2-7-18

Eva had twins!

Girl lamb

Boy lamb

She's such a good mom.  

We tube fed Grandpa this morning and he is doing better.  It snowed a little last night.  After work I went home and checked on the sheep.  Eva had just lambed twins!  A boy weighing 10.4 and  a girl weighing 10.0 and they are both white!  They were standing and trying to nurse.  I moved them into a stall and towel dried them.  I couldn't get any milk from Eva yet so I made some colostrum and tube fed 4 oz to both lambs.  They are doing great!  Jared had another important meeting at work so couldn't come home until after that.  After getting Adam and Eli off the bus I headed to school to get Jacob from Jazz band.  The boys went over to Nik's house for an hour.  Adam and Eli played minecraft on the computer.  We made breakfast for dinner.  Jared, Adam and I played a game of 3-13 after dinner.  Jacob played tanki and then he and I finished our game of 3-13.  All the lambs are doing great.

2-6-18

I checked on the sheep when I got home from work and Grandpa (Adam's lamb) isn't doing well.  He is weak and has bad diarrhea. I warmed up some water so I could clean him up.  One of our Suffolk ewe's lambed while I was at work but the lamb didn't make it.  It was a big girl.  Jared came home form work a little early and we got some milk from Fryne and tubed fed Grandpa and also gave him some pepto.  Thirty minutes later we came out to tube him some electrolytes.  Then we gave him a little tube feeding of fluids (alternating milk and electrolytes) every hour.  This evening we lost electricity for several hours.  The boys got out a lot of candles to light.  Jacob and I played a game of 3-13.

2-5-18

Snow ice cream from Aunt Missy!

3-13 with Nana

In the morning I headed to my parents house.  Jacob and I had to leave to go to the dentist because Jacob had a filling come out that needed to be fixed.  We went to McDonalds for a treat before headed back to Nana and Papa's.  Mom, Adam and Eli were playing 3-13.  After lunch we headed to Aunt Missy's house.  We dropped off Jacob and Adam and headed to Rite Aid so Eli and I could get the flu shot.  Back at Melissa's house we watched the Christmas special of When Calls the Heart which she had recorded.  Around 3:30 we headed back to my parents.  Stopped at the post office to drop off a package on the way.  The boys and Nana finished a game of 3-13 and Nana won!  We headed home around 4:30.  After dinner we all went to the barn to let Fryne and the lambs out of their stall.  Han kept butting Fryne and smelling the lambs. All the sheep were curious to see the new lambs.  Jared and Jacob played a game of 3-13.  I took a little nap on the couch with some heat on my sore arm from the shot.  Eli's arm was sore too.  Peyton is going back to the ER with a high fever.  Grandpa is getting cold out of the stall so we put Fryne back in the stall with her lambs. 

2-4-18

After church we went shopping.  Got pizza's for lunch and watched When Calls the Heart.  Nik came over and stayed until we had to leave.  We went to my parents this afternoon to watch the Super Bowl.   After a couple hours Mel and her family arrived.  Vikki's family couldn't come because Peyton had to go to the ER and was diagnosed with an ear infection and influenza.  She is now confined to her bedroom for 10 days.  Adam and I played a game of 3-13 and then Jacob and I played.  The kids played in the basement and then watched Beethoven and Angels in the Outfield.  The boys got to spend the night at Nana and Papa's tonight because there was no school tomorrow.  Mel's kids had school but it got canceled because of the snow.

2-3-18

Lambs after tagging and banding

When nerf meets pottery!

Lane learning how to make a mug

Jared and Adam headed into town to get our Saturday morning goodies.  They also stopped at the grain elevator for chicken food.  After lunch Nik came over and the boys went back to his house to play for an hour.  Then Nik came over to play for couple hours.  Eli's friend Lane also came over for a few hours.

2-2-18

Using the pocket microscope 

Today was a half day at school so after school Adam waited for me in the cafeteria and Jacob was in the van.  Then we headed over to the elementary to get Eli.  After lunch Jacob was asking to play 3-13 so we did and he won.  Adam and Eli played minecraft on the computer.  I made some batts and did some spinning.  I'm making a bulky yarn with Blanch's wool.  Eli set up a store so Adam and I played store with him.  Jacob played Tanki on the computer.  Nik came over and the boys played outside in their fort up in the barn.  They took Nik to see the lambs.  I worked on changing the boys room around.  After Nik went home the boys helped me with the room.  Jared got home around 5:00.  The boys went over to Nik's house for an hour and they played with army men.  After dinner we watched When Calls the Heart.  Then we played 3-13.  Adam and Jacob got their report cards back today and they have all A's and B's.  Eli's came home the other day and he is doing very good also.

2-1-18

Nana got the boys this cool pocket microscope

Meet "Grandpa"

I finished Tammy’s shift today and got home around 1:30.  Mom came over to visit and got to see the new lambs.  She helped me cut potatoes and carrots so I could get them in the oven with a roast for dinner.  We went down the road to get the boys off the bus.  Nana gave the boys a cool little pocket microscope which we all had fun with.  Adam and Eli wanted to go see the lambs so I took them out to the barn. Adam played his trombone for Nana before she had to leave.  Eli and I finished a game of 3-13 that we’d started yesterday.  Adam and Eli wanted to go back out to see them lambs when Daddy got home.  Adam named the white lamb Grandpa because of his white eyebrows and beard, haha.  After dinner Adam wanted to go back out to sit in the stall and watch the lambs.  Eli wanted me to read to him while he took his bath so we picked out a few books.  Jared and Jacob played a game of 3-13 and then Jacob and I played.