100 Pictures!!! ~Yardwork~

   We have about a week's worth of events that have been happening around here! So, I'll try to start at the beginning! :)

First off, are the cows. Dad had to take two of the cows to the vet to be prepared to be bred.

One of our jerseys in the stanchion

We are also having our angus x jersey heifer bred. She is a bit more wild!

Dad loading the cows

Next, we have my birthday. It was actually July 6th, but due to circumstances, we couldn't have the party till later.

A friend of ours made the cake. Isn't it beautiful?

The party! L-R: Grandma, Michelle, Sam, Rachel & Caleb, Abigail, and Megan

Me lighting the candles

Emily holding Caleb

Caleb looking cute

Caleb is almost smiling!

Sam filling up a bucket for the water fight when we had Bryce over on Sunday

Bryce throwing a bucket of water on Emily

The men, planning their revenge!

It appears that Bryce is getting ready to launch his bucket

Taking a breather?

Jake is pouring water on himself!

A guess Emily deserved that!

Ok, moving on...A few days ago Dad & Sam pulled the lilac bushes out

Dad is very enthusiastic. Even though it was terribly hot!

Daniel is helping load the rack

Another thing this that we have started is...swimming lessons! Daniel, Grace, and Jake are there somewhere

Jake is enjoying sitting in the sun

All the kids after their lesson

A birthday present for Mom from me! Check for the next post soon to find out what it is!!! :)

Yesterday, Dad cut down the old cedar tree next to the cob house

There it is. Isn't it ugly? It looks like something that would be on a scary movie!

The audience

Caleb is sleeping nicely

The machine we will be using for this project is a JD 3020 Diesel

Daniel & Jake inspecting the Stihl Chainsaw to make sure it is in good, working order

A John Deere hat a boots! :)

I decided to take a picture of the finished project of the lilac bushes. Not to get off the subject or anything! :)

Here are the bushes on the hay rack

Here is Mom's birthday present from Dad. A new porch swing

Isn't it lovely?

And here is the yucky old one. It was even missing a couple of boards

Ok, back to the ugly old tree...

Dad's climbing the tree to get the rope attached to it

Sam's in charge of driving the 3020

Dad with his chainsaw

A video of Dad cutting the tree down

It's already fallen!

Daniel & Jake watching close by. Notice that Daniel has his hand on Jake's head...??? :)

Daniel's shifty eyes...

Then, Daniel decided he needed to pose for a few pictures...

That hat and those big gloves really go with his outfit!

A cowboy maybe???

And here's Jake actually riding the 'horse'

And Olivia making a funny face

Back to the tree...

Sam coming up with the tractor and hay rack to load up the wood

An action shot

Daniel showing his super-power strength!

Sam's like "whoa!"

The inside of the tree is purple!

Daniel posing some more

That's one handsome cowboy.

The stump

Olivia standing next to the tractor tire

Olivia trying to hold Caleb

One cute Jacob walking toward the lawnmower

The back view of Daniel's rather interesting outfit!

Grace plays near-by with her animals

The bareness of the tree

It's kinda sad. There's no shade there anymore

And a rather random thing...I found a squirrel

It's peeping its head out from behind the tree

Is the squirrel going to do a karate kid pose?! You wish! :)

Nope, sorry he didn't!

A volunteer watermelon under our porch

It's even blooming!

And sorry to tell ya, but Honey caught the squirrel by the end of the day. I knew our having a squirrel was short-lived!

Well, that's all for now!
                  ~Sarah~