Connor and the Bunnies

Connor is loving having the bunnies here! He's helping me clean and feed them. He's slowly learning that he needs to Sit. Still. and not chase them! They have been really sweet with him!

Weekend Fun

This past weekend, we made our second trip to Fair Oaks Farm. Somehow, I didn't take a picture of a single live cow... Hmm... oh well :)

Connor and Kate had lots of fun!

I also got some canning done... tomato jam and cowboy candy (candied jalapenos).

And a lovely picture of Connor and Daddy in Cedar Lake, IN

Wordless Wednesday - We Adopted!

Cocoa

7 years ago this month, we adopted a 1 1/2 - 2 year old mini Rex rabbit named Cocoa from the Humane Society. Cocoa passed away yesterday morning. She is buried in the pasture. We'll be putting together a marker of some sort.

Muffin Tin Monday

Connor was given a dinosaur sandwich cutter over the weekend, so I figured today would be a good day to get back into Muffin Tin Mondays!

Chobani Champions Greek Yogurt (mixed berry) with blueberries, fruit snacks, Capri Sun Super V (berry), dinosaur cheese and turkey sandwiches, cherry tomatoes

Ok, does ANYONE know how to rotate pics in Blogger? Or prevent them from turning?

Summer Storm

We had a decent storm sweep through on Tuesday morning. It took down sections of at least three trees. That's not bad considering we have over 300 (estimated). Power went on and off, internet and tv knocked out. Wednesday we lost power for 5 hours. We finally got internet and tv back yesterday afternoon.

This one looks more like wind damage than lightning. Thank goodness it went into the cornfield instead of on to the chicken coop!

This tree was struck by lightning. Luckily it didn't go into the road and didn't block the driveway. It was also considerate enough to miss our driveway marker :)

As soon as I got in the house after taking the pictures, the town showed up to remove the tree branch.

Connor had a blast watching!



It's Fair Season!

This past weekend, we checked out Jasper County Fair near Renssalaer IN. It's a very small fair. It was opening night and none of the rides were set up, which I found odd. The animal barns were nice and food selection was decent. The kids had a blast climbing on tractors...

Kate got to milk a goat:



 On Sunday, we went blueberry picking for the first time. Of course, I forgot my camera in the car. Connor had a blast and ate lots of blueberries. I thought we had picked quite a few, nope, only 4 lbs. I put some in the freezer and the rest will be eaten shortly. There is something special about a sun-warmed blueberry. We discovered that our favorite is Blue Ray and I'll be looking at those for my own garden. This farm had a decent variety and I plan on going back next year.

After we left, we went to an outlet mall. This outlet mall has a train... Connor insisted on riding it. :)