A day at the Fair

Here are three of my cuties at the fair.  Jacob wouldn't stick his head through the holes for his picture..mubbling something about it not getting on facebook...oh to be 13...

Some bad pictures of the rides. 

And last but not least Jacob with his huge plate of curly fries with Bacon and cheese....mmmmmm

Sorry it's sideways.  No time to fix it...Goodnight.

A Girl and Her New Looks...

Maggie and I had fun today.  We had to buy boy clothes too, but they are easy...I like that shirt get me one in each color...these jeans fit I'll take three.  So Boring!!!  Girls are much more fun to shop with and try on clothes.  Here are some new outfits we got for school.

Sewing...My first attempt.

I made Maggie this little skirt for school.  It came out pretty well.  She likes it.  I don't know if I will ever progress past simple skirts, but it was fun to make.    Here is some pictures of it completed.

Eggs Eggs Eggs

We got two double yokers the other day.  Yesterday we got 7 eggs.  Not bad for 12 chickens. 

Curtism

Me...  Will you help me clean the bathroom?

Curt... To clean that bathroom  you would need a blowtorch and a sledgehammer!

Nesting Boxes and Eggs!

Here is some pictures of the girls.  Curtis took most of them so some may be blurry.  Sorry.  We are getting a few eggs a day.  Steve got the nesting box together today and we had an egg in there tonight when we checked on them before bed.

They are so curious.  They were all anxious to see what it was. 

Yummy goodness!

Curt's First Sewing Project

Curtis is so proud of his bag he made.  He is going to enter it in the fair.

So cute!

Girl vs. Boys

When it comes to being tidy my boys are lacking some sort of gene.  Maggie has her moments but overall is light years ahead of the boys in the cleaning department.  She dragged me upstairs to show me she refolded her clothes and organized her closet (for fun) .  So of course I had to take a picture and then for fun and without warning (not that they would care) we took pictures of the boys closets. 

Maggie's closet.

Curt's closet.

Doug's closet. 

Jacob's closet.

Apparently there is some sort of substance on the shelves of their closets that makes all the clothes slip off and fall into big piles on the floor.  How many times do you think I have washed clean clothes?  I tell them to clean up the room and all the sudden I have 40 loads of laundry. 

Garden Delights

The garden is starting to shine.  The squash and cucumbers are coming on strong...the corn and tomatoes are soon to follow.  Mom you are going to be here for prime corn season ( unless we eat it all first...better hurry)

We also got a surprise when we fed the chickens today!  Eggs!!!!!

We are having a bit of everything for lunch!

4-H Style Review 2010

Here are some pictures of the 4-H Style Review.  Jacob won in his category and is going to the state fair to compete with his outfit.  Doug took 3rd and Maggie took 3rd.  Other family news...my niece Rachel won her category and Champion of Champions.  My other niece Caroline won her category, my nephews Jack and Garrett won their categories.  So they are all going to the State Fair too.  So exciting!

All the winners!

Close up of Jacob's outfit.

Jacob in the line up!

Doug modeling...needs to look up...

Maggie..so cute!

announcement of winners.  She took 3rd.

Garrett my nephew.  Took 1st.

Rachel my niece took 1st and Champion of Champions!

Caroline my niece is in the pokadot shirt and Jack my nephew is the one with the camo shirt.  Everyone did quite well. 

Time to start planning next year!!!

blueberries and dinner

Here is one picking of our blueberry bushes.  I am sure they are ready for picking again...we are working on freezing them for now.  We will probably make some blueberry jam or jelly in the fall.  They are so yummy.

Here is Yummy squash for dinner...Curt was a great help.  Everyone likes it except Maggie...no surprise there.

MMMMMMmmmmmmm Summer Foods

Here is Steve's yummy macaroni salad...it was mmm mmm good!  He wanted me to take a picture. :) It tasted as good as it looked.