:: On a hike with the Murrays (some of them were off exploring!)
:: Jana getting really friendly with a salamander
:: We tried shishkabobs for dinner, it worked quite well and was fun and yummy!
:: And it was Kerilynn's birthday! So we had cake.
:: Opening presents - A cute skirt!
:: The yummy buffet line at the Sheep OHSU extension class this afternoon at SuDan Farms.
:: Marguerite, the bantam hen, hatched a bunch of little chicks today. I forgot to count how many, but they are now happily settled into a wading pool in the garage.
:: Enjoying wildflowers on a run this morning with Hadley A., Tyler and Jacob
:: The view for a moment... if we (and maybe our neighbors) cut down all of our trees on the hillside this could be our view too..
:: Laundry on the line
:: Hadley & Kerrilynn A. weeding!
:: Enjoying the fruits of Andrew's weedwacking
:: Ryan A. & Daniel working on mortaring bricks
:: Delicious cherries that Jana brought to bible study
:: Sara Jane's fantastic Bridal Shower
:: What else? Some woodworking, coming home from bible study to a bunch of sad Ayers who had found out that the house stuff is getting further delayed :( , enjoying having Jana & Christine and Sam & Julie over for dinner, and thankful for brothers (and Sam and Ryan!) who did my farm chores for me!
:: A playmobile cup I discovered in Scott's tools
:: Moving the sheep
:: Misty the kitty and Brownie the cow checking each other out
:: What else? Woodworking, Jacob to piano lessons, more woodworking, making brownies with Jacob, continuing to re/watch season 1 of Leverage with Mums and Susan A.
:: Beautiful coloring of the artichokes before they got cooked for dinner
:: My view from the pasture walking back from evening chores
:: What else? Feeling much better thanks to staying home from church on Sunday and sleeping in until 9:30 this morning, enjoying having (almost) all the Ayers* here! - Kerrilynn made pancakes for breakfast, and then throughout the day, Daniel & Ryan worked on mortaring the patio brickwork, cleaned up lunch, helped dump barrels, and worked in the barn, Andrew and Jacob worked on the processing trailer, weed wacking, fencing and organizing the barn, Hadley and Kerrilynn weeded for an amazingly long timer and helped with the barn. It was really great to have so much help! I worked on getting the electric fencing wires repaired around the pastures. And then Hadley and Susan made a cake for dessert tonight. I could get used to this. :)
*The Ayers are good friends of ours who are "attempting" to move to Bend, three hours away. However, the bank/loan co./? has majorly mismanaged the paper work of the buyer of the old home. and of course the Ayers can't officially close the deal on their new house until the old house is settled. And, they didn't find out that everything was incredibly behind until the day they were loading the truck (almost two weeks ago) as they were getting lied to by a loan employee. So, we get the pleasure of them staying with us until everything gets sorted out. Which God willing, should happen by the end of the week!
:: Giving Brownie and Moozer their evening feeding
:: What else? Taking it easy since I came down with a nasty chest cold, woodworking with my new plunging router :)
:: Eating lunch near Llyod center with Mom and Jacob. And wishing we had planned our day in advance differently so we could have gone to the homeschool conference!
:: 2 & 3 Topaz playing with my hoopskirt laying on the rocking chair
:: What else? Mostly the day was spent up in Portland. Got some new pajamas! I haven't had a "matched set" in eons. I feel special. :) Moved the sheep fencing in the orchard. I'm experimenting with Mob Stocking. I'd like to try and do it in some of the fields we are not haying this year. Hopefully the sheep will cooperate. Right now I'm getting them used to the idea of portable electric fencing.
:: Picking strawberries with Amanda and her kiddos and Andrew, Daniel & Ryan
:: A sweet moment between Lucy and Esther. Lucy was making sure that Esther didn't get lost on the way back!
:: And what else? A picnic lunch back at the house with Amanda & co., a nap, errands in Molalla, watching Pink Panther
:: The boys goofing off when we went out to admire the sunset... which was much redder than in the picture!
:: What else? A productive morning of farming, cleaning up the pastures, winding hoses, weedwacking, some of the Ayers arriving (poor Ayers, their move to Bend has gotten incredibly complicated due to a bank error, so they have another week until they can move in!), making strawberry jam
