A Quick Update

Here is a quick update of things that have happened since June 2^nd:

1. I am now 17 weeks pregnant. Things so far are going great; the morning sickness is all but gone, which is quite a relief, and other than that I am feeling good. In a couple of weeks we will get to find out the sex of the baby, we are both very excited to be able to find out what it is, as are many other family members I know J.

I'm starting to show, just a little bit.

2. The chickens are almost full grown and, thanks to my father-in-law, they now have a pest free/proof home to roam around in. We should start getting some eggs around August sometime; I can’t wait to have farm fresh eggs!

Dan did a great job covering all the holes so other animals can't make themselves at home.

This shows our "rare exotic" chicken which did turn out to be a Dominque. Also, the black one
in the middle is a Banty, basically a miniature chicken ( you can see in comparison to the
others how small she is). The Banty looked exactly the same as the other black ones,
except she just never grew very big

3. We now have a lawn! Yah!!!!! I am enjoying this new feature of our house quite a lot. They also put in a sprinkler system on a timer, so I don’t even have to water! It has changed the look of our house definitely for the better; I especially enjoy the ability to walk around the yard barefoot. I can’t wait until next summer when we have a little one to crawl around on the grass. It will be so much fun spending summer evenings in yard; I know I have many fond memories from growing up of summer evenings spent on the front porch or running through the sprinklers.  Now all we need are some house numbers and railing around the porch.

Cody made sure he got in the picture too.

Hopefully I will be a bit better about updating more frequently, but at least this gives you an idea of what has been exciting in our lives lately.