Motorcycle Sunday with Nana and Papa

Jacob woke us up this morning. I went and brough him into our bed. He lay between us and then sat up and played with Daddy and Kate. He followed me down the hallway as I went to prepare his breakfast. Jacob walked from the chair in the living room over to the window door this morning. Then he walked from there all the way across the room the me on the couch. We got ready and then left to meet my Mom and Dad for the motorcycle memorial. On the way we stopped for a coffee and a pop. Jacob fell asleep in the car as usual. At the memorial there were about 100 motorcycles. Dad's motorcycle was towards the front of the groop. When we got there Jacob woke up (maybe because of all the loud engines. Went and talked to some of my parents friends. I put some sunscrean on Jacob while Nana held him. Jacob loved the motorcycles. Everyone started their engines and prepared to leave. We walked back to our car and as we walked back Jacob staired at all the motorcycles. As we passed by, the riders would reve their engines and Jacob would smile. Some were waving at him. He loved it. They took off in groops about 10 seconds apart. We brought up the rear behind another vehicle. And a couple of motorist trailed behind us. We saw 2 motorist on the side street, they pulled out behind us. After a short while, they decided to pass us and two other vehicles. It was a no passing zone due to the big curve. They passed us, then as they were passing the van in front of us, a car came around the curve. One of them swerved in front of us and the other guy tried to speed up and continue passing. We thought it was going to be a head on. The van had to swerve over and the car from the other direction had to drive in the grass. Very close call. This group met up with another groop from Flint. Alot of motorcycles all in one place was very cool. We had a pancake and sausage breakfast. Then we went over to look at the craft sale. No changing table in the bathroom so Nana held Jacob while I changed him. Jacob sat on the motorcycle with Papa and Nana. He wasn't even scared when Papa started up the engine with him on it. On the way home we stopped for ice cream in down town Midland. I think my Dad swallowed some plastic cause there was a piece missing from his spoon. I though it was so funny. We walked around town. When we got home Jacob went down for a nap and Jared and I went outside to plant some Aspen trees and clean up the yard. Jared dug a post hole to fix our fence and I tightened up some of the electric wire. Jacob woke up and was playing with his toys. He has this rocking lamb which he was trying to climb on. I set him on it and rocked him. He sat there and rocked for quite a while. He got off and then tried to get back on. When he couldn't he started to fuss for help. He hung on the the handles and even rocked himself some. We went to meijer for diapers and dog food. Got home and Jared and Jacob fed the animals as I watered the flowers.

Kimmy

Garage Sale Day

This morning Jacob woke up about a minute before the alarm went off. I got up and dressed and by that time he was back asleep. Jared and I got ready and then we got him up and ready. We are going to garage sale. Its walley festival in Freeland and they have lots and lots of sales. My mom, Melissa, Hailey, Max, and Kenzie are also going. We stopped for our coffee, pop, donuts and muffin (which we get every Saturday) on our way. Jacob fell asleep in the car, but woke up went we put him in the stroller. The sales start at 8am and we got there for the start. Yesterday was the first day for them so lots of the good stuff was gone. We walked up and down the roads and stopped at any sale we saw kids stuff at. I found some nice Little People toys for Jacob. Also found some clothes. I got to walk around with Max for awhile. He is such a happy baby and always gives me smiles. We stopped for some lunch and then went back out. Got Kenzie some nice roller blades at a sale where it was stuff your bag for $1.00. Kenzie got tired so Jared gave her a piggy back ride on his shoulders. Jacob fell asleep in the stroller. We decided to pack things up at 2:30 and head home. Jared and I stopped at a few on the way home. When we got home we made some sandwiches and then went outside to plant some trees. Jacob played in the grass with Tiger and picked dandylines. I saw him stick one in his mouth - Yuck. We planted some oak trees, jack pines and then some irises. Jacob and I road the tractor halling some wood. He pretends to stear and honk the horn. Then he and Daddy road over to get some hay for the horses. It was a beautiful day. Inside Jacob played with his new toys. He likes to push his roll-a-round balls across the floor and crawl after them. Jacob will be playing with his toys now and stop to crawl over to me and give me a hug. He'll go back to his toy, play for a little bit and come right back over to me. He had a drink of lemonaide today, he puckered and held his hand out for more.

