The Shed!!!

I don't have a lot of pictures because

this was all done while we were still 

living in Metairie :(

It was finished in time

to store our belongings:)

Entrance Gate!

Cement Trucks

Building

The Shed!

Our house will be built to the right.

SOLD!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!

We got an offer on the house pretty quickly that the buyer and us the seller agreed upon.  The house was only on the market for 36 days.  We knew the Lord wanted us to move and so we knew the Lord would affirm it by selling our house for a decent price even though the market hasn't been great.  We are sooo thankful that we can move to the country.  One of the first times Nick took me walking on his family's land he showed me where he would like to build a house one day.

Oh, the 1st time I saw that sign (SALE PENDING) I was thrilled and excited and knew the Lord answered a prayer. The young couple that is buying the house agreed to let us stay in the house till May 28th.  The boys last day is the 27th and Nick's is the 28th.  We closed on April 30th.

   I'm soooo excited and sad too.  I'm gonna miss my family and friends here.  God has been truly good to us here.  When I moved here I was blessed by my new church and new friends and just thankful that the Lord answered those prayers for me.  When Nick and I first got married it was really hard for me to live in the city and I  was pretty miserable.  Then I finally asked the Lord to change my heart and told the Lord that I would do my part too.  I feel like since that I am at peace living here in the city that now the Lord is allowing me to move back to the country.  My heart has always been to live in the country.

  Also wanted to share this too.  I knew when we were driving across the causeway for Gustav that I prayed that God would protect my home and "my city".  That is when I realized that this was my home and this was my city and I started crying even more because I was finally thankful to where the Lord had placed me and I didn't want Him to take it away from me.  Now the Lord is leading us into a new season and I love new seasons!!!!

Ahhh: stars, bon fires, grass, fields, animals, long drives, ponds, smells, gardens, barns, hiking....just being OUTSIDE.  Wow, I just can't wait.

Meghan, Bentley, & Nick's Birthday Celebration in Folsom

Meghan's Birthday is March 10th

Bentley's Birthday is March 15th

Nick's Birthday is March 21st

It was such a nice warm day.  I got to feed the orphan foal.  When a foal gets this much attention they are often sooo much more friendlier, since we humans provide the feed instead of it's momma and so they learn to like us a lot.

St. Patrick's Day Parade 3-13-2010

I've never been to this parade.  I knew they threw vegetables.  I did not know that all these men/boys carried fake flowers around and handed them out.  I also did not know that after you received one that u owed this person a kiss.  haha!!!  I was in the mist of telling this to a few people when several people started yelling my name.  At first I thought I needed to get out of the way of a float but then I turned and this young boy was handing me a flower and then he proceeded to stand their and point at his cheek (of course he was waiting for his kiss).  It was too funny!!!

Kaleb had a blast as usual.  He really likes the parades and catching lots of goodies.

Oh, I sure was hot and could have broken out my shorts for the first time this year.

FYI, ROOSTERS DO ATTACK!!!

I grew up in the country and have been attacked several times by the different roosters on the farm.  It is not fun and can be very scary.  I remember when I was about 10 years old running all around and for some reason I remember running across the street and the rooster did not follow me.  The last time I was attacked was about 3 years ago.  Meghan & I were rounding up the chickens and the "mean" rooster and sure enough before I knew it...I WAS BEING ATTACKED!!!  I was between two fence rows (so I was all caged in).  Meghan told the the story to my parents and it is hilarious.  She says, "My arms and legs were flapping everywhere in the mist of feathers flying everywhere".  I didn't notice the feathers, but I do remember kicking my legs and swinging my arms like a crazy woman trying to defend myself.  I also remember Meghan throwing me a stick to help me out.  Very scary situation, but it is always fun to laugh about those memories of the rooster attacks. 

Kaleb was also attacked by the rooster a few months ago and Nick had no clue that they can really hurt you.  Kaleb has been scarred for life and I know he can't wait to go back to Folsom and not have to worry about the rooster.  This is the reason for the post.

(Nick just started laughing and standing there.  I had to tell Nick to help Kaleb!!!) Kaleb added this part


About a week ago my dad was doing something at the barn and the rooster came up from behind him and began attacking him.  My dad ended up falling on the ground.  The aftermath is one of the workers for the farm said that the rooster is still outside and he is spread across the back pasture (get it...he's obviously DEAD).  Thank goodness!!!! YAY!!!  NO MORE ROOSTER!!!! Kaleb doesn't have to worry about the rootser anymore

So I also need to share the facts:


As you can see in this video...roosters will attack for no reason.  It was hard to find a video because most of the videos I found were one's where a person is taunting a rooster and then of course they are attacked. 


I would also like to share this information that I found while trying to share how ruthless roosters are ( so now you will know 2 things about roosters that most people do not know.   Here it is:

The rooster attacks because he feels threatened or to show you that "he is the man."  Also, he attacks with or without protecting baby chickens

The rooster is often portrayed as crowing at the break of dawn and will almost always start crowing before 4 months of age. He can often be seen sitting on fence posts or other objects, where he crows to proclaim his territory.  However, this idea is more romantic than real, as a rooster can and will crow at any time of the day. Some roosters are especially vociferous, crowing almost constantly, while others only crow a few times a day. These differences are dependent both upon the cock's breed and individual personality.

Finally, some warm weather!!!

It was warm outside, which was a huge surprise. Anyway, it was such a nice day to go to the park. Addison had a great time playing with Kaleb and Jordan had a good time throwing the football around. Joshua enjoyed playing on the play set and sliding on the slide.

Adam helping Kaleb out (keeping that mouth shut)

 and of course giving Kaleb some attention!!!

Addison trying to help Kaleb

Our house was being seen by someone so after the Bertuglia's left we headed to West End Park (Zephy's favorite park). Usually no one is around and so were able to let Zephy free to run and expend all that energy he has.

Then we finally climbed on top of the old foundtain. Nick and I had always wondered what it looked like, but we (especially Nick) had never attempted to go find out. The boys had a blast playing "it". I grabbed some shots.

Kaleb falling in water

Falling in it again.  I think he fell in it another time too.  Typical!!!

I liked this pic of Husband!!!

Jordan breaking out of his shell and telling me to take pictures of him posing.

Zephy exhausted and needing H20!!!

Bonnabel Wrestling!!!

I couldn't resist posting this!!

I love my husband and I know he is a great coach.