An Organized Random Blog Post!

Time has flown by and we haven't done a blog update!!

So here it is!

First I'm going to wet your appetite by showing you a delicious cake mommy made!! It was peanutbutter cake with fudge in the middle and a peanutbutter topping!! mmmmmmm - yummy!

This picture was taken the night we had the cake of me and Cora.



This July we had another Father Daughter weekend that Cora planned!

 some of the girls waiting for the daddy's to take them shopping

 like last year we went out to a theatre then to dinner - ^^ primping in the room

 the girls are ready to go!!

 eating dinner at a tavern

 little girl with her daddy...she was a bit tired!

NOW onto some of the house/farm news!!!

 Sam, Hosea, and Mom planning

 prepping to pour cement on the front porch

 behind the house - Hosea and part of his crew working on the chimney

 Harrison and Cora putting in windows....

 front view - window's and front door IN!! :D

At the house we are currently working on electric and plumbing..... Not to mention hundreds of other decisions on flooring, lights, paint.. the list never ends!!

 Harrison worked very hard to complete all the chicken coops we were going to need this year!!

 coops for the turkeys (left) and egg layer chickens (right)

 caught this shot a couple weeks ago of a full moon over the mountain

Yes, fourth of July weekend family reunion!!

 Sam's two preciousness - Daniel and Garret

 the kids

 and the parents

 of course a reunion or get together just wouldn't be complete without Cora stealing the baby!!!




Hope you all are having a wonderful summer!!

~Lily

Update on the House/B&B and Chicken Processing Building

Pictures are worth a thousand words....so here ya go!

These first few are of the floor trusses going up!

first floor being put on!!!! :D

The chicken processing building underway

Aaron and Jesse going down the road to get back to work on the same bike!!

Aaron and Jesse stained the deer blind in an afternoon

Back to the house - FIRST WALL GOING UP!!!

Dad, Aaron, and Sam after a long day's work....

 Second story of the house looking up into the upper room!!!  :D

Look into the first floor - this is the kitchen and living room btw

basement

 

Sam looking out at the mountain from the top of the house. 

Side view of the house - surprised guy with a mustache!! ;)

                               front view of the house - looks like a scared person!! 0_0


We've also gotten  200 more chicks since our last update and are enjoying the delicious pork from our pigs very much!!

Update!

Since our last blog post, things around here have been hopping!!

After clearing the land to plot out a place for the house, we ran into some problems as we started to dig. Sam hit rock not far under the surface which made it impossible for us to go further with our current house plans. Mom and Sam worked hard together to revise our plans and change the house to fit the rock. This done, Sam started digging out for the footers for our half basement.  We rushed hours before the inspector was about to come to make it all presentable so we could pour the cement. Shovel’s in hand and eyes wide open for loose tree roots we searched to make everything right!

It passed inspection and the cement truck arrived less than an hour later. Cement poured, and set – one long day’s work complete! After the footers were done Sam hired some workers to start laying cinderblocks which, after they had set, we also filled with cement. After the cinderblock wall was completed, the workers started to build a brick wall around the blocks on the sides and back of the house.

We helped by sure walling the back of the house, then tarring the sure wall, stomping ground up rocks into the basement, making food, and doing other projects around the farm. 

It’s hard to sum up what we have been doing since, though our main project is the house, we are also repairing an old barn to make it more sound, excavating near the pond, and keeping the farm going.

This past week we had our pigs processed! They had grown quite large and we are looking forward to getting the meat back! Their hanging weights were 200, 205, and 215 pounds – so we will be have plenty of pork to eat and to sell!

We poured cement in the basement last week and start with framing this week!

Here are some pictures to catch you up to speed.

Our Aunt Teri and our cousins Bryce and Josh came for a visit.

rainy day = mud fight

Cora playing the piano while holding a dog Teri was keeping for a friend

Josh grinning with a guitar - he's learning!!

We celebrated Easter with mom's family!

Cora and Garrett

Ham, Bacon, and Sausage happy in the field

A couple day's before processing!! YUM YUM!!

READY - here's work on the house

Cement poured in the basement - YAY!!

Here's another barn we have been working on to make it more stable:

The back - last year we couldn't get to the door because of weeds

The inside bottom where we've added support beams and poured some concrete

The future chicken processing building in the works

AND........drum roll please......

The newest addition to our family are two vivacious ducks Aaron bought!!

There is no way we could completely catch everything up to date but with some pictures hopefully ya'll get an idea of what's been going on!!