{week 10}

So March really does come in like a lion . . . 

It was the perfect amount of snow to make everything look like wintertime again!  But then it melted and it felt like spring.

And speaking of lions and lambs . . . 

Here are some more photos of our new baby goats.

It has been such a busy week and I feel like I have been covered in goat hair, goat saliva and goat milk all week--but it has been so much fun having baby goats to take care of again!  

New Kids!!! {03.05.12}

Three healthy baby goats we born between nine and ten this morning.   Two boys and one girl!  It is such a blessing (and a miracle) to be able to watch them being born.  

God is so amazing!

Photography {03.04.12}

I have been taking care of my neighbors dog and their new puppy, Chester this past week.  We haven't had a puppy at our house in several decades so Lester came along with me to play with Chester :)

I love the feeling when I get a good shot--like this one--it makes me so happy!

Leslie: I am never gonna let you move away; I just love you too much to let that happen!

Me trying to be disciplinary . . . it clearly didn't work :)

{week 1}

~Skiing at Baker on the last day of 2011; I don't think there's a better way to end the year~

(Photo credit: Breanna Siebring)

Holiday Blessings

{a successful family photo}

 

{Fresh apple cider}

{Antique ornaments} 

{ Christmas tree shopping--for the first time! }

{Baking}

{Presents under the tree}

{Christmas cards--they will eventually get in the mail box}

{Homemade gift tags}

{The Chapel's Christmas program}

{Joseph and a reluctant Mary} 

{Sisters}

"The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told."

{Christmas decorations throughout the house}

{Christmas parties with family and friends}

Wontons: how to

I used store bought wonton wrappers . . . . maybe next time I'll try make my own.

For the filling I mixed 1 lb. of ground pork (I did beef the next time and they were great also), ground ginger, pepper, salt and green onions.

Take one Wonton wrapper.

And put 1 tsp. of the pork mixture on the wrapper.  Then brush around the edges with egg white.

Don't use too much pork mixture or the wonton will burst.

Then you can fold them diagonally (you can also brush the edges and fold them in so it looks like a envelope).

Or you can place another wonton wrapper on top.  Either way, make sure no pork mixture squeezes out of the edges and that there is no air in the wonton.

Then place seven at a time in boiling water and boil them until they rise to the top.

Then they will look like this; Leslie says they look like brains :)

Then I served them with with chicken broth (with mushrooms and green onions).

She liked them :)

I liked them too!

"Ode" to the Dirty Dog . . .

I have been taking care of our neighbor's two golden retrievers this past week. The farm dog and long-haired dog thing doesn't go together very well. At least that is what I think.

Anyway, I biked over to take care of them this afternoon and Mabel, the younger dog, wasn't there. A few minutes later she came running from around the barn. She was covered in manure. Fresh manure. And she stank . . . really bad.

I grew up on a farm, so manure isn't gross to me. But when it is on a dog that wants to jump on you and that you have to feed and pet and . . . yeah. Mabel looked at me with a pitiful, sad expression. My heart and hand almost went out to her . . . almost, but it didn't.

I really wanted to spray her off with the hose. But she was avoiding me because she knew I wasn't happy with her.

We still went on our walk to the creek, which was great because Mabel went in the water, and sadly--for her-- all most of the manure was cleaned off of her. I was sad too, because Mabel shook diluted manure and creek water on me.

#1-I am feeling like this . . .

#2-I wish I was better at playing this.

#3-I feel scared when the top of the neighbors big tree falls into our yard during a wind storm.

#4-This is what I wish I was doing right now (sleeping) . . . . but I'm not, sigh.

#5-I know this seems like a contradiction after #3; but if I can't sleep, I'd like to play volleyball with my cool team.

#6-eating cake.

#7-But have a supper of homade Won Ton soup (my newest accomplishment) first, before indulging in #5

#8-What I'll have to do after I indulge in every crumb of #5--brush my teeth. But I won't mind it at all because I like the way my teeth feel after baking soda brushing--I know, I am wierd.