Peep Peep Moo Moo

We have lived in our new house for about 3 1/2 months now. I have recently come to realize something. Despite the distance the miles puts between me and most of my favorites such as In n Out, Costco, Ikea, I really love living on a farm. Not only do I have a lovely apple orchard out my front door, I also get to nourish, pet, and love a variety of animalkind.

Here is what calls our place "home":
                                                                                   2 of these. 1 black, 1 white

Several of These Kickin around:

We have a good handful  barnful of these uninvited quests:

we wouldn't mind them so much if they didn't make such 

a mess of everything or everyone below them. 

Who can forget an occasional one of these?

Here are our newest additions:

we have 5 of these "handsome Brutes" as Casey calls them. I told him

its because they take after their Uncle. 

Now, I have always wanted a rooster. Never really thought seriously of hens

until Casey decided to get some for eggs. We thought, why not? 

We now have 6  !  They are babies living in a box under a light on 

my kitchen counter. We have a coop coming, and dont worry, 

I WILL be getting a rooster.

Like their cute little corral I put them in while cleaning their box?

The girls Love them to peeps pieces. 

Maybe someday we will add a few bunnies to the mix. Or perhaps,

One of these?

How about this?

You never know. The Sky's the limit at our house!

Lilly

Our only event this week is one we wish wasnt happening. Our newest little niece Lilly, is in Primary CHildrens with rsv. She is 3 weeks old and came down with it early this week. She was in the hospital and kept getting worse and got so bad that they life flighted her to SL early Friday morning. They credit one nurse for recognizing how sick she was and saving her life by getting her sent up there. She has been on the verge of a collapsed lung but they are trying to get it drained. The update today is she has been very heavily sedated and in a drug induced paralyzed state so her little body can start to fight the virus. Hopefully she will  be able to start breathing on her own again. She has been very traumatized and her body hasn't been reacting well when she is woken up a bit. We pray for her constantly.