Baby Chicks

So after the loss of our hens we went to get some more and I knew he had just gotten some Americana's which lay blue and teal eggs. So we got 4 chicks 2 are Americana's and 2 are another breed that lay reddish brown eggs.

Our new chickys are 1 week old and in 3 weeks they get to go out to their fancy hen house that should be dog and predator proof.

SO after the loss of our hens we went to get some more and I knew he had just gotten some americanas which lay blue and teal eggs. So we got 4 chicks 2 are americanas and 2 are another breed that lay reddish brown eggs.

New Hen House

So the neighbor dog got to 4 of our hens this time. Luckily 2 survived but that posed the problem of having to immediately fix the hen house. Since he tore it apart pretty good we decided we would build a new and better one. One I can actually walk into. Here is a slide show of the whole family pitching in and helping build the hen house.

Snow Days

It finally snowed really good up here. We all had a lot of fun watching it but we didn't spend much time playing due to the wind.

Large Families

As I finished watching an episode of my favorite show "17 kids and counting" with the Duggar family I had an idea to search large families on the web. As I was searching I was reminded of all the comments people with more then 2 children hear. The comments tend to be negative at least in tone. And here I am praying for another child. I just can't imagine not having anymore little ones around. I thought to myself why do we as God's creation think it weird for one to want lots of children? Children truly are God's greatest gifts to us and to Himself. Think back to the seven days of creation. God made many things but only one was made in His image and only one had and has a relationship with Him. MAN! He made man in his image so He can have a relationship with man. He made everything else for man. So why am I, made of God's image that wants more children and already has three, looked upon as I am weird. Is it weird to want God's blessing? Is it weird to want to enjoy God's greatest gifts? Well all I have to say is this. I think everyone else is weird and I want all the gifts He has for me!

Chickens Take 2

For those of you that don't know we had got Bantam chickens in November but shortly after getting them our neighbor dog decided they were toys and well we don't have them anymore.

So after shoreing up the coop better we have decided to try again. This time we got egg laying hens and rosters. Here are some pictures of our new chicks. They are 4 weeks old.

Dave's 38th Birthday Weekend in Phoenix