19 November, 2012

Turkey Shoot!

We have been going to the Turkey Shoot for years now at the Kinsman Conservation Club and this year both of the girls won a Turkey!  YAY!
The older three boys are to old to shoot now which is a bummer because they always enjoyed doing this!  But they still always go along for the food!  LOL!
Their winning targets!  7 yo DD won in the second round and 3 yo DD won in the 4th round...out of 5 rounds.
My brother and the club volunteer helping 3 yo DD shoot.  

Another club member helping 7 yo DD shoot.  

Sigh....you can't really tell in this picture but if you look you can see that 3 yo DD cut ALL of her hair off on the right side of her head!  Clear to the scalp about a month ago!!  Oh, I just cried!  It was a LOT of hair that she cut off!  Put your right hand, open palm, on the side of your head...that is how much she cut off!  So I have have been trying to make do with hats and one sided hair styles until it grows back enough that I can trim the other side up to give her a decent hair cut.
3 yo DD cheering after she found out she won a turkey!
10 yo DS did really good with his shooting and hit the targets more of the rounds than the girls did but every time someone else beat him out....got closer to the center of the x than he did.  

And here is the DD's hair looks like on the side that she did not cut!  Sigh....



The Turkey Shoot has become a family tradition for many years for us now.  Then we always go to the Hermitage Parade of Lights afterwards which is always a lot of fun.  The weather was rather nice this year so that made it even better.  






I made a Skirt and Bloomers for myself!

This is my first attempt at a skirt and bloomers for myself!  I love how the bloomers came out!  

These cost me about $12 to make myself.  I got the idea from the skirt and bloomers from Sarahclemensclothing on Etsy and she wants $110 EACH for the skirt and bloomers!  No doubt she is a much better seamstress than me.  I think I will make more bloomers!  They are comfy and easy to make. The skirt over it seemed very big and bulky so am not sure I would make another one of them but it is fun to wear!! 

05 August, 2012

My New hat!

I had a custom made hat made by Gee's Hats just for me!  I thought I would post some pictures to share with all of you! 





30 July, 2012

Saturday's Harvest!

This was Saturday's Harvest.  I was able to can 14 pints of pickles and 4 quarts of green beans.  
The kids have ate all of the small Sunripened Tomatoes.  I picked 2 more ice cream buckets full of cucumbers today too!  This was my first picking of beans and my 5th or 6th picking of cucumbers!
I love bacon, cheese, and tomato sandwiches!  YUM!
This is my sunflower patch.  The pictures do not do it justice!  They are so pretty in real life!  My sunflower patch is 100' long by 6' wide!
I have been pulling a couple handfuls of sunflower plants out a day to feed to the rabbits.  They love them! 

19 July, 2012

A Few pictures from my garden!

This is today's cucumber pickings!  I can't wait to have some home canned dill pickles!  

For breakfast this morning I had a ripe juicy tomato sandwich with cheese and bacon on toast!  YUM!
Some tomatoes!
3 yo DD with some of the pickling cucumbers!

This is my cucumber patch!  There are a ton of blossoms out there so I am hoping for a lot of cucumbers for pickles!!
This is one of my rows of beans!
Down the bean rows!  It has been so hot here that the blossoms are just melting right off the vine.  I am hoping we get some cooler weather so I can get a bean harvest.  Home canned beans are hte 
This a row of tomatoes!
I have a couple peppers and ONE zucchini out there that I forgot to take a picture of!

09 April, 2012

Pink and Black Polka Dot "Cow" Outfits!

These are the newest outfits I have made for my daughters to wear for Easter Sunday.  I have had the cow fabric for a couple of years now.  I just got around to using it this passed Saturday.  I made the tops and the pants opposite pink and black the outfits.  The hair bows were custom made to match the outfits.  

Our Newest Additions! Baby Goaties!

Here are some pictures of our newest additions!  Our goats had 5 babies this year!  4 doelings and 1 buckling!  We are going to be keeping the four doelings.  The little buckling has already been sold!
This is Pinkie Pie with her baby Honey Pie, born Friday April 6th.  

Here are Chloe's babies, Frosty and Cutie!
This is Brownie!  Lily's little doeling!  The black buckling above is Lily's also and he has already been sold.
Brownie and her brother born Monday April 2nd.
Chloe and her babies....Frosty and Cutie! Born Thursday April 5th.