All over the place :)

Hello! Wow, it's been a long time since I posted last! Yikes!

So...got my RIF notice... still don't have a call back but I am cautiously optimistic. I am the first teacher called back and our numbers are looking encouraging...fingers crossed! With being RIFed I can't seem to find my summer excitement this year. It just doesn't feel right to be on summer break and not know when I'll be going back to school. I feel like I can't relax yet. I sure hope I get a call back soon so I can settle in and enjoy some time off with my family.

So we're on day 3 of summer vacation :) Dax and I... I mean I have gotten a lot accomplished really :) The main flower beds are now pretty much weed free-- pretty sure they are never 100% weed free--- the garden has things growing in it AND I've already harvest a row of radishes! Dustin has been working his tail off to improve the look of the place-- old ratty fence torn down, weeds have been mowed to blend them in with everything else (ha!), and coming up with some ideas for other projects around the place. :) Speaking of projects, one of them will be a CHICKEN COOP!! We have 6 Buff Orpington chicks growing like crazy in a brooder in our kitchen. Yahoo! Dustin's Dad has taken on the task of creating a future home for them and Dustin and I... I mean Dustin... will be creating a run to add to it. I am so excited to have chickens on the farm. I am told that there were chickens here many, many years ago but never when I could remember. They were butcher chickes though... not these girls though. Hopefully these girls will help control the bug population and maybe we'll get an egg or two to enjoy from time to time. :)

We also recently had SEVEN kittens from two different mamas kitties. Two went to new homes yesterday so we're down to FIVE, anyone want a kitten?? They are all up for adoption!! Once they are gone our Mamas are going to be fixed so we won't have this problem any more. Ha!

Dax is growing like a weed! I can't believe how much bigger he seems to me lately, may be because several of our friends have had babies lately giving me a perspective on how grown up Dax has become. He does love those little babies too! My friend Carley had a super sweet little boy, Eli who Dax fell madly in love with and held for quite awhile. I was so surpised at how still he sat just watching baby Eli. What a love he is! Dax is also quite the mimic which is usually very funny! He has said a many things that make us laugh out loud-- including telling me to 'go to the corner' when he found a pen mark on my arm while grocery shopping. He has become very sensitive to sounds. Things like the lawn mower and 4-wheeler that never used to bother him at all now have him saying 'I don't like it' but will gladly go for a ride. We'll see how this plays out at the mudbog this weekend... luckily he has headphones to wear to drown out the noise a little. I sure hope his love for the trucks outweighs his nervous-ness about them.


So that's the short update on what's been happening around here. Hopefully I'll be better about posting this summer. With any luck my next post will be I GOT MY JOB BACK!!!