Kimmy

When I dropped Jacob off at Aunt Missy's house and I was getting ready to leave, Jacob walked from the chair over to me at the door to give me a hug goodbye. I sure do miss him while I'm at work. We are so busy lately that the days fly by. Kenzie was at Mel's house when we got there. Jacob loves his cousins. He crawled into the playhouse to give Kenzie a hug. The other day he held his hands out to her from me and then cried when Jared took him. He held his hands out to Kenzie again and she held him. He was so happy he was kicking his legs and smiling so big. When Jacob and I got home we saw Jared outside working on putting wood chips around the flowers. It looks very nice. We helped him finish. Jacob saw the tractor and got really excited. He got his normal spot on Daddy's lap. We went out to eat at Fazolies for dinner.

Kimmy

Had to wake Jacob up as usual before work. Occasionally he will wake up before we go in. He sat up slow and Daddy picked him up. We both held him and then got him dressed and ready for the day. Jacob is staying with Nana today. He saw a toy in the bottom of the toy box and got excited. He pulled it out and handed it to me. It was a Jack-in-the-box. I made it pop up several times and he jumped and laughed. After it pops up he pushes on the head down and puts his hand on the winder. He got to go out to dinner with my mom and Aunt Vikki (not my sister Vikki, her namesake). Aunt Vikki parted his hair and combed it to the side, a hair-do his Grandma Lela also gave him. I must say he looks cute in any hairstyle. Though thats not my choice. We are watching a goat for the tech. at my work. He's a very small goat and very people oriented. He follows you wherever you go. After work Jared and I helped Suzanne move a bed frame from Salvation army to her house in Saginaw. At her house, I put Jacob in the back of the truck he loved banging on the edge and walking back and forth. Stopped back at moms to pickup my car. Vikki and Kenzie were there. Kenzie said she had taken the goat for a walk to the neighbors house, to show a couple of her friends. On our way home we stopped to shovel some wood chips into the back of our truck. Eric and Kat, HAPPY (belated) ANNIVERSARY!!!

Kimmy

Day Home - what a fun day!

I woke up this morning thinking I had to go to work. Then Jared reminded me that I was off today. Jacob woke up so Jared brought him in bed with me. We layed there for a while then got up and read a couple of books and made breakfast. Got Jacob dressed in his flannel shirt and jeans from Aunt Kat and Uncle Eric. Jacob and I went outside to feed the animals. This time, since Daddy was at work, I drove the tractor with Jacob on my lap. We fed the goats, then the cats, and the horses. At one point, I thought the rooster was going to attack us so I screamed and picked up a stick. I carried it with me just in case. He's never done anything before but still don't trust him. We went back inside to play and read some more. At about 9:30am Jacob went down for his morning nap. Its about and hour earlier than his usual time but he was very tired and could not stay awake. After laying him down I went to check email - but the computer wasn't working. No power again. The electricity was out for about 2 hours. I went outside to trim some bushes and pick some weeds. It was nice and cool outside. I went inside to get my photos organized and in there books. When Jacob woke up it was almost time for lunch. Went to get an estimate on the damaged saturn which took about 40 minutes. A little girl was there with her mom and she gave Jacob a little cup of water. He drank the whole thing. Then we did a little shopping and then headed home. On the way home we stopped to look at a Herbie slugbug car thats for sale. When Jared came home he tilled up a spot for us to plant some more flowers. Jacob was following Tiger all over. That cat will let Jacob lay right on him. Jacob is pretty good with him and really has alot of fun.

Kimmy

My Turn and our fat fat sheep

Jacob's Dad's turn to write. Jacob walked back and forth between Kimmy and I forever. Of course I had the TV over my shoulder so he would walk towards me with his eyes on that for part of the time and on me the other. Mom's don't need TV's over their shoulders...I'd spin him around and he'd take off like a mad man for mommy.

Jacob and I planted a bunch of daylillies today while we waited for mom to get home. We got a ton of daylillies and irises (seems like to many i's and s's) from some friends of Kimmy's mom and dad. I got the rototiller out while Jacob played in the grass, quite interested in the loud mechanical machine his dad was operating...you could almost here him grunt like Tim the Tool Man Taylor...Need more power dad. So I rototilled while Jacob played in the grass, then I planted while Jacob played in the grass. However, when my back was turned at one point he managed to find a little bit of mud and upon turning around he showed me his hands that were completely covered in mud. Out with the hose, he seemed to enjoy that...and the occasional spray from Dad as I watered the newly planted daylillies. Needless to say by the time mom got home we were both a sight...muddy and wet.

