Our Chickens and Pineapple:)

Believe it or not that is Jacob sitting with Leah on the "ugly" side of our house. We planted a couple of pineapple tops there. They actually grew pineapples. I was so amazed. The first was yellow and this little one is red. They take at least 2 to 3 years to grow big enough to make fruit, for me anyway. Jacob just started a new job this week as a diesel mechanic. This picture was taken when he stopped by just after work to tell us about his day.

Leah holding Whitey our one and only female chicken, we think. The baby chickens are still to small to tell if they are male or female, but we have a feeling, by the way they act, that they are all male. Boy are our neighbors going to love us at sunrise!

Our little baby chickens. And yes they all have names. It will be extra hard to have chicken soup with a name.

This is Rudy our rooster. Oh my! is he funny to watch. He is scared of his own shadow most times and runs so funny. He loves to play the bully with the baby chickens and chase them all over the place. I think it makes him feel all grown up or something.

Since Scott hurt his shoulder and can't work for a while and my job changed my hours to nights we are both home during the day. My body hasn't adjusted to sleeping during the day (I don't think we are meant to sleep during the day:) ) so Scott and I are convalescing and have time to "watch chickens" and visit with each other. Practice for when our kids are grown, I guess. I think I'm going to like that season of my life.

Pictures from Grandma's House

Dean is winning this race. His little brother will surely catch him at this pace!

Dean and Donnovan showing off the teeth they don't have! ;) Dean (the one in the bascball cap) is a year older than Donnovan. Their mother Sharon (my sister) has two older children too, Amanda and Derrick. When I get pictures of them they will be on here too. So watch out! Sharon is also blessed with a 2 year old grandson named Isaac.

I was so excited to recieve these pictures of my sister Sharon's little boys. My mom and my sister sent them to me in an email. They are really becoming super computer operators :). They all live in Odessa, TX.

Since moving to FL in 2001 we have not been able to afford trips to visit our families so this is so nice to see the pictures from them.

The picture on the left is of my beautiful mama Louise and her brother (Uncle) Kenneth. The one on the right is my sister Sharon and second cousin Delores. Looks like everyone had a super fun time visiting.

Pictures of Jacob, Rachel and Leah's Birthdays

Rachel's 17th birthday!! This was February. We all went out to eat at Olive Garden with her boyfriend. Her friends also got her a cake at school to share at lunch time.

God has truly blessed our family.

This is Jacob's little blue truck. He came over for his 20th birthday in January. The girls love his truck because it is loud:)

Leah May's super fun birthday party at the park with everyone in her class (and their brothers and sisters). Rachel got all the stuff for apple dunking and it was the hit of the party with everyone. She turned 9 in Novermber.

Our very first post

I thought this would be a lot more complicated than it was.

This is a picture of Leah sitting on top of the VW bus we have in our back yard. The bus was my dad's that my mom shipped out after he passed away. It sits at the back of our property and is perfect for Leah to climb on and check to see if the mangos are ripe yet. Since Hurricane Frances took out the mango tree in our back yard, and the other two hurricanes messed up mango season for the last couple of years we are (im)patiently waiting for these mangos to ripen.

I am looking forward to sharing our lives and pictures on here for the rest of our family and friends to see. Along with those mangos:).

Thank you Laura Hausman, Heather Dickinson and Beth Dickinson for sparking my interest in blogging!!

Libby