Wow - Time sure flies by!

I can't believe it's been so long since I was last able to post! We've been busy as usual! We have been off work since March 30th and our return to work date is April 20th for 2 weeks. Last week was a catch up week and since the weather hasn't been too horrible we've taken advantage of the nice days and gone out to Millington to work on the property. We are cutting down trees/clearing the rest of the middle field to get a true 5 acre corn plot this year! Next is picking rocks out of the front field to get it ready for plowing and hay planting! We spent the night out there Friday night much to Erin's delight! We got lots of rain Friday but stayed in the camper and watched a movie before going to bed. Saturday was a beautiful day and we accomplished quite a bit. I had been waiting for a coggins test result from the vet for our horse before we could move him (standard practice). It took longer than expected but it finally came in the mail Friday so the moving date was Saturday. So, we met the folks at Heather's at 11:45am or so. They were great and came and got him for us. They brought the wrong trailer (little mix up) and he did not want to go in the narrow opening, of course. After about 45 minutes Heather brought his buddy, Star out and she went right in and it still took Gent about 10 minutes to realize she was in there and then he just decided all of a sudden to go right in. We couldn't just lead Star back out cuz it was a 3 horse slant so she went along for the ride and they brought her back afterward. Brooke and Carly stayed at the barn with Gent while we did all of that. When I got back to the barn where Gent's at, he was in a stall very nervous and sweating, watching the horses outside through his stall window, pacing back and forth. We went to the property and helped burn brush and stack wood until dark, ate dinner then went back to the barn to check on him before we went home. The other horses were now in the barn for the night and he was very calm and happy and eating hay.

Today, we stopped in there after church for an hour and he was outside in a paddock by himself (they will gradually introduce him into a "herd") next to other paddocks with horses and seemed pretty content. Brooke brought him into the barn, brushed him and walked him around the indoor arena, then got on him bareback and rode him around for a bit before turning him back out. We then went to Grandpa Steve's to celebrate his birthday and Easter stuff was given to the kids cuz Brooke and Curt won't be here next weekend. Delicious lasagna dinner (my favorite:). Lyndsay has been fussy the past few days and I'm wondering if there are more teeth on the way... Erin has been miss I know everything, you know nothing and don't try and tell me anything girl lately -we are working on it:) Is there a terrible 3's???? Curt and Isaac have been having fun when we go to the property and don't even complain about it and not being able play computer games which is great. I love just watching them out there. Curt actually did some exploring with his cousin Tyler who was visiting from the UP and found a racoon under our boat by the swamp. He must have crawled under there and died not too long ago. Lyndsay and Erin love to play out there as well and everyone sleeps well at night! I put them to bed after they fell asleep on the way home last night at 9pm and I could smell campfires and horses! Needless to say they all got baths before church this morning!

My finger just wasn't getting any better - I kept hitting it on things and it was like starting all over so I finally went to the doctor this week when we were off and they x-rayed it and found a fracture and told me to tape it for 2 weeks and it finally seems to be helping. Someone shook my hand and squeezed it at church this morning and it hurt pretty bad, though... I keep hearing a clicking noise in it - still doesn't feel like it's lined up right for some reason... Oh well, it will probably never be the same again!

Brooke was feeling under the weather tonight and went to bed early! We've had a rough winter of colds, flu and now I think allergies are coming into play as well! Curt was home Thursday(mostly cuz of cousin being here) and Friday for not feeling well and Lyndsay threw up tonight after drinking her milk. Just got off the phone with Amber who things she has the flu right now as well. I just told her she was going to have to take Nyquil and sleep it off. Doctors can't do much of anything for the flu.

My dad and Teresa are officially on there way home from Florida - in Savannah today and tomorrow and then atleast 1 more stop in TN on the way. We are going up there to see them this weekend coming up for Easter. It will be nice having them back in Michigan!

We were going to order chicks while we're off, but decided to wait until later in the summer when we are back to work and hopefully the house will have sold and we can do it in Millington. Didn't think people looking at the house would take to 100 chicks brooding in the garage and the smell that comes a long with it:) They don't smell too bad until about the 4th week when they are getting pretty big and cleaning it once a day doesn't seem to help!

Well, that's a little update for now. I've been bad and haven't gotten the camera out too much lately except last week 2 mornings we caught the deer out in our backyard here (I counted 5 one morning), so I snapped some pictures that day and will got thru them and post some when I have more time. It's late and I'm off to bed - trying to wake up early tomorrow to exercise before the kids go to school instead of after taking them to school.

So, if I made lots of mistakes in here that I didn't catch, forgive me, it's hard typing with a taped up finger:) Have a great Monday!