Long before this happend back when we arrived home I looked out to where the goats and sheep are located. I noticed an animal goat or sheep I wasn't sure, that seemed to be tangled in the fence...I proceeded up the driveway and noticed it was Maude, our sheep. And she wasn't moving or struggling...I put it in high gear, and it's a good thing Jacob was sleeping not to be tramatized with my driving, as I flew up the drive and drove most of the way through the barn. Slamming on the breaks I flew out of the car and began to scale the gate, no time to open, as I reached the top of the gate, I noticed Maude was not hung up in the fence at all and appeared to be on her back with all 4 legs in the air. About this time and thinking the worse, I'm thinking of ways on how to break the bad news to Kimmy that Maude died....anyway I flew over the top of the gate and hit the ground running. I was hollering to her on the way and getting no response. Upon getting with in just a couple of feet I notice Maude opening her eyes...whew she was alive still... wondering if she got tore up by some dogs I began looking for blood ect and didn't want to move her if she was seriously hurt. She was breathing kind of hard and no signn of blood she was laying flat on her back with all 4's in the air...I leaned into her a bit and over she rolled...then she staggered to her feet and just stood as if knocked between the eyes with a baseball bat. Noticing on the ground quite a bit of sheep poop and the grass was quite faltened. She must of been there all day long. Yes our sheep is so fat that if she rolls on her back she's got too much weight to roll back over and is able to cast herself in the middle of the field. She walked around for about 10 minutes as if in a very thick fog. Wish I would of gotten some pictures... silly sheep.

Jared

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA

Jared woke me up this morning and said the power was out and it was 5:05am - time to get up. We hurried around trying to get candles lite and flashlights. After we got our stuff ready we went in with the flashlight to get Jacob up. Nana's watching him today so I decided to go there early and get ready there. Jacob ate his breakfast there too, alot easier than feeding in the dark. I called Mom to let her know we were coming early. She made me some coffee which I put in my Copper Harbor mug. Jacob played with the toys for a while and then he decided he wanted to go somewhere. I followed him through the kitchen and into the dining room. He wanted to stand by the glass doors and look outside. We looked outside at the trees and the grass. What a cold, rainy morning.

Jacob loved walking back and forth from me to Nana. Then he went over to his farmyard to play. I gave him a hug and kiss goodbye and headed off to work. I called and talked to him at lunch, Nana was feeding him his lunch. He loves to listen to people talk on the phone. Jared picked him up from Moms after he got out of work. I did a little grocery shopping and got home a couple hours after Jared.

He and Jacob were outside when I got home. Jacob was playing in the grass and Jared was planting some day lillies. We fed the animals. Jared tilled the garden again and found a worm. He tried to get Jacob to hold it but he wasn't interested. He would rather play in the dirt.

Kimmy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA!!!!!!!!

Woke up a little late this morning. Jacob was awake and talking before we had to go in an get him up. He is staying with Aunt Missy today. Jacob stayed awake on the drive there. Max was eating when we got there. Long day at work today (on Mondays were are open until 6pm). Jacob was outside playing on a little car that you push with your feet. He was so happy to see me he got off and gave me a hug. He fell asleep as we got closer to home. Jared and I fed the animals and walked around to look at the flowers. Its my sister Melissa's birthday tomorrow - she's going to be 31. They are taking Hailey to the U of M hospital tomorrow for an appointment. Not something she wanted to do on her birthday but they don't give you much of a choice. I work again tomorrow so now its after 10pm and its time for bed.

Kimmy

Rainy Day

Last night we went to Mom and Dad's to drop off Kenzie. The weren't home so we played on the swingset for awhile and then went inside. Jacob sat on Daddy's lap and swang with him and was smiling so big. While Dad and Jared played pingpong, Mom, Kenzie, Jacob and I went over to Grandmas house to pickup Moms phone and visit. Jacob was chasing me back and forth in her house laughing. He loves her clock that hangs on the wall and makes noises. I kept telling him it was a clock and a little later he said "Clock". Kenzie showed us cute pictures of pupppies on the internet. Dad called and said they were done playing so we got ready and went back to moms. Jacob slept in until 8am this Sunday morning which means so did we. He had oatmeal with bananas for breakfast. He was asking for bubbles this morning in his highchair so I got them out. We bundled him up and went outside to feed the animals. It was a rainy day. Jacob just loves riding in the tractor with Daddy. We went into town to get myself a coffee and Jared his pop. On the way home we looked back at Jacob holding his feet and laughing. I would make funny faces at him and he'd laugh even more. What a character. When we got home Jared got ready for work and then dressed Jacob while I was getting ready. Stopped to pick-up pizza after church. Jacob fell asleep on the way home. Jacob started a new laugh today where he sucks in and squeels. Its so funny. After he woke up and had lunch we went into town and walked around the mall. We also stopped at meijer for a few groceries. Above are some pictures of Jacob napping and after he woke up. He was splashing up a storm in the bathtub tonight.

