17 Days Old

This is Moose. He has been chosen to be pampered and spoiled and well cared for by one of the most wonderful young women in the world. He is already named Moose and he has absolutely No idea what is in his future........lol!

Our Babies

We held our breaths in anxious anticipation. We counted the days on the calendar. We waited and we pampered the oblivious mother. Finally, they arrived, and we love them.

This picture is taken within an hour of birth. Poor Abigail was so exhausted. It had been a long night for her. Her life has changed. I recognize the weeriness in her eyes. I have looked in the mirror on several occasions and seen the very same look! She is a wonderful momma. We are so proud of her. As much as I love her puppies, there simply is not another Abby as far as I am concerned.........

Christmas Vacation

Random Pictures of Our Life

We have had so much fun fishing lately. Making lots of wonderful memories.

Life With Chickens

Since we decided to bring home MANY chickens it has seemed like our life has revolved around them. We hope the payoff will be worth it in the end.  The coop is ready and now home to almost all of our little chickies. (Thanks to the hard work of my wonderful husband.) We are all exhausted, but honestly it is always fun taking on projects together. I love that Mal is outside all day right in the middle of it all with us.  Plus, it gives me the opportunity to take some great pics of my favorite subject...... like this one.

Chickens, Chicks and Ducks oh My!!

Our babies, so cute. They went from this,

and this....



to this. They have grown so much and now demand larger accomadations.

The ducklings are sweet little babies. So fun.

March 2011 Snowmobile Trip

Happy Birthday Morgan!!

I love Her, Moustache and All

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

A certain young man in our household has a birthday next week. Red Velvet is one of his favorite cakes. We decided to put a bit of a spin on it this year. Hope he likes them......

You Say It's Your Anniversary??

Cake Balls

"Mmmmm"..... red velvet cake balls.

Mal is such a big helper in the kitchen. I believe I have mentioned this once or twice. She also has some pretty good ideas. She suggested we leave some of them undipped and keep them in the freezer. Bingo! They are now our new favorite dessert, or mid afternoon treat or "hey, I'm passing by the freezer I think I will have a cake ball" reward to self. The texture is great, yummy and addictive and for some reason the frozen concoction makes the box mix taste practically homemade. Mal even suggested making them into ice cream sandwiches. Genius!

Gymnastics

My big girl after gymnastics. She has moved up another level. She is a head standing, hand standing, cart wheeling, round off sticking kind of a girl. I mean aaallll daaaaay long.....

Typical Saturday

Together Mal and I made......

Spicy Roasted Chickpeas(yum)

Naan

Pasta with white sauce and sauted spinache and mushrooms (per Mal's request)

Baked cheesecake with blueberry,strawberry and peaches

and puppy biscuits for the four legged members of our family. Mal requested we make smaller ones next time as well so she doesn't have to break them up for the kittens lol

and we played.

Today(sunday) we will be eating salad, just salad.