A Day in the Life...

 It's been a rough week with animals.   The short story: 1. Hoke ate one of our chickens. 2. The bunnies almost tried to kill each other and our chickens. What we've learned: 1.  Chickens go into major shock and take quite some time to recover. 2.  Male bunnies are exactly like the scene with the "cute" rabbit in Monte Python. What we've done: 1. Given the chickens a chance to recover. 2.  Re-homed the bunnies. ************************************ The long story: One day Ty and Amber went on vacation for four days so we dog-sat Hoke.  He is the best dog and so easy going.  One day Tim and I (well, mostly Tim) rebuilt the gate on our chicken area because it was warping and not shutting tight.  We shortened the door by a few feet.  The next day, I looked out the kitchen sink window to see Hoke with one of our white Leghorns in his mouth. I started screaming and yelling and running out there.  He dropped the chicken, who was just layin...

Copper is the cutest 11 year old around! The girls are all taking beginning tumbling. I think it comes easiest for Dakota, Copper probably works the hardest, and Micah flat out admitted she's way too lazy to "do her best."  She wants to take something else and I told her to pick something that also exercised her body.  She first said "bow and arrowing" and then agreed to try karate.  So we'll see.  For now, she doesn't get to quit tumbling so each week I watch her roll her eyes and take short-cuts.  Hahaha. Every three weeks we go to a 45 minute Sacrament Meeting, sitting as families every other row in masks in a chapel that's been swimming in disinfectant.  It's a nice 45 minutes.  I like that we get dressed up and make it meaningful.  Home church is also really great, but it's nice to see others in our ward.  I made the twins take a photo shoot before church a few weeks ago.  Turned out perfect. A month or so ago I was cleaning out the...