Three!!!

Someone turned Three!  She was sure excited! We finally got the chance to celebrate Sunday night. And we are going to celebrate again wed with the local family. So! More pictures to come! This is all my phone will let do for now though.

Return!

We are going to try to make a return to blogging! Maybe if we can figure out how to blog from the tablet we might get more done!

Harvest is over and while it still seems busy we are enjoying having the kids home for winter break. Now we need to go back and play catch up on the blog! Will let this be all for now till we figure out where we left off!

Kittens...again!

Someone has fallen in love! Poor kitty maybe it will survive....if it isn't loved to death. One of our cats had three kittens awhile back. Every chance she gets she tucks the kittens in with her blanket, or is carting them around snuggling them. Today they even tried to give them baths! We also had to explain that the momma cat right now is the only one who can feed them.

More from Summer

 This sand box has been a wonderful place for the kids to play. They have lots of fun making tunnels, roads and mud pies. We also have acquired three kittens that will soon be cats...and someone absolutely loves animals!

 And somehow!...the animals put up with her!

Brother snuggles are the best.

 So are sister snuggles.

 Someones 'new' ride! They borrowed our van for a week and we just HAD to get a picture! :)

 All girl she likes to dress herself and can even put socks on.

 Eating brother's breakfast when he wasn't looking. I love her little feet hanging off the stool.

 Favorite place to watch what is going on outside.

 The beautiful view out the kitchen window one night.

 My fearless snake hunters. Don't worry. It was just a large bull snake or they would not have been out there after it! They got as brave as hitting it on the tail with the shovel of course.

 Can you find the snake in this picture? I did as I was walking by the tree on the way to move the sprinkler one evening. We have spotted a total of twelve and only half of those have gotten away.

 Another can you find the snake?

Excuses...

 It is time for me to show our readers...who have probably long given up...why we have been so negligent about posting! As we posted way back in...well... I don't remember...maybe December!? Time has gone by so fast. But back to the point we have relocated to this beautiful place! We absolutely love it! Because spring came and went and summer is in full swing we spend most of our time trying to keep up what was established before we came along. There is with this grand house a large beautiful yard. When I took most of these pictures it was getting dark and we did not capture all of the beautiful flowers.

 And of course the garden is what takes most of the time and again I just snapped a few pictures to show what has kept us so busy that we didn't get the whole garden pictured well. But also I am a bit afraid of snakes and don't really like walking around the yard when the lighting is not very good. We do have reason to be cautious too! So far this year we have seen 12 snakes in the yard. Thank goodness they have been bull snakes and one very large garter snake and a baby garter snake. No rattlers yet. Hopefully it stays that way.

 This is the front yard.

 The front and side yard. So many beautiful shade trees!

 Chickens....Our oldest does most of the chicken chores but they still take a bit of time each day. Usually because they get let out and it is a challenge getting them back in!

 And now harvest! It is in full swing. We did sneak out a dusk yesterday to try and get a few pictures there too. So much fun to be at the field again. Just this for now and hopefully I can try to do a better job of keeping some news coming!

Puppy

 We got this puppy awhile back...Poor Harley (the black dog) Has suffered ever since! It seems the puppy's favorite place to sit is on top of Harley!

 Doesn't matter how big she gets Harley is her personal pillow. What we cannot figure out is why he puts up with it!

The big O-N-E

 Our Baby Girl is One Year old. Early in the morning she climbed up on the stool all by herself for the first time. Then she had to show us that she is SO big! Big enough to comb her own hair...

 Baby Sister has been so much fun this past year. We have been soaking up the days with her and the rest of the kids too. With Big Brother in school it seems a bit quieter than the 'normal' but the days are still full. Especially with someone who has learned to walk the last couple weeks. There is no where in the house that she cannot go. Up and down the stairs bathrooms and even can climb up on some of the beds. And if the door to outside is open she will be out there.

 She is full of mischief and smiles. Snuggles and giggles.

 This is what she thinks you do with the stuffed birthday bear.

 Due to sick kids in the house and the fact that she loves chocolate chip cookies we just made her her own personal pan cookie instead of a birthday cake and had a quiet celebration at home. Happy Birthday to our Baby Girl and may there be many more years of sweetness to come! :-)