How I spent my tax refund this year —-  with a bonus of teaching my kids what hard work really is! After 2 days of laying sod every spare minute to the tune of about 15 straight hours the kids understood the term WORK. LOL

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

This is what the spread here will look like on Thursday! MMMMMMMM

Those are Pioneer Womans famous No Knead Dinner Rolls Best recipe ever! Try it - even if you don’t do bread/rolls normally ( I DONT! )  These are goof proof!  http://www.pioneerwoman.com

She has claimed her spot on the front porch next to Bizkit!

Have abounded for us this week. Reminding myself to be thank full for all our blessings.

Cow that is…  We are feeding a bottle calf.  She’s the cutest thing and Bizkit loves her ( I think he is under the impression we brought her home for HIM ).  If it wasnt so cold out I would go take some  more pictures. But BRRRRRRRRR it is cold

Brady pinned a kid and won his first wrestling match this week

Reid lost BOTH of his front teeth this week

A week in our busy life in pictures!

I am not getting enough sleep…. I am NEVER bored… and here are two of the reasons why..

The kids and puppy keep me so busy I am pretty sure the words “sleep deprived” are my middle name this month!

We are calving cattle , kidding goats , and it snowed…. which means we have been getting up every 2 - 3 hours to “check” the livestock. It has not been a good week. We lost some baby goats in the bitter cold even though they were in the sheds. Poor little things just had no chance.. It was 2 degrees here the night a set of twins was born. My two mama goats are looking for them still…. I am so sad! We lost a calf the same day, but found a replacement for the mama and thank goodness they loved each other without much coaxing so at least that mama has a baby now. Today I watched a calf being born in a not so gentle way ( had to “pull ” it ) but the miracle of birth is still that.. and I am seeing it several times a day lately.

We have one week of basketball season left. WHEW ….   I think it almost broke us this year. When you have 5 kids and 23 days of games to go to ( and pay to get into ) in one month that is not a good thing for your budget!

I have forgotten HOW to cook supper…. we ate at a concession stand 5 out of 7 nights last week.Yes, I am serious!

Happy Valentines day —  we spent the day at basketball games.. where else?  We did splurge and go out for lunch after the kids’ games today. I had hot beef — totally NOT on my low carb eating plan. And was it ever worth it. yum.

Our daughter has decided NOT to go out for track. T Y L — ( thank you Lord ) which means we get a long break from sports once her club volleyball is over in March.  This means evenings at home, spare time, and extra $ in my budget.

we had a snow day friday -  i just love those — NOT .  So hubby all day in the snow plow ( from 4 am to 8 pm ) and me home snowed in with all 5 bored kids all day long. FUN!

This is just a post to prove I am still alive and kicking… b-ball season you havent killed me yet. I will get back on posting track after the week is over!

A few videos of me and the boys..

and a few more minutes of entertainment….

and the end of today’s show….