Bush Family Farm

This week we have officially started the "Bush Family Farm". I have always wanted to have chickens, and now have the perfect spot for them. We picked up 6 baby chicks on Wednesday. 5 Arucauna's and 1 Rhode Island Red. The Rhode Island chick will lay brown eggs and the other 5 will lay blueish green. We each picked our own to name. Larry's is Over Easy, mine is Claire, Cannon's is Cluckster, Gabe's is Christine, Logan's is Coop, and Christian's is Sally.

This Saturday we also brought home our first pig. Cannon wanted to try 4H, and picked raising a pig. He named her Hamlet, we brought her home from Grace Idaho. She sat in the back of the car in the dog crate, and stunk the car up the whole way home, NASTY! This should really be a learning experience for us all. He has to learn to walk her around an arena and keep her happy and healthy. Well, I think this is enough of a change for our family for a good month or so, hee hee. I will keep you posted on the well being of the animals, and how well we keep up with them.

We went to the pond a couple weeks ago to see if it had started thawing yet. Once it does we want to get some frog eggs and bring them home to hatch. Of course we plan on taking the tadpoles back to the pond. What on earth would we do with tadpoles? Anyway, it was still frozen solid so we took the chance of walking across it instead. Something scary with 5 boys (we had a friend with us), but always fun!

Frozen fun and Dingle Pond

 

Saturday Sledding

 

Saturday Shooting

Well, we finally took my gun out that I got for Christmas. It was a blast. We have the perfect little cove by the house, that we can go shoot in. The dirt road is covered in snow, so the boys rode their sleds down the hill while we took turns shooting. Not much else has been happening that is worthy of sharing. We have shared pneumonia and strep around the family. Finally everyone seems to be halfway healthy. We are still waiting for the lawsuit to be resolved. I have applied for 2 different jobs, and have not gotten either. Which I understand, I am the outsider and they are very loyal to who they know. I don't mind really, besides the fact that I would even go rent somewhere if I just had a little extra income. Summer is coming, and we need our own space. Other than that everything is great. We are making friends, and the kids are still loving school!