Fall is definitely in the AIR! We are busy dehydrating apples, making applesauce, and baking apple pies and apple crumbles. YUM! Have I said lately how I have the BEST kids in the world...well I do!What we're up to lately:
Sam was in a car accident a couple weeks ago (not her fault). Her head made a 4 inch indentation into the windshield, her chest and stomach hit the steering wheel, her knees hit the dash, and she broke her right arm just above the wrist. Miraculously, she is doing fine and has no major injuries. The doctors and nurses kept checking her over and over, exclaiming how lucky she was. We feel truly blessed and know that Heavenly Father was looking out for her. Sam is getting ready to take her SAT's soon. She turns 18 in ONE month! Where has the time gone?
Marlayna is a busy cook and helping tons with the apples. Her chickens are thriving and laying beautiful brown eggs. She is learning the guitar. She has always been talented in music and the guitar is proving to be another natural talent of hers. Reading is still a passion of hers and she is storming through several books a month, including difficult books like "Utopia". She is currently thinking about her college future and determining what will be best for her.
Christian is all boy and very active, always looking for something new to try out. He is also taking guitar and had already taught himself several things before the first class by researching online. He found this great website Free Guitar Lessons. His chickens are also laying eggs and he sold his rooster due to the midnight crowing we just couldn't get used to (I thought they only crowed during the day!) Christian recently bought himself a harmonica and has taught himself a couple of songs through Internet research there as well. He is very good at research! He can seriously teach himself almost anything by finding the right sources. That is how he taught himself basic HTML. That boy has a future in finding solutions to problems.
Mike and I have been adjusting to his extremely BUSY schedule. I hate how much he works and that he is out of town so much. I miss him a great deal. But, I know that this is the path we were supposed to take. I felt a reaffirmation about our decision to move here and take this job on Saturday as Mike and I left for our monthly date. So, I know we are on the right path and that the Lord is providing for us.
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I'm so glad to see you posting again. I'm so happy that your daughter is all right. Keep up the good work. You guys sound like you have fun and work hard.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear Sam is okay! How wonderful it is to know that we have a loving Father in Heaven watching over each of us! We are SO happy He protected her! I am excited to hear more about your brown eggs! Pete and I have talked about getting some chickens and we have a silly question or two. 1. Where do you buy chickens?
ReplyDelete2. Do you clean the eggs before you put them in your fridge, and if so, what with? 3. Do you literally get the eggs from the nest and put them right into your fridge??? You can tell what "newbie's" we are, to the world of keeping chickens! :0)
We buy our eggs from feed stores, usually in the Spring. The one nearest you that we like is Higley Feed. Their prices are pretty good. They can tell you when their next shipment of chicks will be. Or, you can check Craigslist. Sometimes people are selling pullets (laying hens) that are already laying for around $10 each.
ReplyDeleteWe typically wash our eggs with dish soap and put them into the fridge that day. I don't really know the "best" way to do it, but that is what we do.
I do know that you can leave them unrefrigerated for a while if you don't wash them. I don't know how long. We have never done it that way. Our first try with chickens we only had three Araucana's and they gave us over a dozen eggs a week.
I should say...we buy our chicks from feed stores in the Spring...we never hatched them from eggs.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
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