Homemade For The Holidays

I know I've been slightly MIA lately but I'm hoping to keep my blog up to date is the coming seasons.
Yet again I'm opting for homemade holiday gifts...I'll keep you posted.

I'm working on a quilt at the moment for Chet, my boy friend.

It's for christmas. I'll post pictures soon.

Daddy and me...

I love this picture...
It's from last summer but I just thought you should see it.

Chicken transfer...

The Terpstra Family chickens have moved...below is a little note from Ethan...


Your 3 hens sunbathing by the pool. What a life

Here are your Mottled Cochins. My brother David has named them Laurel and Hardy. The family thinks they are hilarious and love them.

We considered naming the Egyptian Fayoumi, "Cain," since he killed his brother, but went with "Ra," instead. Ra is an ancient Egyptian sun god. He has been a good boy since I put him with the goats. I will give him a few Phoenix hens to see what the chicks look like. He is terrified of my roosters. This is his "before" picture, as I hope to restore him to his former glory, complete with new tail.

This post is mainly for my little bro...

Elijah's 2nd Birthday...

Today was Elijah's 2nd birthday. Each year Laura and her family invite myself and my family down to their house for a little birthday party. I was a little nervous about going because I hadn't seen anyof them since my brothers wedding in April. There were 8 of us from my family this year: Mom, Dad, Eli, Evan, Kim, Grama, Grampa, and myself. All in all today went well. We got the party about 3:00 and left at about 8:45. We got to watch Elijah by ourselves for a few hours today while his family went to their church group, it was fun to have him to myself for a little while. I'm hoping to have a few more pictures to share soon...

These are the fish I made for Elijah's birthday present...

they all go in this cute little bag.

5 fish of assorted colors.

They have magnets in their noses that 'hook' to a magnet on an old ice fishing rod my dad found for me. Eli's brother, Benjamin showed him how to use it.

Eli got a really cool Thomas the Tank Engine set that runs on a battery. I think he played with it to the point of killing the gears already.

I learned from his mom, Laura, that he LOVES water...baths, sinks, showers, etc.

This was his favorite activity of the afternoon...

I love this boy...