Country Girls

I may have been raised in the city, but when it comes to my girls, they are pure country girls! Lauren's Kindergarten class had a "rodeo" Friday. They barrel raced with stick horses, threw horseshoes, and roped a "steer" with a "lasso"(hoola hoop). She had a blast! She said she likes a cowboys, and a little boy in her class said, "She likes cowboys! Well, I'M am COWBOY!" Too funny! She chose the name Emerson for her horse.






















We only have two hens, but they lay alot of eggs. Here are the latest chicks to hatch. They are so cute. I'm going to try to use some of them and maybe one of the rabbits in some Easter pictures.

















Nicole and Natalie had to show their rabbits at the County Fair for 4H this weekend. Nicole placed 16th out of 20 with her rabbits.




















Natalie placed 5th out of 20 with her rabbits, and she placed 3rd for individual rabbit. This is the first year they have raised an animal for 4H, so we really weren't sure what the judges would look for. Who knew that having a round behind was a good thing?! Another lady and I said, "We would make good rabbits!" HAHA!




















Saturday night was the sale. Usually, the top 10 rabbits get to sell, but since there weren't as many larger animals this year, all the pens of rabbits got to sell. Nicole sold hers for $350.




















Natalie sold her rabbits for $550.00. She was excited. She has always been one to save her money and has been buging me forever about taking the money in her piggy bank and opening her a savings account. So, I guess we will open them each one with their rabbit money.




















After the sale, most buyers don't want the animals, they are just making a donation for the kids, so we got to take our rabbits home.

Lauren's Baptism

We are so proud of Lauren. She has been asking us questions for a while now. Every Sunday, she wanted to go down and talk to our preacher, but we worried that she is too young to understand. Well, after Richard and I both talked with her and had her pray about it, she finally made the decision to go talk to Brother Waylon. She was saved in his office at the end of January. She was baptized this Sunday. She is so little that he had to hold her up for everyone to be able to see her!


















Here she is afterward. She was all smiles!






















We are so very proud of her! She has told everyone at school about it, and we have already heard her trying to witness to her little brother. We know that even though she is LITTLE, God is going to use her to do BIG things!

Science Experiment

Richard has been helping Nicole's class with a science experiment, hatching chickens. This is the new incubator that the school bought this year. It's all digital, and Richard is in love with it! It's so much more advanced than ours at home.


















Twelve chicken eggs hatched, but one didn't make it. It had a lot of problems when it was born. One leg was longer than the other and it couldn't hold its head up on its own. Another one is having some problems, but Natalie is playing vet and trying to take care of it. They are still waiting to see if two goose eggs will hatch.