Puppy Update & Pictures Part 1

Puppy Update & Pictures Part 1

Hello all Some of you may know that we got a puppy recently. And if you didn’t, here is the announcement. Her name is Eowyn. She’s a full blooded AKC registered German Shepherd. We spent our first 5 hours with her in the car. We 

An Early Christmas Present   ❤

An Early Christmas Present ❤

Our kids have been hoping for a dog for about 16 years, or their whole life! 🙂 We always said we would get a dog when we got some property, because we didn’t want to have an inside dog & didn’t want the dog cooped 

What a Ride!

What a Ride!

Our kids have been wanting a dog for about 16+ years. Long story short, we finally said it’s time to take the plunge & make it happen, hoping for the puppies to be an early Christmas present. So we found one that seemed perfect, spent 

Extracting Honey

Extracting Honey

Lizzy has had bees for about 1 1/2 years now; this is her 2nd year extracting honey. We had one hive last year & have 2 hives this year. Her friend Sophia came over to visit & help.

Butchering Chickens

Butchering Chickens

**A note before you read further: I did try to be on the conservative side with a lot of these pictures & not show anything graphic, but there are pictures below, mostly of our kids.** Since we’ve been incubating eggs to try to increase our 

Preparing to Butcher Chickens

Preparing to Butcher Chickens

As we were getting ready to butcher chickens, we realized there is a lot of prep involved! We were blessed to have a friend who has butchered before come over & help us. That was such a blessing! He also told us what we needed 

Lizzy’s New Kitten

Lizzy’s New Kitten

For Lizzy’s birthday, we gave her a new pet collar so she could have a new kitten. Her cat died last year & unfortunately since the cats have to be on a pet collar (it’s like an invisible fence that keeps them within a certain 

Kittens 2.0

Kittens 2.0

We have 11 cuddly little kittens who will be looking for forever homes in a couple months (1 is reserved, so 10 are needing good homes). Next post we do we’ll have individual pictures of each kitten. 😊 We have 2 orange ones, 2 calico, 

New Kittens 1.0

New Kittens 1.0

We have 6 new kittens that were born this week! 😊😍 Our 2nd Mama cat is also due any day! Our kids are pretty happy. (We also have chicks that hatched yesterday & are still hatching…lots of fun to have all the babies!) ❤

Ducklings

Ducklings

When Lexa, Lizzy & I were in Rockford last week for appts (on Lizzy’s birthday!), we happened to see some baby Ducklings swimming in the ditch as we were driving up Perryville. We came back an hour later to take pictures. It was fun to