365 Part 23

Day 258....bummer missed another day

Day 259Day 260Day 261Day 262Day 263Day 264Day 265....first time out in the woods the look on his face was great, he was so amazedDay 266Day 267Day 268Day 269Day 270Day 271Day 272

From the Kitchen: Cake Pops

Success!Brittany and I tried to make easter cake pops before. Lets just say they did not look so good. Bakerella just makes them look too perfect and too easy. Next I tried to make cupcake bites and was able to figure those out. It has been a couple years since I had done either so I figured I would give the cake pops another go. By golly they turned out! My MIL and a caterer thought I should market them to brides for this summer. Since the summer is quickly approaching and with a lot of other things on the mind and going on I’m not sure if it will work for this year. But maybe next year.

Trees

So here is what The Farmer had to do to get the trees in.

First off he tilled up the rows. Then he measured out the spacing for the trees. Then the digging began.

Man I would be sore having to look back like that the whole time, and I think he was though he didn't really say or complain about it at all.

eeek watch out don't let the tractor get you

Here is an up close look at the auger doing its thing.

"I'm a God fearin', hard workin' combine tractor driver; hoggin' up the road field in the p-p-plower t-t-tractor; chug-a-lug-a-luggin' 5 miles an hour"

name that song


You want to make sure you don't fall in those deep holes.


The trees first sit in this fertilizer stuff. I have to call it stuff because, well I don't know what its called.

The Farmer then goes along dropping the little trees in the holes.

He is followed by the guys we hired for the day who plant the trees.

And the trees are in, we got them all in the ground in one day. (Remember we is used loosely). Thanks Greg for helping too.


Next up is "head off" the trees. What proved to be the hard part with this was it needed to be dry. And well it hasn't exactly been dry. The forecast finally looked dry this past Friday so The Farmer got busy, took him about two and half hours (which is a lot quicker then I thought it would be). Heading off the trees entails cutting them down to all the same height and stripping them of all but 4-6 buds. Those buds will be the main branches. So now we have little stubs of trees.

Army Crawl

My life is forever changed, again.

Micah's Army Crawl from Meagan Rice on Vimeo.

365 Part 22

Day 245Day 246Day 247Day 248Day 249....too many, but I just can't decide he looks so cute!Day 250Day 251Day 252Day 253Day 254Day 255
Day 256
Day 257