Meet the Family (continued)

Well, here are the newest members of our family, baby chicks.

We only got them 3 weeks ago. They originally were making their home in a box in the kitchen where we are able to plug in the heat lamp for warmth. After about a week of that my kitchen began to smell like chicks so we decided it was time to relocate them to the small chicken coop! They now have a larger area to run around in and spread their wings.

On the sad side we did loose one chicken. Apparently there was a little hole in the chicken wire and when my brother-in-law came by to visit he notice 2 of the chicks outside of the coop. We did a little chasing and catching of chicks (those little gals are a lot faster than one would expect) and when we recounted we were missing one. We looked around but were unsuccessful at finding her so now we are down to 9 chicks. We have fixed the hole so things look better for them. I do have to say that they have grown incredibly fast.

Here is the most update picture I have!!!

They are starting to look more like hens than chicks!!!

Meet the Family (Continued)

Jasper…the mule. Though he maybe a mule genetically he looks more horse than anything. He really is a beauty. The only downside of Jasper is he is very scared. He prefers females but even then he doesn’t feel comfortable if the person isn’t in front of him. My DH and my desire is to get him to the point where he can be ridden. That will probably take a while but I figure if I spend sometime with he every day he’ll start to get use to me and we can make some progress that way.
Here Jasper…want a carrot?!

Meet the Family

Let me take the next couple of days to introduce you to the additional members of my DH and my family. When I met my DH he already had two additional members of his family and when I married him they became members of my family.

Meet Monk….Monk is a sweet face donkey who is somewhat scared of women and kids but once he warms up to them he is fine. He and I have actually hit it off well (I’m sure the carrot I give him every morning has something to do with that!) Since coming back from our honeymoon I have tried to go out in the pasture with him, halter, and groom him. My goal is to get him comfortable with me and not be so skittish. Now that we have spent more time together when I’m in the corral he will follow me around like a dog. Pretty cute!!!

Very Thoughtful

I have to say I think I have an absolutely wonderful husband. Now I know that I'm somewhat bias but I know that there are many around that know him that would agree!

This is just a small example of his thoughtfulness. I had been a little down on Friday. With so many changes (getting married, moving etc.) it shouldn't be to big of a surprise. When talking on the phone during the day with my DH, he was very good at reminding me that it is going to be a process. Fast forward to Saturday afternoon. DH and I had been working on cleaning out the basement and getting the trash ready for the dump. I needed to use the restroom so I ran inside to the bathroom and look what I found there!!

My dear, sweet husband surprised me with some flowers and kisses! He is such a wonderfully thoughtful guy and very creative! (I'm not saying that my DH has to do these types of things to be a wonderful guy-He already is a wonderful guy-it's just a little something that he did that proved to me even more his wonderfulness!) I am sure blessed to have him as my husband!!

Moving

Man, there is a lot more to moving than meets the eye. I, who has never moved before, have found it to be more work than I thought. First of all I'm glad that I only had my bedroom and classroom to pack. I really can't imagine packing up an entire house (2-3 bedrooms, family room, kitchen etc.)

I was very fortunate and blessed as my sweet family drove the moving truck with all my stuff in it up to my DH and my new home. I really didn’t think I had that much stuff but once you added everything from my bedroom, classroom, and wedding presents there was a lot of stuff. My kind brothers-in-law along with my family helped unload the truck and the comment I heard from them was... “This is all YOUR stuff.” Yep, I’m almost embarrassed to admit it!

Now that everything has been unloaded the next step is to put it into the correct rooms and than from there unpack and organize. That is what I have been doing for the past week. With my mom and sisters help I was able to get most of the kitchen unpacked and organized the day my stuff arrived (Thank you so much mum and sisses. It sure makes cooking dinner a whole lot easier). The area I have been most recently attacking is the guest room. I am happy to say that you can now see most of the floor. Not because I’ve unpacked all the stuff but I have been able to reorganize it and fit most of the boxes in the closet. It is such a relief to have that stuff put away and to see the guest room beginning to take shape.

Even with all the work that it has been to move and unpack I can say I have enjoyed putting stuff away and establishing our new home. There is something about it that makes one feel more settled and I have to say I’m finding great pleasure it making our house a home.

Off to unpack some more boxes!!!!!