Chicken Saga

So the chicken saga continues this summer. Last summer we had a great time with our three chickens until a raccoon attacked! This summer we reinforced the cage so that no wild animals could get at our four chickens. I guess we didn't plan for domestic animals though! The neighbors two dogs got out and one of them nudged open the egg door latch and snagged a chicken. It then proceeded to run down the highway with the chicken in its mouth! So now we are back to three chickens. Rebecca didn't seem to care much that a dog took off with one of her chickens.

Before and After

I love a good "before and after" projects and I'm hoping to have a lot of them this summer! I finished my first project today and here it is.

Before:

I found this bench at Goodwill for $2. I wanted a sturdy bench for Rebecca in the kitchen and I thought this one would work well. It's cute enough, but doesn't really go with the kitchen. So I gave it a make over.

After:

I used left over paint from our red wall in the dinning area and picked up some scrapbooking paper to match. I love the finished look. It still needs to have a coat of clear varnish so the paper is protected.

Wedding Weekend

On June 12th my brother Jon married Tonya. We had a great weekend with the whole family. We also saw extended family that we hadn't seen in about 6 years at our wedding. The whole weekend was a lot of fun!

Rebecca was a flower girl in the wedding and although no flower pedals were actually dropped, she looked so cute!!
Congratulations Jon and Tonya!

Napping?

I know that there is a picture in my baby book after I did this exact same thing. Making a mess of your room can be exhausting!

mmm...mmm good

I can think of few things that are better than fresh strawberries from the garden!

The crops are in and up

Spring has come and has seemed to turned into summer quickly by the looks of the forcast. As the saying goes, "you can almost hear the corn grow by walking in the fields."

I took a few pictures of the crops for those less able to walk the fields themselves. The cattle are all doing well and the pastures are growing well.

The corn is v3 to v4 and the soybeans emerged over the weekend and are big enough to row.

Also, the 'ditchweed' is growing without any assistance as usual.

summer is almost here!

I have 12 teaching days left in the school year! I am so ready for a break and more moments like this: