1st Deer 2011

Tayden Lee Bish
1st Deer killed on 9-26-2011

Tucker had to be in the picture too!!!

Thanks Daddy for taking me for 3 days in a row!!!
It was quality bonding time for them both and Tayden stuck to it until he killed 1 this evening.

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for the help!!

He even had to help gut the deer!!! Daddy says if you are big enough to shoot em then you are big enough to gut em!!!!
Overall Tayder Bug was pretty excited and has officially killed his first animal!! One proud boy, daddy, mommy and little brother!!!!

Calling All Communities

We are working very hard at school for a chance to win 50,000.00 for school. U.S Cellular gives away money to the top 18 schools who vote for their school. SCR-1 Elementary is in number 29th spot and we need to be at least 18!! There are 12 days left to vote and we would like all the help we can get! Please spread the word and help us out!!! Go to a participating U.S Cellular store, get a voting code, enter your code everyday at uscellular.com every day for the next 12 days!!!! PLEASE HELP US build a new playground!!!!!

Blessed

I know I am blessed in many ways, however I don't even think about small things until an stranger says, "just be glad they are asking for fruit!"

We went to the Dutchman Store tonight. Yes I needed groceries and the boys and I loaded up and headed that way. I was going to buy fruit, veggies, milk, eggs, you get the point. Groceries! We were just started through the store when Tayden says, "oh mom, what about green apples." I said "yes Tayden and what color of grapes."
A complete stranger (hispanic-yes odd in Cantril, IA) says, "hey just be glad they are asking for fruit."
That is what I reflect on when I forget I have good eaters, they eat most everything and are very easy to fix for, especially the 1st grader who no longer gets snack.
I also have a friend at work who constantly says, "well, not your kids because they will eat all kinds of rabbit food!" (love ya Mrs. Beeler)

Moral to the story - I am happy I have good, unpicky eaters!!! (what can I say I like FOOD!!)

happy thirsty Thursday (hey they called it that on the radio)

baby goats

I believe this name is Brownie.
We were at the Salebarn on Saturday and Tucker got to buy not 1 but 2 baby goats!! They are pretty darn cute if you ask me and they are pretty nice.

We just had a little bad luck. Snowflake tried to get to the pond and got stuck in the mud. We didn't find him in time and he is resting peacefully in the ditch. Life lessons have been learned several times with our animals on this farm!!!

Roosters

I truly enjoy my chickens on the farm, and I also enjoy the roosters!!! I have a rooster ring on my phone that I really like, I have a rooster Lucky in the barn that I really like( the others are plain red and black) I even enjoyed taking a picture of the large rooster place we ate at in Branson on vacation in June!!

Just an odd obsession of mine I thought I would share as I was looking through pictures!

Green Beans

I am proud to say I am on my 4th canner of green beans!!!! Yeah, last year I didn't have enough to can, this year I have had to baby my beans this year with water, but it has paid off, I believe I have 26 quarts canned with a 5 gallon bucket left to snap!!!
I also have enough tomatoes to do 16 pints of salsa!! That is all the canning for now, and I am okay with it, until my 2nd batch of beans begin to produce more.

O wait I guess I froze 7 bags of sweet corn!! Thanks to buying the corn!

Exciting post coming up as soon as I get a picture!!!!