September:
September was a lot of fun, and we filled almost every weekend with fishing! We live next to a little river and we decided to find a good spot and fish it. We had fun, until Nathaniel fell in the river, he didn't get hurt it just scared him. He was more concerned about his fishing pole that was in the river, then himself being all wet. Where he fell in, it was shallow and he was able to stand up immediately and there was really no current. We did learn the importance of having steal leaders and a fishing net when you fish on the river! We did catch some fish, but they snapped the line with their teeth. We did try catfishing, but it was a bust, and it was fun!! Looking forward to next spring and summer to try it again. For my birthday I wanted to go fishing, and it turned out to be a very warm day too!!We had a little pizza party on the river fishing! I caught a fish, but before we could get it in the net my line broke. Then a little while later Kevin caught that same fish and it still had my hook in his mouth!! It was a fun day fishing and exploring the river!
Biggest fish we caught!
Jacqueline had fun fishing!
Nathaniel had more fun playing in the river then fishing
He was searching for empty clam shells
October:
We learned the importance of having electricity in the chicken coop! It took us two weeks to get the underground wire in and hooked up. The easy part was using the tractor to dig a a line all the way to the chicken coop, the hardest part was using a pick-ax to dig through two levels of cement just to get close to the coop. Once it was hooked up the chickens all sat under the light! I knew they needed light, but didn't really know the importance. I do know! And they love the light!
October 10 was the opening weekend of pheasant hunting and Kevin gave it a try this year, and he enjoyed it! We all went out together one day and had a blast! It is fun, and I am going to try it next year! We also tried it for the first time too. I did have to a little research on how to cook it. Its a little drier then chicken but tastes good!!
This is after we put the line in the ground, starting at the little shop all the way to the coop, and got it covered up again.
Next to the coop, all of it was cement.
Inside
We found out that these lights are not a fan of the low teens or single digits, it either doesn't turn on at 4 a.m. but later in the day, or it just doesn't turn on at all.
All content, 'light bathing!'
Added some decorations for the chickens!
Got one!!
November:
The upstairs is finally ready for the kids to be moved up there! Jacqueline's room is mostly painted, a bright dark purple and a light (almost white) pink. I still have to do all the details, the corners, trim along the ceiling and the bottom. I haven't gotten to Nathaniel's room yet to paint, but I do have the paint. It will be a light green and either a brown or a blue. Both kids love having their own room, and they are both doing a fairly good job at keeping it clean. I don't have pictures yet, but I will when I get them complete! The bed room (the one the kids shared) is now the office/spare room. The computer is no longer in the living room and it makes the living room look bigger too!!
Deer season opened the first weekend of November, we did go out, but didn't get anything. Kevin got his on Friday the 13th, right in the wheat field by the house! It was Kevin's first whitetail deer! I got mine two days later! The kids where with us and where just as excited as me that I got my first deer! This was the first year that we didn't take the deer to the butcher, we did all the cutting and processing ourselves! It was a lot of work but it was worth it. We got more meat out of the deer then we would have if we had the butcher do it. And we wasted less then they do too.
Kevin's whitetail buck!
My muley buck!
December:
For the Christmas concert at school, both kids sang in it! It was the first year that the preschool sang in the concert. Nathaniel didn't sing, but stood with his class really good and had fun! Jacqueline did really good singing with her class! She practiced at home for weeks before the concert that I knew almost all the words by concert time!
So far this winter I have been dealing with frostbite and pneumonia with the chickens. The frostbite is minimal and there is not much I can do to prevent it, or so I've read. After Dad helped with mentioning what medicine to get, the pneumonia is almost all cleared up. Most of the California Whites were sick and quit laying but they are starting to lay again and are even acting themselves too!
Christmas was a lot of fun, full of family (Josh we missed you!) good times, great laughs and yummy yummy food! Kids got clothes and things for their rooms, which they are very happy about! Kevin got me a gift that, we as a family are going to enjoy, a puppy!! She is 15 weeks old, a heeler and husky cross! I named her Diamond! She is the most energetic and lovable puppy ever!!
Jacqueline at her concert!
Nathaniel at his concert!
We dressed up Kelo for Christmas!
Diamond!
She has one of each eye!
Earlier this year our Church bought a building, an old Church that needed a lot of work, and all through out the year it was gutted out and fixed up. It still needs a lot of work on the inside and is still a 'construction zone'. But as the Pastor said "The sanctuary, the heart of the building, is almost complete and ready for us to move in!" And we did move in and had the first service on the 20th!! It really does look beautiful on the inside!! No more services at the theater!!
I hope that you all had a great Christmas and will have a wonderful New Year!!!
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