Kimmy

Flower planting day

Went out for donuts this morning. Kenzie got a cinnamon twist and gave Jacob a couple bites. He reached his had out for more. We then walked around Salvation Army. Kenzie got a cute stuffed animal that when you one ear it records and the other ear to play. The lady (who knows us well) didn't even make us pay for it. They all love to see Jacob and say he's the best baby that comes in there. He never makes a fuss. We went to the store and picked out some flowers to plant in our pots. Jared and Kenzie got the pots ready while I nursed Jacob. Then I grabbed Jacobs truck and the bubbles and went outside. We each had a pot to do. The leftover flowers we planted in different areas around the house. Jared got stung by a hornet or a yellow jacket and his finger swelled up. We went inside and all had Easy mac for lunch. Then we went back outside to bury Red (our Road Island Red chicken) who had died during the winter being picked on by the other chickens. Kenzie wrote a poem and I wrote a short note on the back of her poem. We tied a red ribbon on the note. Jared set her box in the trailer on the back of the tractor and Kenzie, Jacob and I road with her. We drove up to the top of our hill and burried her up there. On our way back it started to rain. Kenzie went into the chicken coop and I took Jacob inside. Jacob cried when we walked in the door. He wanted to stay outside. I set him on the floor and he crawled as fast as he could over to the door and stood up, looking out the window. He winpered cause he wanted back out. I read him a book and put him down for a nap. Kenzie is inside now in the other room with Truman and Kate and I haven't heard a word from her. I think she is either reading a book or taking a nap. It's been a fun day

Kimmy

Kenzie spends the night

Took Jacob to Aunt Missy's this morning. Shortly after I got there Max and then Hailey woke up. Max gave me the biggest smiles. Jacob chased me into their kitchen laughing the whole way. We had a very, very busy day at work. After work Jared and I met at mom's house. Vikki and Kenzie were there too. They brought a movie and we had pizza and a movie. Jacob loved his pizza. Got to see Grandma and Grandpa in the driveway at moms. I was so happy to see her. Kenzie had us give her a picked flower. Mom took Vikki home. Dad and Jared played pingpong while I took Kenzie and Jacob out to swing. Kenzie was showing me all sorts or tricks she could do on the swingset. She kept saying, "Jacob don't watch". Jared won my dad twice in a row again in pingpong. Kenzie is spending the night tonight. When we got home she wanted to go right to the chicken coop to collect eggs and hold Betty. Then we went in the barn so she could hold Mary (the chicken she picked out). I thought the rooster was going to attack Jared when he grabbed the hen, but he just flew down. It made me scream though. Mykenzie blew bubbles for Jacob and for Truman. Truman is going to sleep with her tonight.

Mowed the yard

Well this is the earliest that I've been able to mow the whole yard... except where the "pond" is in the back yard. Of course it was not without a slight glitch...if you remember from my previous post, I wondered what was in store when I mowed the front yard. Well, things started well and mowing was fun and I think I'm the first on my block to mow... it's a tad early. So anyway, I had been mowing for quite some time and it started to sprinkle a bit, not much just enough to be kind of fun. I had stopped for a second to move a stick and when I was back on the mower and letting up on the clutch peddle there was this low pop sound. I let all the way up on the clutch and wasn't moving like I was expecting to be...I was in gear ect. Well the belt had some how come off the pully and the rain was picking up a bit. So not wanting to crawl around in the grass in the rain I pushed the tractor into the barn as fast as I could... Once in a dry location I began to fiddle around with the belt and managed to get it unstuck. So there's a little back story around this drive belt, it broke during the winter plowing season and upon going to sears noticed they don't carry this part. So I went to TSC and managed to find one relatively close... ok so once installed it was quite tight and the clutch pedle wouldn't come back to the drive position... but upon streching it worked good enough... basically I got and 84 inch belt and I think an 85 might work better... Now this is a new belt and upon inspection I noticed a small superficial cut, no big deal... well upon further in spection I came across another cut...this one 3/4 of the way through the belt....ugh. So of course I put it back on and so far I've been very gentle and was able to finish mowing the yard today. So tonight we'll be at Kimmy's parents watching Dr. Doolittle 3 I think... and I'll be playing my father in law in several game s of ping pong. He's quite good...ok he's an amazing ping pong tanlent... we'll play 30 some odd games and I might win 1 or 2... but never two in a row. Until last time we played... I won the last two games we played. And he wouldn't play me a third as he didn't want to risk losing three in a row.... I' won't mention that we played 20 some odd games and I might of worn him down a bit by the end. So anyway... I've got to find a picture to include with this... enjoy.

