First Egg!

Sunday was such a fun filled day. Not only did we celebrate Mathias' birthday with friends and family, one of my new chicks laid her first egg! The only sad part about this story is that I am not the one who found it. I guess that is okay and it doesn't take away from the excitement of the first egg. I took a picture of it and that reminded me of the time three years ago when I actually took my first egg to Texas to show my in-laws. I can't imagine what it will be like to have 17 chickens laying at the same time!

On another note, we have a thirteen year old! We are so blessed! School is going very well and we're having fun in the process!

Until next time........

Okra and Jenga!

This day was full of okra and Jenga! This morning Tony had a hair appt. and Keegan had a birthday party to attend. While they were gone, I began preparing fresh okra to put in the freezer. I had looked at several different methods and thought I'd give it a try. I breaded a whole gallon ziploc full. It was a little time consuming, but I know the labor will pay off in the end! I also filled another gallon bag full of whole okra. The whole three hours (remember I have a one year old) of preparing this wonderful okra (yes, from our neighbors) Tressa and Mathias played at the kitchen table with Jenga blocks. Three hours straight and nothing but laughter and fun! They set them up in different patterns and then pushed the first one to then cause a chain reaction. I couldn't believe how long this went on. Later in the day I began preparing okra to eat tonight. Yum! It also made at least enough to fill a gallon ziploc and we even had leftovers. So I highly recommend the Jenga game blocks for hours of entertainment and some good ole fried okra. BTW.....Tony just shot a Copperhead snake in our backyard! Yikes!