Bear Butte - Sunsets and Fashion Accessories

Sunsets are always my favorite time of day.  I know I've said that before.  I'm normally not awake for the sunrises, but I'm sure I'd love them too.

These pictures are from June 8th.  The sunset that night was amazing.  I just couldn't catch the true color with my camera.

 Here it was starting to get darker and the colors were more vibrant. 

We don't have many trees around our place so seeing deer is a rare treat.

This picture was from June 10th.  I love how Bear Butte is always changing looks and uses the weather as fashion accessories. 

Home for Wayward Animals

We really are loving our chickens!!  These pictures were from June.

 Growing!  Little pigs.

 Boba Fett joined our Home for Wayward Animals.

He was blind and slow.  We have worked with him for the last couple of months.  He is now eating and drinking like a normal calf.  It took many, many hours of teaching him to suck on a nipple.  After he got the hang of that then we had to teach him how to find and eat pellets.  He is now eating grass and grain, but we are still feeding him milk three times a day as he was so small.  He is FINALLY gaining some weight and kicking up his heels like a calf.  God provided us with some meat (for free, thanks Pete) but we really have had to work for it.  He has gained back his sight, but still seems a bit slower than a normal calf.  He has an attitude as well.  When we play with him he will snort at us and then ignore us on purpose if he doesn't want to play anymore.  He's been known to turn his back on you if you are trying to get him to eat something he doesn't want at the moment.  We have enjoyed his temperament!

My favorite chick is the little black and white one just peeking its head out.

Stephen's Saga

Memorial Day Weekend was rough on Stephen.

First, on Friday, he tried to break the land speed record of a 90 degree turn on a sidewalk on a bike.  He failed.  He skinned up his cheek, ripped his pants and skinned his knee, and cut his upper lip a bit.

Second, on Monday, he had an unfortunate run in with a kayak paddle.  His own kayak paddle to be specific.  It was an honest-to-God accident.  No messing around - like boys usually do - just slipped and hit his face.  As a result, he chipped off a section of one of his front teeth.

We made up a story about how the dam pirates came out of nowhere and attacked him.  He fought bravely, but in the end was unsuccessful as they boarded his kayak.

He has since had a root canal and a repair job to make it look like before.  Sigh.  That was not in the budget.  Breaking land speed records and being boarded by dam pirates is outlawed at our house!!

Chicks!!

One of our new adventures this summer was raising a bunch of chicks for meat and eggs.  At our peak we had 180some chicks/chickens on the place.  The majority of the them are for meat.  These pictures are our first batch of chicks.

 There were many happy squeals with the little girls.

Bear Country, USA

 On May 18th we went with the homeschool group to Bear Country.

 We took along some extras and sent Rex and Stephen with Maria and her kids.

Thanks Levi and Kenzie for coming along with us.

 Good looking group of tidbit sized kids!

All of the cousins and Uncle Loman that went with our group that day.

Thanks, Uncle Paul, for the candy treats!