James & Carolanne

Hatching Chicks

As you may know, we have been homeschooling our kids. This year, as part of their learning experience, we are hatching chicks! Carolanne had found a good deal on a 2'nd hand incubator a few years ago, and this year we have some fuzzy little additions to our family. (at least for a little while... we have no plans to actually keep chickens) [caption id="attachment_2745" align="alignnone" width="400"] This is the first chick that hatched. Cute...

February Snow

I'm told (mostly by Carolanne) that I don't post enough pics of us and the kids, so here's some pics from our recent snowfall here in the 'Wack. [caption id="attachment_2170" align="alignnone" width="600"] Ben and Julia made snow angels[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2174" align="alignnone" width="450"] Julia working hard[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2169" align="alignnone" width="600"] Looks like they almost scraped the ground dry to make this guy.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2176" align="alignnone" width="450"] The snowman[/caption]  

Our puppy

Well, I have been meaning to post something on here about our new puppy we got in April of this year. She's around 4 months old now and her name is Cookie. She is a cross between a Cocker Spaniel and a King Charles Cavalier. She will be a medium size dog when full grown. She kind of looks like a mini Rusty. (That was our Golden Retriever dog we used to have that we...

Julia can now walk

Julia has known how to walk for a while now, but has chosen to scoot around instead on her knee till now. She is growing up. She is now walking around looking so proud of herself.  She is doing quite well and has had no little falls.