Well fair week has officially begun. Unfortunately for us it’s not gotten off to a very good start. Yesterday was hand pet judging day and Miley woke up sick so we weren’t able to make it. She was very disappointed because she’d worked hard on her speech and story about her cat. Since she was unable to share it at the fair we decided to share it here.
Got up early to get garden work done, and help Miley break the goats to lead for the fair, so we could get it all done before it turned hot. Later in the afternoon I watered the corn and had sprinkler problems which resulted in a couple of flooded rows of corn. I wasn’t thinking and as I went to get the hose off the sprinkler, I waded through deep mud and lost my flop flops. Well… that turned into a big mess. It was just one of those days… never a dull moment.
Some times ya just gotta do nothing much but hang out and enjoy life…
The first weekend in July is always a busy one for us. Between celebrating Miley’s birthday and celebrating the 4th, it’s always a fun time for all of us to get together. Swimming, wiener roasts, birthday cake, and the largest water balloon fight ever… it’s nothing fancy, just good old fashioned fun!
Swimming, grilling, goodies from the garden and a jar filled with fireflies… all the simple joys of life….
The other day, Miley and I were looking through old pictures and we came upon this picture…
We both started giggling and Miley looked at me and said, “Mmmoooommmm….” then burst out into full blown laughter. Every time we run onto this picture, it makes us giggle…
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Well the rain finally let up so we managed to get out there and get our flowers planted. Miley is enrolled in plant science for 4H so we’re hoping to have some good flowers to pick from in July so she can enter them in the fair.
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Remember my post a while back about our koi fish, Survivor, we got to put in the stock tank? Well, here lately he’s had some pretty bad luck. Here’s the story…
Wow, it seems like for ever since I posted anything here. And you know, I’ve missed it. I didn’t intend to quit posting here, it just happened. As I’ve mentioned before, I started a YouTube channel. The reason I decided to start it is because I’ve found it hard to keep up with all that’s going on around here through blog posts. There just isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done. With videos, it makes it just a little bit easier because I can capture the content while we’re out working, then edit it and have it ready to post. Where posts seem to take more time because we go out and work, take pictures, edit the pictures, then I have to come in and write, then edit. If I focus on writing, I tend to fall behind on the work that needs to be done around here and if I focus on the work, I fall behind writing. Since I’m not much of a multitasker, I decided to focus on making videos for a while to see if it’d be something I’d like. It’s been great because I’m learning all sorts of new things and have met a lot of fun like-minded people.
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Humble Little Homestead 