Pictures

Enjoying the sunshine
About a month ago, I came into his room and he was standing up. He pulls himself up on everything now.

Dressed up as a Roman solider
A little too small to be a soldier
Take cover!

Sam got some candy during one of the conference sessions and it made him look like he had lipstick on
Singing happy birthday to great grandpa (it was pretty sunny)
McKinley helping clear out some weeds
Best friends

Kotter Farm

So we decided recently to get a few chickens. The idea was to start small and maybe grow it in the future. Thought process behind it was to take advantage of all the open land we have out here and use that land to actually produce some things.

We also bought a cow but that is currently pastured at Kryssi’s parents and will stay there. In the (potentially near) future, talked about getting bees next and maybe a pig or two (Kryssi’s sister and brother-in-law raise pigs) but we’ll see where things go.

Day old chicks

Our chicken coop. Still gets cold at night so I have a heat lamp in there for now
Same chicks as in the above picture but 3 weeks old now

Our cat was also pregnant and we came home from a baby blessing a few weeks ago to her having kittens right outside the back door. It was an exciting time for the kids and we were a little worried that everything would go okay, but she has been a great mom. So currently we have 4 little kittens, though I’ve already told the kids (and Kryssi) that we aren’t keeping them all.

Samuel’s 1st Birthday

We celebrated Samuel’s birthday a week early, since we had some family in town and figured he wouldn’t know the difference. Kryssi made him his own little smash cake, which he sort of ate some but mostly just made a mess.

Samuel’s smash cake

Singing Happy Birthday!
He took it pretty slow with his cake but eventually made quite a mess

Opening some presents on his actual birthday

Pictures from February

McKinley’s snow man

Lucas getting a book signed by Gary Hogg, who did a presentation at his school
Lucas by the cake he decorated for pack meeting
Handsome boy
Handsome boys
The cake Kryssi made me for my birthday

Crazy hair in the morning
He wanted his picture taken at Target with this display
After watching The Lego Batman movie on Presidents Day
Playing with cousins
Samuel got in on the action at his cousin’s birthday party. Warm up for his party I guess

Static hair
Came upstairs after putting the kids to bed one night to see this raccoon eating the cat food. Our cat just sat there and watched him.

McKinley ready for Dr. Seuss day at school, with the hat her mom made her
Samuel likes to get up early but it’s always nice to snuggle up under a warm blanket