Comings and Goings

Yes....It's been a while since I've updated this blog. Summer has been quite busy with three of the kids departing for adoptive homes. Michelle has been working in Idaho since June, trying to fix one of the company's ailing restaurants.

Michelle and I went to Europe in May and managed to visit Germany, Austria and Belgium with side trips to Paris, London and Amsterdam and spent our final two days in Luxembourg, flying home from there. I am still working on arranging the photos from the trip. Hopefully, some will be posted soon.

Mom and Dad have made several trips to the cabin, getting all the replacement furnishings in place and have been enjoying the new house. Fortunately, family and friends have been able to come see it all and more will still be coming before Summer is over. The little cabin has been repainted to match and the roof replaced with a new metal one.

Our little girl's adoption is almost complete. We are waiting for the final review from the state to ensure all the legal requirements have been met. After that, we just need the judge to bang the gavel and make it final.

We've been cooking in some triple-digit weather but the garden is surviving with plenty of water. Some of the flowers are withering a bit but all in all, not too bad. We've had blueberries, zucchini, tomatos, radishes and a few peppers and are waiting on the corn, carrots and beets to be ready. Trying to keep the chickens out of the garden has proved to be a battle causing some creative fencing to be erected. Our Momma chickens hatched six little ones and they are running around everywhere. We think four of the babies are roosters so they will have to find new homes as our rooster population is already a bit heavy. We added two little wether goats to the bunch and they are learning their places in the farm society. The goat girls have been a little territorial. School registration started today so it's time to get back in that mode.

Hopefully, everyone reading this is doing well. I will work on getting some new pictures up.