Knock knock?

Marley was sitting at the table eating her lunch, and she said, "Momma! Knock knock?" I was thinking, there is no way she is trying to tell me a knock knock joke, she just turned two! But I said, "Who's there?" And she said, "Daddy!" "Daddy who?" And with a huge smile on her face, "Daddy rocks!" I was dying, it was so stinkin' cute!

Lots of pictures!

Things have been so busy around here, I haven't had much time to blog. Between 5 kids, school, Scott's job, foster parenting classes, and extracurricular activites, sometimes I have a hard time just remembering to breath! Scott and I have been going to foster parenting classes to become certified foster parents. That way Marley will have a lot more resources available to her. Those classes are on Monday nights, and then I go to school Tuesday through Friday nights. It seems like the weekends are always packed full of things as well, so there is very little to zero down-time around here.

We are really enjoying having fresh eggs everyday. Out of the 4 hens, 2 are laying brown eggs and 2 are laying green eggs. I am gong to have to start thinking of creative things to make with eggs so that they all get used up. Scott has been working hard on the garden, he built a retaining wall around it this past weekend, and this weekend he will get the soil all ready to plant. He has also gotten into juicing, so every morning and night he makes these crazy juices that include all kinds of fruits and vegetables. The girls love helping him juice, but they aren't too interested in drinking it. The color kind-of freaks them out. It will be nice when we can go out to our garden and pick our own fruits and vegetables to juice!

I am getting ready to repaint and redecorate the whole house. I don't know when I will have time to do it, but I am pretty excited. I want to do bright, cool colors, granite countertops, window coverings, the works. I will post before and after pictures once I get it done.

Now for the good stuff...

The Shack

I just finished reading the book The Shack. It was seriously one of the most amazing books I have ever read. It is a fictional book about God and His plan and why painful things happen to good people. I have always had a hard time knowing that such bad things can happen to innocent children, and why God doesn't intervene, and this book answers that question. The Shack is one of those books that will change your life. I am begging all of you to please read this book! You will be a better person because of it! You can go to the website www.theshackbook.com for more information.

Happy Birthday Marley!

Today is Marley's 2nd birthday! Such a big girl! It is strange to me sometimes that she is only 2, because she talks so well and has more hair than I do! We are having a party for her on Saturday, and I can't wait to see her face when she opens her Elmo Live. She is OBSESSED with Elmo. Macey and Heidi are so adorable, they are making her a homemade boardgame (Macey's idea), and they have been working so hard on it. Macey also made Marley the cutest birthday card ever. The front says: "Your 2nd B-Day", and the inside says: "I hope you have a swell birthday. Your 2nd year of being alive. Good luck! Love Macey". Happy Birthday sweet Marley! You are a precious little girl who deserves all the love and laughter in the world.

The Mom Song

This is so funny!!

If you didn't already know that I am obsessed with Twilight...

...here's further proof.

Jenna

Jenna walked up to me and bit me on the leg today (so hard that she gave me a blood blister!). I said to her, "No no Jenna, that is not nice. That is a no-no." She walked her little self over and sat down in the "time-out corner" and just sat there and looked at me. Little miss smarty-pants!

Our first egg!

We got our first egg today! Obviously, it is not from the chicks. We got 4 laying hens yesterday so that we could start getting eggs sooner. We were told by the gentleman that we got the hens from that they probably wouldn't lay any eggs for about a months, until they got comfortable with their new home. So we were very surprised when we went out there today and saw a brown egg in one of the "condos". Scott did an amazing job on the coop. It has 12 roosts, or condos as we like to call them, and lots of room for the chickens to run around. In the mornings, the girls and I go out there and feed the chickens, and then let the chicks out in the yard to run around for a while. The chicks have to be kept in a cage until they are grown, other wise the hens will kill them. I really think that I could live on a farm! It sounds weird, but it is so relaxing to just go sit out there and watch the chickens and smell the hay. We decided that when we move, we want to buy a house on a couple of acres so that we can have our chickens and more little farm critters.

My Uncle Robin, cousin Linsey, and her husband Matt came over on Thursday to give Scott some gardening advice, and he brought 4 of his horses with him. He took Lulu and Sally out of the trailor and let Macey and Heidi ride them up and down the street. You should have seen their faces!




Marley, Ryan, and Jenna have been having so much fun on our trampoline with the beautiful weather. We have an in-ground trampoline, so they can get on and off by themselves.



Here's Ryan helping Daddy shovel rock to make room for the garden.

Feeding sister.

Little studmuffin

The "Chicken Condo"

Feeding her baby

Cheese!

Happy girl