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

E-I-E-I-O

Scott and the girls decided that they wanted to grow a vegetable garden, and a rather large one at that. My Uncle Robin is a gardener and has a really neat garden, so Scott called him to get some advice. Robin gave Scott another great idea: Why not have fresh eggs every morning as well? Twelve hours later, there is a huge chicken coop and 6 baby chicks in our back yard. All five kids are in heaven! Macey and Heidi are out there with them all day, and the babies love the chicks, too. The chickens should be laying eggs in a few months. Fresh eggs anyone?

Sweet little Jenna-Bug

Jenna is talking and signing so much, everyday she blows me away with all the new words that she learns. Here are two videos with just a couple of her words and signs. Don't you just want to kiss those cheeks?