to play with the new collage maker Martha showed me :)  I thought I'd let you enjoy our chickens, too.

The only complaint I have - and it's not really even a complaint, because I like them so much - is that they seem to enjoy flowers as much as I do....or maybe they're after the bugs.

They come running every time we walk out into the yard and they are out of their pen.
(don't you love our  we've-been-weeding-and-mowing-all-day-sweaty-attire?)

This is our rooster.  He hasn't started crowing, yet, but I don't know that I'm sad about that.  We may have neighbors complain if he gets too loud.  He's always keeping himself looking nice for the ladies. :)

This little lady is our mystery girl.  We've named her Goldie. :)  We ordered all the other chickens by their breed, but she was thrown in for free and we don't know what she is.  She's a beauty though.

Just because I promised pictures of the garden (I have so many pictures and I'm trying to decide which one's to post so I don't go overboard) here is a little sneak peak.  Yes, this was taken from the roof and no, I did not go up there and take it....Keith did it for me. :) He's real nice like that!

Do you have a garden, or chickens?  I'd love to hear about them if you do. :)

New things..

I know this has probably been around forever and I'm very behind the wagon, but that's okay....I just learned how to do collages!!

Isn't this SO neat-o?  All thanks and cheers go to Martha!  :)  Thanks, Martha, for walking me through this.

Now the great thing is, not only can I put a LOT more pictures on our blog for our family to enjoy, but I can also do it in much less space.  Double goodness!

This is just a sample.  I promised pictures of our garden and they are coming, but I thought I'd practice with some flower pictures - aren't they pretty. :)

More collages coming soon!!

Recap...

My blog tells me, it's been a LONG time since I've posted. Has it really been that long?

Here's a recap of what's been going on....

First of all, both mom and dad's came for a visit and while they were here, they (the dad's) helped Keith build our chicken coop. (the mom's and girls went thrifting)

Then we had this little lady dedicated....

Bored brother during the service....

She REALLY needed dedicating (she has a little attitude problem - it's being worked on as we speak and she's getting better).....

 Both dad's got to do the dedication which made it even more special....

Then Misty and Wesley stopped by and Wesley helped Keith finish up the chicken coop - in the rain....

Then we had graduation at school - handsome hubby with his good friend Chad.....

Then we had Awards night.  Owen got the highest GPA of the entire school - proud mama....

Kristyn got second highest - proud mama....  :)

Then Grandma and Papa came up for another visit and they worked on the suburban.....

Grandma played ball with Owen...... (and we did lots of other fun things)

Then there was Mother's Day a very special day....

Then Jeren had a little accident with a log (a very small log he was standing on rolled and it happened to roll his feet out from under him, resulting in his head meeting up with a thumb-size stick growing out of the ground)

 

  

Eight stitches later.....

 He's a happy clam and licked his ice cream bowl clean....

So all of that, plus a 10 day camp, plus a family reunion, that's about the extent of what's been going on. :)

How has your summer been?

P.S. Garden pictures coming soon!!!!

Recitals, Brothers & Mud!

I love this time of year!  For many reasons! :)

Kristyn (and soon Owen, too) has the best piano teacher!  We all love her and Kristyn has learned so much from her.  Kristyn had her spring recital last Sunday and did an excellent job!

Rain + Brother = FUN IN THE MUD!!!

 "Jeren smile the right way" 

(I love how Owen is so gentle with him)

 They called themselves "Fighter - Fighters"!

New Lens...

Kristyn got glasses a few weeks ago!  She is very happy with being able to see better.  I'm so happy for her!  Isn't she darling??

The other Saturday, I helped with a community project for the church and when I left, everyone was still asleep.  When I came home a few hours later - this was waiting for me. Cinnamon Bun Pancakes!  My hubby's the BEST!

Are you feeling the Spring fever?  We're tilling our garden today.....so happy!

From This to That

I love re-using things!  I love shopping at thrift stores and finding things that I know I can use, or make something "new" out of it.

So about a week, or so before I went to Misty's she had told me about this song that she had heard and really liked.  That got my mind rolling.......

First I found this at a thrift store for a couple of dollars:

(Lovely, but completely out of my taste for hanging on my wall)

I bought a can of spray paint and a little bottle of black paint and got to work! I left the picture just as it was and painted right over the glass and frame. :)

The end result!

Don't look too close because it's certainly not perfect....

The first few coats went on beautifully smooth and looked wonderful!  Then I went to put the last coat on and it must have been too cold, or something because the paint kind of froze, making it crack all over (the paint cracked, not the glass).  But I think it made it look even better that way.
 

 (This was before I had the letters painted in.)

So I carted it off to my sisters and now she can worry about finding a place to put it. :)   It really was so fun to do (if you like to paint), you should try it sometime - and let me know what you made. :)