Jared

This is a picture of Mykenzie after I taught her how to climb up the walls of a hallway something Eric and I use to do in the door jams. After teaching Mykenzie how, I tried to show I coulds still do it ... lets just say the drywall needed a little repair. Oops.

On the days I have to work, Jared and I go in Jacobs room to wake him up together. Its so much fun to watch, that neither one of us want to miss it. We go in and say, "Good morning Jacob" and he starts to move around. When he wakes up, he'll sit up real quick and then pull himself up to stand. Daddy always holds him first, then he holds his hands to come to me. This morning I fed him half his breakfast, then daddy finished, while I got his things together, and finished getting ready myself. He stayed with my mom today so when I got to her house this morning he had thrown up all over his shirt. We got him cleaned up, and then we played for the short time before I had to leave for work. I'm having to work full time due to heartworm season and we are really busy. Luckely the day goes by fast. Jacob fell asleep on the way home. Jared was mowing the yard when we arrived. We fed the animals and picked some weeds from around our flowers coming up before Jacob woke up. Jared had tilled the garden and the rooster and hen were in it, eating bugs. Their feet were muddy when they got out. Jacob has been throwing a fit when he gets in his highchair lately. He throws his head back and his legs out. Once I get him seated and buckeled he does ok. I guess its just a phase he's going through. But he will have to get through it cause we can't dismiss the highchair - its kinda a must. It was a beautiful day again today. Another shorts and tee shirt day for Jacob. He got his bath tonight. After his bath I set him on top of the dryer. He loved banging on the top of it.

Kimmy

Beautiful Day - Fun Bubbles

Yesterday our computer got a virus so we weren't able to use it until this morning. Luckely we got everything back up and running o.k. The last few days Jacob loves to be read books. Whereas before he would grab the book and chew on it before getting to the next page. He lays back and listens to the whole book. We went shopping and got sunscrean and bubbles. Jacob loves going outside. He now looks at the window and says "Ottside". Jacob took my hand and we walked all over the yard. We looked at the flowers coming up and I can't wait to see the colors. Jacob gave Truman a stick and he ran around with it. Kate rolled in "poop" so I stuck her in a stall until we had time to hose her off. Jacob sat in the grass while I blew the bubbles. The wind was blowing so the flew fast. He loved it. We went over to pet the horses and Jacob gave Celeste the bubble stick. She took it in her mouth, dropped it, and picked it up again. I shooed her back so I could get it before she picked it up again. When Jared got home we loaded up the truck with our bikes and went to the rail trail. It was a beautiful day. Jacob stayed awake for about 3/4 of the ride then he was out. We went about 7 miles. Jared made "Jared omelets" for dinner, they were yummy. Our nephew Max has pneumonia. Yesterday in the store he turned "blue" so they took him to the ER. He had to have and IV and a tube down his nose. Mel said he still gave smiles afterwards. What a brave little boy. They don't know if its bacterial or viral. If its bacterial, it is contageous so we have to keep our eye on Jacob's cold. We got the bubbles out in the house this evening and when Jacob saw them he said "Bubles" and he kept saying it. Well its getting late and I have to get up at 5am. Lets keep my Grandma, baby Max and Jacob too in our prayers.

