Baking fresh bread. We bought a bunch of flax seed, millet & rye for our food storage, and so I put a mixture of the three, along with wheat in my mill, and ground them all together. It made the most delicious bread!
The Pussy Willows are now brightly colored and in full bloom...it's only a matter of days until they are swarming with millions of bees...
Morning Chores. Actually, I had them doing other chores, but when Kate saw me scrubbing the grout lines in the kitchen, she thought it looked like fun...
Soon, Lily joined in, and eventually, they older two. They had the grout clean in no time!
We've been spending a lot of time outside in the beautiful spring weather...
The kids like to take their barn and farm animals outside to play...
Even though there are two swings on the swingset, Lily and Kate always fight over who gets the one particular swing. After a long argument, and plenty of whining, they finally decided that they could both swing on it together...
Trucks have been busy hauling grain to the mill...
our wild turkeys have starting laying eggs and nesting...the kids are watching the nests every day to see the egg numbers rising. Grandpa Barry informed the kids that their turkeys had a nest they didn't know about. One female has been sitting on her eggs that she laid in back of one of the farm trucks!
Our new tractors have been arriving. We've gone GREEN again. David found the technology that RED tractors don't offer yet...
We got a couple of new ducks. A pesky skunk devoured our flock last year, and Grace has been heart broken ever since.
June is obsessed with the ducks...she can't stand herself when the ducks are out.
Farming Season has officially begun. David has been busy planting spring wheat and marking rows for our potato crops. Shelby, the kids and I even went to the field for a picnic...
AND...we sent off our registration for the National Fiddle Contest!!! I have three entrants this year! Grace, Russ & Kate all plan on entering!!! We're so excited!
Thanks Teri!
Sherelle Christensen
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Posted by: SherelleChristensen | April 06, 2012 at 08:43 PM
Love all the photos, but I have to confess I'm a nerd when it comes to fonts, so I was most thrilled with your amazing handwriting on the envelope. ;-)
Posted by: Teri | April 06, 2012 at 06:48 PM
Hi Sherelle, just love your site. I am a farming Mumma too with three littlies. We are dairy farming and our beautiful summer is over and we are now in gorgeous Autumn! We are preparing for calving time soon and we finally get to go on holiday! Love your pics, I too am a photographer, by trade.
Posted by: Sheryl Campbell | April 06, 2012 at 04:16 PM
Love the pics! As usual, you never disappoint! :-) That bread sounds yummy! Care to share the recipe?
Posted by: Pamela K. | April 06, 2012 at 12:08 PM
Beautiful pictures, Sherelle!!
Posted by: Danielle Flanders | April 05, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Boo on the GREEN tractors ;) - but YEA on the animals and spring weather!
Posted by: Robyn Longhurst | April 04, 2012 at 10:45 PM
I absolutely LOVE all these pictures!!! ALL OF THEM!!!! Your kids are blessed beyond words with the lifestyle they have. God bless your beautiful family ;)
Dayami
Posted by: Dayami Lauzurique | April 04, 2012 at 10:13 PM