Look what Rosie got!!!!

So, what do you do when your little girl turns 12 and she's wanted a horse all her life!?! You buy her a miniature horse ... AND THEN... you bring it home in your van!!!! I'll post better pictures soon but come on! I HAD A HORSE A GOAT AND 5 RABBITS IN MY VAN!!!! I HAD TO POST THIS ONE FAST! His nae is Dreamer and he is a 4 month old miniature horse... NOT A PONY!
PS... The Goat is MINE!!! I really have always wanted one! Her name is Lola! I LOVE HER!!!!!

Okay so this isn't all of the fair stuff that's been going on... But I had to ge tsomething up! Here's the line up...

Rose:

Photography poster - purple

Fine arts - drawing of a horse - blue

Arts and Crafts - wreath - bluetie dye pillow case - blue

Rabbit club - educational poster - blue

photograph purple award and honorable mention

showmanship - blue ribbon

Flemish Giant - Best of Breed & Over al single category - 1st pick

Poultry - buff orpington pullet - blue

barred Rock cockerel - blue

barred rock pullet - bluefawn

pekin duck - blue

Sarah:

Fine Arts - charcoal pastel of blue whales - blue ribbon, purple ribbon

Arts and Crafts - wreath - blue

tie dye pillowcase - blue

Rabbit club - educational poster - blue

ribboncharcoal drawing of rabbit with basket - blue

showman ship - red ribbon

Mini lop - 2nd place in variety

Poultry - barred Rock pullet - blue

buff orpington pullet - blue

fawn peking duck - blue

Jabyn:

Cats - cat care poster - blue Ribbon and SELECTED FOR STATE

poultry - buff oprington pullet - blu ribbon

arts and crafts - tiedie pillow case - blue

arts and crafts - wreath - blue

Poultry - buff orpington pullet - blue

Poultry - Barred Rock pullet - blue

Poultry - buff pekin duck - blue

Ammon:

rocketry - Model rocket - blue ribbon

Entomology - shadow box - blue ribbon, reserve grand champion

arts and crafts - tie die pillow case - blue ribbon

Poultry - Turkey - blue

Poultry - buff pekin duck - blue

poultry - barred rock pullet - blue

poultry - barred rock cockerell - blue

poultry - buff orpington pullet - blue

Malachi:

bug project - blue

pillow case - blue

model rocket - blue

Pekin duck - blue

All in all, It was a super fun week. I had no idea the work that goes into each of the projects. I'm so proud of all the kids!

Why I DONT normally do "projects" while John's not around...

I was trying to get a lot of much needed stuff done around the house today... you know, sorting storage and switching clothing... that kind of stuff.

Here is a list of all the things that happened while I was trying to do that...

• The dog got up ON TOP of the kitchen counter to get to the bag of cat food that I was trying to keep safe!
• Maggie let two of the inside rabbits out of their cages! (luckily they were both males!)
• Ammon (trying to help) thought he would clean the bathroom with BLEACH!!!!
• Hannah (trying to help) tried to wash some dishes and soaked the floor!!!!!
• Malachi brought an "old" wasps' nest in the house to show me... THAT STILL HAD WASPS IN IT!!!

At this point, the only child (or dog for that matter) that isn't grounded for the rest of their lives is Abbie... but the night's still young!

Our Bunnies @ 10 days old!

It's that time again...

Please ignore all the painful looks in this picture! All of my kids were actually thrilled when I was taking the picture but my neon green shirt was reflecting the sun. Poor Gabie had REAL tears coming from his eyes by the time we were done!!! They were all so excited to be helping me pick from the garden they could barely stand still for the picture! Abbie's zucchini weighed just about as much as she does! guess what's for dinner!!!

Bunnies! 10 days old!

Here are our baby bunnies at 10 days old! They are so stinkin' cute I just wanna squish 'em!!!! All of them have their eyes open and they are hopping around like little pieces of pop corn! It's so cute to see their little heads pop up out of nowhere! Love them!

Ammon with Penguin!

Malachi With Oreo

Gabriel With Zorro

Hannah With Spot

Maggie helping me hold Ying-Yang

That's my boy!

I have often said that you will never here a sentence come out of Gabie's mouth that does not end in an exclamation point! He is a super fun ball of energy!

Today he walks up to me while I'm trying to assemble a wheelbarrow. This is how the conversation went:

Gabriel: "Mommy... Mommy...Mommy..."
Me: "Yes Gabie"
Gabriel: "I know we're NOT supposed to say fart buuut... I have something to tell you!"
Me: (assuming he was about to tell on someone, and QUITE annoyed with the stupid wheelbarrow) What Gabie John?
Gabriel: The farts that you can hear... They feel the best!

In truth, I've never thought about it before. Good to know...(sigh)

*Sorry bout the weird lay out but for whatever reason my computer decided that this is the way my post will look!*

So have you...

ever had one of those mornings when you're running late for a doctors appointment (that you KNEW you should have set the alarm for) and then you suddenly realize that you might be out of underwear because you're so behind in laundry. So you're running back and forth (in nothing but a towel, I might add) from the laundry area to the bedroom, praying that your darling husband might have mixed some of your unmentionables with some of his work clothes. Only to trip over the very basket you had just been searching through... falling flat on your face...sending your towel flying... all the while being sung a song (specially written by your two-yr -old) with the lyrics "Mommy haba nakey butt, Mommy haba nakey butt!"?

Ya... Me either!

Baby Bunnies...

As most of you know, Juliet had her babies last Sunday. She had 7 but only five survived. Today, they are one week old! They don't have their eyes open yet but that isn't due to happen for a few more days.

Their Ears were laying back on their head at first but just today they have started flopping around when you pick them up. Soooo CUTE!!!!

After the Rain...

Our ducks don't like the pool we have for them! They have recently commandeered the dogs' 3-gallon water dish. It's quite funny to watch them scare the 65+ pound dogs away and lay in their bowl! But that's not what these pictures are of obviously. It rained last night. I mean it POURED!!!! It caused a huge puddle near the barn and the ducks have been playing and quacking all morning long! It just cracks me up!