A Mother's Day Porch!

Dad, Ben, Josh, KK and Sam built Mommy a porch for Mother's Day. It turned out very well!

But first, a few cute pictures :) 

Joseph

Sam and Katelyn

What a face!!

Daddy

Decking material 

Supporting the roof so they can removing the pillars...

Putting down the floor boards.

Thank you Ben (my cousin) for helping us! Your a blessing!

New supports for the porch.

Opal

Almost done!

All done! Look at that! Good job guys!

Ryan, T.J. (another cousin), Sam, Josh, and KK all worked on these dormers. Don't they look nice??

Making Spaghetti Sauce

We had to clean out our freezer because we were going to get our pig butchered and needed more space.

So we cooked down whole chicken and made spaghetti sauce with the frozen tomatoes we had from last year's tomato crop. :)

Seasonings

Tomatoes

Chickens thawing

Tomatoes thawing

Seasonings

Listening to songs :)

Recipe

Onions getting chopped

Chopped onions, peppers, and bay leaves

All done! It took a while but it was enjoyable! :)

More calf pictures :)

Talitha was VERY excited about the calf!

First taste of Talitha's milk... Yum yum!

First time with no restrains on Talitha or the calf. Talitha stood like a rock!

Opal loves to follow me and sit in my shadow. :)

Only a cat

Looking things over...

Dirty pigs!

Getting his ear cleaned by "mommy"

We still haven't found a name for him... :)

May is here!

This year seems to be flying by at a terrible rate! I kind of wish it would slow down. :)

But here it is May already. I'll be 22 in just under three weeks. Strange! I think I stopped counting my age at 18 (my maturity level stops there too!!).

Soon I'll be staring 30, 60, and maybe even 90 in the face. 

"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;"

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Look at that face! This is the first time she had her hair up. So sweet!

Look at the roles!! This is when they are still cute! :)

Smile! Did I ever tell you how cute she is? I love this baby!!

A huge Reese's Peanut Butter Cup I made for one of my Uncles.

Sam put this vest on in the thrift store. It was HUGE on him!! :)

Both gardens are planted! Now just weed weed weed weed...

Opal

Sam's new look

"My, Grandma, what big teeth you have!"

And finally, some exciting news! 

Yesterday Josh and I picked up this little guy from Weston, NE. He is a week old today, a twin (the other twin was a heifer), and is a Hereford/Angus cross. I'm hoping that Talitha will accept him, so we can go on family trips without having to milk. :)

So, anyone have a good name for him? I do not want to name him any meat or food names. :)

I think he might be brindled like Talitha! :)