It's been awhile, but a lot has been going on. 2 more magical saturdays and a late night sunday (emergency) and we have a chicken coop. Finally! The chicks had outgrown their horse trough about 2 weeks ago. They are finally happy.:) I am happy as well! This chicken coop was a lot more work than we thought it would be. We had no idea what we were doing- Construction wise it was all learn as we go. While we were shingling the roof a neighbor stopped by to survey our roof- he must have felt sorry for us because he stayed about 2 hours to teach steve how to shingle the roof the RIGHT way. Good thing he came around or we would have had some wet chicks.
Other news for our family- Taylor is running track- last meet she ran the 4 by 800 medley- she finished the medley with a 200 yard sprint. Her team lost, but I am so proud of her. The 200 sprint is one of the hardest races in track. She has another meet tomorrow in Pullman. Stephen is playing baseball. He was drafted onto the Tigers team. We had to purchase ALOT of gear for this to happen- pants, shirt, hat, new cleats, socks, bat, glove, oil for glove, batting gloves... am I forgetting anything? We might have to cancel christmas this year. He is doing really well for his first year in the majors. Way to go Stephen!!!!!! Jordan can be found telling jokes. ALL THE TIME!!!!! What's nice is they are actually really funny and the laughing around our house is contagious- usually always started by Jordan. Thanks Jordan! This week Holly found a new friend in the neighborhood and was able to ride horses with her and ride around on her 4 wheeler. She has also been taking care of the chicks and was accidently locked in the chicken coop for about 20 minutes- she needed a few bandaids for being pecked by the chickens when her mom finally remembered she was out there. She is definitely a farm girl. Tanner is 100% farm boy- he loves being outside and is usually covered in dirt by 10am. He also is sporting a few bandaids and mom is needing to run to the store soon for more! Tanner is also a Daddy's boy and looks forward to Dad driving in the driveway everyday with his TRUCK! Johnny is crawling- (big sigh!) He is so much fun- such a great baby- very content. Thanks Drew for the portacrib idea! He lives in his. Steve is.... tired. We are needing the sprinkler system done for the garden and I think we will hire someone for that! He has been working so hard (he loves it) but needs a break- just in time for scout camp on Saturday. (Once again- new gear to buy! seriously no christmas this year!:)) But we LIVE Christmas everyday!!!! :)