The coup is finished.

This is the chicken coup all finished up. Dustin is so handy, if I do say so myself. No plans, except the one inside his head. His step dad helped build it, and it drove Ray nuts, because Dustin didn't have anything down on paper, and Ray needs things down on paper. Turned out well. The chickens adore their home. They are happy little buggers.

I read this on a blog I read. I like it. 

You are the trip I did not take;

You are the pearls I cannot buy;
You are my blue Italian lake;
You are my piece of foreign sky.
(“To My Child,” quoted in Charles L. Wallis, ed., The Treasure Chest [1965], 54)

And here is a pic of me taken by Miaya in all my pregnant glory. Let's see, I am now 35 weeks along out of 40. This was taken a couple of weeks ago, so I am bigger. :D hahahaha. Baby and I are quite healthy. Dustin and I are just getting ready to have 2 kids instead of 1. It will be an interesting transition going from being a family of 3 to a family of 4. And having a wee one in the house again. I am thinking in about 4 weeks, we will have a new baby.

More of the chicken coop.

The neighbor kids always end up in our yard, just like Miaya ends up in their yards. Here they are pretending to be chickens in the chicken coop. It's coming along quite nicely. Actually, Dustin finished it last night, and I'll post the finished pics when I upload them. :)

Good times.

Miaya's First Bike

Last fall around Miaya's birthday, we thought we should get her a bike. But it was right before snow, and she seemed too little, so we waited. Now she seems to be too big. We went to the DI where all kids bikes are 5 dollars, and found one we actually liked. We bought training wheels, slime, and the helmet and knee pads (they came together and are cute.) and she was ready to go. She loves it and wants to ride it everyday. 

The chicken coop

Last week, Ray came over and got quite a bit of the chicken coop done. Miaya helped him out. hahahahhaa. She asked loads of questions, and handed him the screws. :D It's coming along nicely. 

Our Easter Weekend.

This is what we woke up to on Sunday morning! It was a wild night. The wind blew and the snow fell. It was still so lovely, though. I hid eggs and Dustin and Miaya went and found them all. It was so much fun.

Conference was so good! Saturday was spent listening to conference, and so was Sunday. So uplifting, so good. I am grateful for conference.

On Sunday we also went to go and see the elk, bison, and little horses between sessions.

These little horses were so cute! Big horses intimidate me lots, but these were such friendly little guys. Miaya has no problem with any animal she has met yet. Dustin's uncle has horses, and they scare me a bit. They are more aggressive than I like. hahahaha. Miaya is not intimidated. She is one fearless young lady.

She adores the chickens too. She always wants to hold them. I can't reach them anymore, because my belly is really big, and prevents me from reaching into the bottom of their little pen. haahhahahahahaha. They are not chicks anymore. They are chickens. They really are fun to have, though. Dustin is out numbered by the ladies in our house. We have one male in the house: Dustin. We have many females:  Me, Miaya, Moose, and the 5 chickens. hahahahaha. I hope we have a boy, just to even the numbers up a tiny bit. hahahhaah. Kidding. I don't mind having another girl, or a little boy. It will be awesome, no matter what.

P.S. Look how huge my belly is in the horse pic! And I still have two months!! hahahaha. I feel alright, for the most part, though. :D

Working on the room

These pictures are from several weeks ago. Before we got the chickens, and we've had them for at least a month. Miaya loves to help Dusitn. She is his little helper. :D So fun. We are getting the chickens outside this week, I think. Then we can finish it up and move it. Woo hoo!

An Update.

So lots has been happening. I will try to do a quick run down of what. Let's go back a few weeks.

Dustin is still leading that job for selecthealth, and is almost done. He is more than ready for this job to be finished. He's a good lead, he likes things done a certain way, and that can be stressful. :) He only has about 2 weeks left, and they should be pretty well wrapped up. He's actually thinking of going to school. I am so excited for him. The longer he works at Mid West Commercial Interiors, the more he sees what could make it more successful, and the more he sees he would love to have and run his own business some day. I think hope he can take classes this summer or fall. Cool beans.

We got chickens a few weeks ago. Remember how I talked about the master bedroom remodel? Well, it has been on hold since we got the chicks because it's too cold outside for them. So, in a few weeks, we will be able to get them outside, and get the room finished. :) Chickens are funny. We got them for the eggs. Miaya knows that someday we may eat them, and we told her we don't name our food, so they don't have names. hahahahha. People are somewhat horrified when tell them that Miaya knows this. We are okay with it. She's great with animals. She's our little farmer girl. She loves them and wants to hold them a lot. They don't like to be held. It's an interesting situation.

Tomorrow I am 29 weeks pregnant. I am now due the 9th of June. I feel like a large ball. I get heartburn often, and the wigglies in  my legs a night when I am trying to fall asleep, and can't sleep well some nights, but things are good. The baby plays around in my belly like it's a big rumpus room. I was having weird pains a couple of Sunday's ago, but those pains went away after a day, and the doctor said no worries, unless it got worse, which it didn't, so things are good, all in all. :)

We had our 7th wedding anniversary on Sunday. We can't believe it's been that long. It's great. We were going to go out of town for the weekend, but my car started to freak out on Thursday, so we nixed those plans and spent the weekend fixing the car, the truck, and the bathroom sink. After Dustin finishes this job (hopefully in about two weeks) we're going to head out on a little vacation. Don't know where we are going or what we are doing, but it will be nice.

We've already planted some of the garden. Just the cold weather crops, and the weather's been getting warmer and warmer. Okay. That's all for now.