Kimmy

Quite the eventful First Mow of the year

Got the mower deck for the lawn tractor out of mothballs today. Let me first say that this is quite the old mower and the deck is rusting and breaking welds...so basically it's literally held together with thick wire. But that's another story. New belts this year on the deck and it didn't last that way for long. Manged to get the deck mounted to the tractor with out any major problems, the blades are old... ok they're really old. Round edges, they don't cut the grass so much as beat it into submission where it finally breaks and gets discharged out the side. So away I go, start the mower up and engage the deck and the tractor quits. I start the mower up again and it quits... forgot I jumpered out the mower deck cutout safety switch...so after I tinkered with that I managed to get the deck running and "cutting" grass. Now, theres an area of the yard that's next to the paddock that contains the horses...each time we bring them a bail of hay we cut off the strings and hang them on the fence. Well I'm mowing away and am approaching the area where these strings are suppose to be hanging... I happened to not see a pile laying on the grass and the deck began to make a funny, yet not so humorous noise and started to shake. Then it happened.... a large white cloud of smoke. It took about a second or two to shut the deck off... and it took about 10 minutes for the large cloud of smoke to cross the yard. You'd of though mosquito control showed up. So much for that new belt on the deck...oh it still works but theres quite the vibration. The deck on this mower is a 50" cut, three blades... appearently two of the blades were now tied together by an amazing knot of strings. So much so that cutting through them was not an option.... After removing all three blades I was able to clear the strings and once the blades aka beater bars, were reattached I was able to contiue with my mowing experence....although slightly more vibration than before with the now partly melted deck belt. Oh well ... it's only grass. Back yard is mowed now...but Lord onlyl know's what will happen when I mow the front yard...

Truman (yellow dog) watched out the window the entire time... what's his crazy owner up too this time.

Jared

Easter Sunday

We had Jacob's Easter basket all set up so he would see it when he crawled into the living room. As soon as he saw it he kicked it into high gear and crawled right to it. Went right for the green truck then the fan. He played for a while and then it was time for breakfast. Daddy fed the animals while I fed Jacob. We were going to try and make the 9am service so we could get out earlier. I had an outfit all picked out for Jacob but somehow I lost it. The whole outfit, shoes and all are missing. So I picked out something else. Hopefully it turns up cause I was going to use it for his pictures. Jacob had fun in the nursery, all boys today. He got excited when the lady grabbed the cheerios box to put it away so she sent some home with us wrapped in a kleenix. I keeped him awake and laughing on the way home so he would take a good nap in his crib. If he sleeps in the car he thinks thats long enough for a nap. We are going over to my moms house for Easter dinner. The kids enjoyed hunting for Easter eggs. Jacob loved to pick them up and put them in the basket. Well Jacobs really tired its almost 10pm and its time for bed. Kimmy

Live and learn

We had a nice morning, drove around town, and walked around the mall and meijer. Got a few things for Easter and headed home. Mom called to see if we were going to an Easter play at a church nearby. Her and Mel were going and she had tickets for us. In a hurry we got ready and headed on our way. Forgetting that our truck was parked in the way (off to the side not right behind), we backed right into it. Did plenty of damage to both our truck and our saturn. Live and learn I guess. We were both very bummed to say the least. We went to get a blizzard and skipped the play. What's done is done and there is nothing we can do to change that. When we got home we set Jacob's playpen up and wrangled up the goats for hoove trimming. We were able to catch everyone except Ethyl. We'll have to do her another time. Jacob was laughing so hard in the playpen when I would pretend I was getting him. Then it was time to feed the animals. Daddy drove the tractor with Jacob in his lap. Jacob loved it and smiled so big when Jared pretended to beep the horn. He also loves walking in the grass hanging onto my finger. Kimmy

And So It Begins

Jared Here... So we've started a blog, we'll see how it goes, Kimmy will be doing most of the postings I'd imagine. But I wanted to do the first. For those who don't know, this is Maude, she's our sheep freshly sheared.... this is an ordeal as she's quite fat (although the picture doesn't do her justice, for sheep the camera takes off 40lbs) and takes two of us to shear. I hold while Kimmy runs the shears... both jobs are hard as I've got a nice scrape mark across my midsection from a kick... and Kimmy can bearly hold anything in her hand after running the shears. It's one sheep once a year so it's not too bad... just wait till we start our sheep farm...oh boy. Let's see what other pictures of the farm can I include. For Grandma in Indiana I should include a picture of Jacob... let's see if I can find a good one to include.

Ah yes here he is coloring Easter eggs... he wanted to eat them... and when he had one in each hand he banged them together. OOPs, oh well ya can't make an omlette with out breaking a few eggs.

Well that's all the news from the Rockin R for now. I'll get this first post on the blog and officially be bloggers.

Jared