Here is a picture of Natalie sleeping with us when we had no AC. We put a little AC window unit in our room.
Poor thing..
I've stressed a few posts about paying cash for everything. We really try to watch where our pennies go (we are no means perfect and still have lots to learn and improve on). We both decided it would be financially better for me to work on July 4th. (Time in a half pay!) Kris supported what I wanted to do, whether work or not. The 4th was on a Monday, and the Friday before while siting in meetings, I felt so bad not spending a Holiday with my daughter. Family time and making memories is more important than making that extra Holiday pay. I'm so glad I decided to take a 3 day weekend for my family. We celebrated by having some nice dinners, one night kris cooked Duck, and on the 4th, we grilled and I made an American Flag Jello Cake. Mmmm
We took Natalie to see some fireworks. She was stir crazy and wanted to run around until the fireworks started. She loved it, can you tell?
That little girl just melts my heart! Our ducks started laying eggs and we decided to try to incubate them. We were successful. Our hatch rate was 80% and 1 chick died leaving us at a 75% live rate. Not too bad!
Natalie loved the baby ducks! She wants to touch them and pick them up.
Our latest adventure, Kris ran across some FREE roosters. Now this is HIS deal, he picked up the roosters and yesterday we (errr Kris and a friend) planned on butchering and processing 10 roosters and 5 ducks. Kris got a "wild hair" (I learned that phrase while living in MO!) to build a chicken/duck plucker machine thing. His very last screw to finish it off, he drilled a drill bit through his thumb and out his fingernail. So yesterday afternoon instead of processing chickens, we were at urgent care getting x-rays and doped up on pain medication. His thumb should be fine, ya know after the nail falls off and a new one comes back in. Ugh. But none the less, Natalie is enjoying the roosters.
We are now up to 5 different chicken coops, bird pens, chick pens, etc. How did we turn in to a poultry farm?
My last post, I mentioned we purchased 3 Pygmy Goats. We got them off of craigslist to help keep the brush on the back hill down, and maybe eat up the brush along the creek. I don't know if we'll keep them "long term" or just until they "get the job done". It's another animal that Natalie enjoys, and she can now say "Goat". She is such a farm/animal girl. I think her first word was "Duck". (Before mama or dada)
I tried taking pictures of the goats. It was getting dark so, it's not great.
Meet Billy:
Annie:
And Neo:
Last but not least, Natalie doing her favorite thing outside, playing with rocks:
I love that she LOVES to be outside, and is entertained by the simplest things. She is now 18 months old. I was talking with Kris tonight about what her 2 year birthday party theme should be. I'm thinking a barnyard cowgirl theme! Other than VeggieTales (her theme for 1 year), being outside with the animals is her favorite thing. Now to convince my in-laws to let me turn their garage into a mini-petting zoo for the kids. (Natalie was born January 1st, no outdoor party for her) I'm thinking a pen in the garage for a baby goat, maybe rent some rabbits, other little barn yard animals?!? They are going to KILL ME!
If you've made it to the end, congrats! This is what our Summer is shaping up to be at Goat Creek!
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