We're still 7 days away from Christmas Eve, but the excitement of the season has been in full force already this month....
First up, Ethan got some much needed church clothes as an early Christmas gift from Grandma.
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| What a stud! |
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| We're blessed with beautiful kids |
Then of course comes the family tradition of getting our Christmas tree for family home evening after Thanksgiving Day. The kids were right on top of me making sure we picked out the best one, and that I got it home safe. Here's some shots of us getting it decorated.
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| Let's be honest...sometimes the best help from the boys is no help at all! :) |
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| The two ladies who really make it all happen for our family |
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| Kate making sure the final touch is just right |
Then, just when we thought Christmas was coming too quickly, our present from my brother Benjamin came early....chickens!! Yep, you read that right, 9 healthy laying hens are now a part of our family. We had been talking about it for some time, and apparently the time for talk to end and action begin arrived. We've had them a week now, so they're settling in to their new home. We get 5-6 eggs a day, so we certainly can't complain. Ginger loves to try and escape, but what's life without some fun and excitement, right?! :)
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| Getting the fence up Fri night...Kate was right there with us |
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| Introducing them to their new home for the first time. They were surprisingly mild after being boxed up for 5-6 hours |
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| Amazingly enough one of them actually laid an egg while in transport even...Kate was more than excited! |
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| Kate and Riley were in there with us the next morning building the coop. Kate's was the comment of the day when she said, "We are builders!" It was an awesome moment for her to feel such pride. |
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| Needless to say I didn't think everything through on the final lift, and after all our work to rebuild the coop I actually ended up breaking some of it again with this stellar inside hold decision. |
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| Even still the happy crew afterwards |
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| And one with mama...she rules the roost! |
These shots were taken today, so as you can see they're healthy, happy and enjoying Kate taking care of them...
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| Ginger...if you haven't seen Chicken Run then you need to, and you'll understand :) |
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| They really are good looking birds...3 brown, 2 white and 4 black like these two |
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| Kate loving on her ladies...she was even out there cleaning up their poop with me this morning! She's really been great to take care of them...she really is our animal lover. |
Merry Christmas everyone!!
