NEW CAR!!

We got a new car! That is pretty exciting since we have been driving the van for 11 years. Ed has been eyeing the Chevy HHR since they came out in 2006. So he went out and bought one. OK it's not new but to us it's the newest car we have owned. It's a 2007. They are a retro car designed after the 1949 suburban and the SSR. And there is enough room behind the seat to fit all my scrapbook stuff. Or the dogs. It's navy blue. At least it gets better gas mileage then the van. Ed now has to get all his 70's and 80's tapes on CD's no cassette player in this car. Ha Ha.

It's finally SPRING!!!!!!!!!

After a hot day (86 degrees) at the Parade we all went back to Amanda's to Bar B Q and enjoy our Sun Burns.

Caiden found the only shade at the parade.

Great Grandpa watching Caiden run in the sprinkler. Kaitlyn wishing she had a pair of sun glasses.

The sun is making my gardens grow and bloom. We finally got the vegetable garden all done and everything is growing fast. We bought five more trees the other day and that required more digging and work but I am looking forward to fruit someday so far we have Apple, Pear, Plum and cherry trees. Plus we added some ornamental trees. Flowering plum, dogwood, Plus a cool cedar type. Chickens are all in the freezer and pigs are getting big. We added 4 Turkeys (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and just because) They won't be in the freezer for a few more months. Landscaping is so much work that I am sore everynight and go to bed early but I love it. Painting the house hopefully next week. Ok enough about Spring.

Happy 13th Kaitlyn

Dee added so many beautiful pictures of Kaitlyn that she took, but I just wanted to mention how thankful we are that she took so many beautiful pictures of our teenager. YIKES! hard to believe even for me. We are proud of her for how smart and grown up she is. Let's just hope she continues to make us proud and doesn't drive us too crazy. We were much younger the last time we had teenagers and it was hard enough. Ha Ha. We love you Kaitlyn
P.S. Dee took 147 pictures of Kaitlyn SCRAPBOOKING delight.

Happy 10th Birthday Spunky

Hard to believe this little horse has been with us for 10 years. Amanda wanted a horse when she was 11 but we lived on 1 acre and the best we could do was a little horse that would be able to live on a small farm. He came to live with us at 5 weeks old and was just about the cutest thing I even saw come out of a horse trailer. His mom came with him until he was weaned. Amanda was so happy to have a horse she didn't care that she couldn't ride him. He was and is soooo spoiled rotten!!! He is a brat that gets away with so much trouble. Well Caiden has decided that Spunky is his horse and no one is arguing that. Guess mom has outgrown him. HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY SPUNKY!!

additions

We have added a few new animals to the farm. My dad has decided that we all need some chicken in the freezer for the wonter soooooo he went out and got a couple. (110 little chicks) then Ed decided that while we had the heat lamp on the 110 fryer chicks we should add a few egg layers. So he bought 15 future egg layers. Then we got two baby pigs for future ham and bacon.

Since this picture they have grown into real chickens.

the ugly pictures of my yard today

Let's think spring! I want to play outside!

I want spring!!!!!!

OK here are some pictures of some of my flower beds last summer. This is not all of them. I have been planting flowers since we moved here. Now at the end you will see my flower beds today and you can see why I want SPRING to hurry up and get here it's ugly outside. I need sun and dry. I am tired of MUD.