Skiing

 

This year the kids finally got a chance to get back on the mountain and ski.  Zack and Madison loved it but A.J not so much.

 

                                          All three kids

                                           Zack and A.J coming down the bunny slope

                                           Zack

                                            A.J

                                         Zack doing his turn

                                         Madison had a little harder time remembering how to ski.  So she spent a lot of time on the magic carpet. She was to afraid of falling.

                                          Not to mention that she wasn't feeling that well either.

Watch Us Grow!!!!

 

One of Zack's Thrianta litter born

                                          Minutes old

                                          About 10 days old

                                          Fat little bellies

                                         Nice Head on this one

                                          Eyes are all opened. 

                                          play time! