More random pics

More football, more kids, more dogs, a little Gramma Sandy, some pics of the yard I took on a particularly beautiful day.  Enjoy!

Chickens

Well, our chickens are growing up fast!!  No eggs as of yet, but it really should be any time now.  Troy added a heater to keep them warm in the winter, and a new water thingy so it won't freeze in the cold winter months.

They are actually quite amusing.  They love following me around the yard, and squawking and running, flying, etc...  They love Cinnamon Life Cereal, and get along nicely with Juno!  She doesn't have a high prey drive, so she can hang out in the back yard with them, and they aren't scared of her at all.  They actually will go right up to her, and her to them.  She doesn't chase them, although I've caught her tasting their poop...Gross....

My pup is growing!

Juno is 51.6 pounds at 5 1/2 months old!  She is currently in level III training.  Once she graduates from this level, we will move on to training for CGC.  This has been fun, and she is proving to be an awesome dog.  She is sweet as can be and I love her very much!!!!

Alice in Wonderland

Emily has been enjoying the production of Alice In Wonderland.  She is the Two of Hearts.  She had her heart set on being Lucy in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" but we were just informed that they are not going to do this play anymore.

This may very well be our last workshop with Youth Theater.  I think we may use our time more wisely, and try out a bigger, more even playing field venue....

But she has had fun, and it has been amazing to watch her confidence grow!

School has started

Emily is off to 7th grade and doing great, Jon is a Senior this year!!!  Caleb started 5th grade, and Michael signed up for a surgical tech class at the Technical College.

Things are going pretty good for all of them so far.  Caleb wrote a touching "memoir" about his Grandpa Lionel and got an A on it.  Emily is auditioning for honor's choir, and Jon is rockin his chemistry class.  Mike, too, is pulling off awesome grades so far.

Proud of them all!!