Skill

Dwayne found this egg sitting on it's end in the nest box.

Apparently our chickens have some egg-laying skills!

Snowball Fight!

OK.  So it's November 10th, 2011.  We've just had our first snowfall... that wasn't supposed to be measurable.  Well in my book it could be measured (I'd say about 1/2" but who's counting, right?).  It was definitely measured by two boys who have asked for over a month when it was going to snow.  They saw how much there was and went outside in the DARK to play in the snow!

The first snowball fight of the season soon began.  The boys said it made perfect snowballs.

Not so bad looking here.  Then it really started coming down.

And it kept coming. 

And the flakes got bigger! 

Chicken Feeder

My homemade chicken feeder.  One plastic storage container with lid, one Schwan's ice cream lid, one screw, and one nut.  I drilled holes in the bottom of the container and the center of the ice cream lid.  Then I drilled holes at the bottom edge of the container to let the food fall out.  I attached the container to the lid with the screw and filled it with food.  We now have a lot less wasted chicken feed on the ground.  It's not pretty and it didn't come from the farm store but it didn't cost me a dime either!

To Grandmother's House We Go

 We decided to take a day off of school and head north to see Grandma Knapp.

It was a quick trip but we had a fun visit.

I should have known that this pose was a foreshadowing of things to come...

I tried to get a good picture of the boys with grandma.. not sure who started the tickling.

This was the best we got... after all the giggles and wiggles.

And of course we had to get one "big eye" picture.

Saw beautiful sunset on the way home.

My pictures can never seem to catch the amazing artwork of God.