willard

June 2nd was my dad's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! Did you know that I have the greatest dad in the world? He is by far the most amazing person I know. He has overcome so much in his life and has kept a positive attitude while doing it. He is kind, gentle, thoughtful, protective, supportive, funny, and simply wonderful! I feel so grateful to have such an amazing relationship with him. He never misses a beat when it comes to my life and he is by far, my biggest fan.

I am a little early but Happy Father's Day to him too! I don't think he ever missed one sports event, music performance, or dance recital. He makes everyone around him feel as if they are the very most important person. I love him with all of my heart.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY & FATHER'S DAY POPS!

here's the scoop

tony built a chicken coop! How cute is this? The chickens have gotten much too large for the little coop we had in the garage and so Tony made a home depot run (or ten) and built this beauty. One of the major bonuses of this coop is that this part of the yard was once full and weeds and was quite an eye sore..now we have this darling thing taking up the space. I am constantly amazed by tony's talent for building. This coop was built from scratch with absolutely no guides or instructions... he just did it. GO TONY!



The chickens couldn't be happier. They have all the space they need to roam around and lay eggs (hopefully soon!). They are getting so big...I would post a pic but this is not a chicken blog and I feel like that is all I have posted about lately. I swear we have lives outside of farming.

whittle

Happy Birthday to my cute sister Whit! I got to spend time with her on her special day by going on a little lunch date. Whit is amazing. She is always so positive and happy no matter what! She is the hardest worker I know and is so unselfish. I love this curly headed friend of mine more than you could ever know! Happy Birthday!!

chicks and things

the kiddos came up to see the chickies last night. the chicks have like doubled in size! they are getting so big. their feet make me a little nervous and tony thinks its hilarious that i get kinda scared. they barely let us hold them anymore and they are even starting to get feathers. the chicks LOVED chayce. they were climbing all over her and she didnt know quite what to do. she is just barely learning to sit and so 2 seconds after i took this picture she started to tip backwards and landed on two of the chicks. too funny.

tait and addie love these little babies. they thought it was pretty cool that the chicks would eat straight out of their hands.

my husband is quite the engineer (even before the schooling). He of course just had all these supplies lying around in the garage and he ingeniously came up with this idea for a little makeshift chicken coop. pretty good right? the chicks have definitely outgrown their laundry basket and our guest bedroom was starting to be a bit smelly so we moved them out to the garage. they are lovin it out there but whenever trapper comes in they all huddle together in the corner. (who would have thought that tony and i would have chickens? so strange haha)

side note: i had mentioned to tony a while ago that i needed a rain jacket. he brought this home for me one day randomly. isnt it darling? dont mind the awkward pic but i seriously love the jacket. such a fun surprise.

say hello

to the most delicious cereal you will EVER taste. I discovered it about 2 weeks ago and have been through too many boxes already. It is the perfect way to start my day. ps...did you know it has been 3 1/2 weeks since I have had one of these? This is a pretty big deal for me!

surprise!

today tony brought these darling little chickies home. they are the newest addition to our little family. are they not the cutest things you have ever seen? sue sylvester, lulu, belle, and goldie locks are their names. I cannot get enough of them.

such cute little friends they will be. we got the idea from the two families that I nanny for. they both have chickens and tony thought it was just brilliant. once they get bigger they will each lay about 1 egg a day. I seriously love them so much already!

ps. did anyone else cry their eyes out on glee last night? loved every minute

lately...

This was at the Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival...you have never seen so many beautiful flowers in your life! It was a lovely sunny day and I just loved spending it with my mom. (this pic didn't load all the way so sorry about the ghetto gray line) A couple weeks ago all of my aunts and cousins had a little girls night. I am not the craftiest of crafty but we decided to make these darling birthday banners. It was a super simple project and ended up being so fun. This pic does not do it justice (kinda looks like an oversized necklace) but it really is cute in real life. It has been hanging in our bay window since I made it...despite the fact that there have been no birthdays at our house.

Last night my sister in law and I went to see this FABULOUS movie while Tony and our friend Chris saw Thor in 3D. We were smiling/laughing the entire time because it was such a great movie. After we got smart cookie which was delish...we will definitely be going back to both the movie and smart cookie.

I will be the first to admit that I have never been too great at yard work. I was the youngest child and let's just say I managed to get out of yard work most saturdays. Now that we are living in a house, yard work is imperative! The other day I got out there are weeded, tilled, etc. It was actually way fun! I got pretty into it and almost had to force myself to stop. (now our garden looks MUCH better)

One of the more exciting things that has happened lately is the end of the semester! Finals were pretty horrid this semester and I am so happy to be done! I have been going to school for 5 semesters straight and so the summer off will be a much needed break before I dive into nursing school.