God's Word

God's Word

Rain

 After quite a dry spell and lots of heat

it was nice to see the clouds roll in last night.

We got a nice half an inch.

The First Pour

The day to pour finally arrived!

The truck came at noon.

We got the walls and two waterer pads poured.

It was a group effort.

 It was hot so we all worked fast before the concrete set.

It was time-consuming

and tedious sometimes.

Some of us needed to stop for a nap!

 Then the framing started for the pouring of the pad.

Instead of killing ourselves to get it ready for a Friday pour

we decided to go slower and do it next week sometime.

Concrete Pad Work

Paul took a couple of days off

since the rain has stopped for a bit

and the concrete pad is finally dried out.

Everyone was out there early yesterday and today.

The steel posts all got set in concrete.

They stopped in time 

to get to Waconia 

for the first night of 

Jack's baseball tournament.

They were back out there early this morning 

making forms for the concrete walls.

It was an all day project again

 with lots of figuring and measuring.

Hershey and Tess were there for moral support.

Yeah, ok, we'll go with that!

We called it quits about 7:00.

Baseball games start early tomorrow morning again.

Watching all the hard work really took a toll on the poor dogs.

They had to call it a day early.

Kittens and Chickens

Tess took her kittens out to play 

on a gorgeous summer night a couple of days ago.

Actually, Hershey has taken over the raising of them.

Hershey loves morning chore time when it is time to move the broilers.

The first batch was butchered yesterday 

and we are taking orders for the second batch now!

Simple Happenings

The wagon full of bales is still in the shed.

People haven't been home long enough to get it unloaded yet.

So the chickens found a new place to nest.

And Tubby guards the entrance to their new home.

Do you see the chicken back there?

When there has been too much rain

yet the bales still need to be moved

sometimes things don't go as smoothly as you wish they would.

It was a simple pull-out though 

and then Luke went on moving the bales.

Hershey is always anxious to "help" with broiler chores twice a day.

She herds the strays back in 

if they get out when we move the tractors.