Golden Polish at 5 weeks :)


Bell Peppers and Tomatoes are doing well in the greenhouse.

The outside garden and the compost pile (we need to work on that)

Lettuce in a container.

Purple Okra and some Squash


My beautiful greenhouse :)

Heirloom Tomatoes

A cherry tomato

Katya and one of the babies

This is the golden polish chicken at 1 week!!

LOVE THIS ONE!!

Spring is coming or maybe it is here ;)

I guess the lack of blogging could explain that we have been really busy over the past 3 or 4 months since I last blogged. Not exactly sure that we have been doing anything profound or exciting but time flies by sometimes :) We had Christmas at our house and all of the family was able to come so that was nice for me because then we didn't have to go anywhere. The kids got lots of things although they don't really need anything new. We had a really cold month or two so we spent a lot of time indoors. I am so glad that it is finally warming because I love being outside. I love working in the DIRT!!! Hopefully soon I will have lots of flowers and veggies. We also have baby chicks who are now a month old. They were my Valentine's gift from Ryan. We had 5 deaths and gave 5 chickens to a friend and are still left with 19 chicken (plus our other 9 hens). Ryan built me a new greenhouse and chicken coup!! They are both beautiful and I am enjoying them very much. I have tons of seeds already started even purple okra. I have strawberries that will be ripening very soon. I have arugula that is so yummy and tons of herbs too!! The cabbage and greens did very well at the school this winter and I have a friend who has been sharing his veggies with us too. I am so ready for the tomatoes to start growing...we are trying some heirloom tomato seeds this year. We have 4 raised beds in the front yard which look beautiful and will soon be full of plants. The kids are enjoying planting their seeds too. We are enjoying the longer daylight hours. We stay out as long as possible. Sorry if you check this all the time and there are no updates...I have been subbing quite a bit and the gardening, chickens and kids keep me very busy. Love to all :)

More pictures that go with the previous post

November update

Since the last blog we have celebrated lots of birthdays! We have had parties for Katya, Ryan and Summer. We still have many more to come in November and December. These are really busy months. The kids are going to be out of school all next week because of Thanksgiving Break. We are just relaxing at the house...which will be so nice. The kids have been doing very well in school. They all made honor roll on their first report card. Parker Reid is a whiz kid in math. He is so amazing...his teacher says she has never seen a child that can do math like him. Landon is doing excellent in his class also. He was the only one a few weeks ago to make a 100 on his story test :) Bryce won a brand new bike for being the highest AR reader in the 4th grade. I am so proud of them. Katya is trying to hold out for kindergarten but she LOVES going to the school. She enjoys being there with me...but she also enjoys her days with her grandparents when I am working. I am trying to keep everyone's schedules together and keep my sanity. Now that we are finished with soccer...it should be much easier. We only have Bryce's tennis now...whoo!!HOOO!! I love coaching soccer but always enjoy the break. Oh and we have been able to sell some of our eggs. We have sold 7 dozen so far :) I am so thrilled!!! We are moving into the part of the year that is my least favorite time. Hopefully...we will all survive. We are excited in a few weeks that we will be celebrating my sister's graduation from nursing school...Way to GO, SUMMER!! Well...that is about all I have to say about our life...if you need more details you can call or email.

The pictures to go with the post

Landon's birthday waffle!

Landon wanted a cake with "ganache"

Landon's 1st B B gun!

Landon and I at his birthday party
Bryce's class with the weatherman.

Bryce playing soccer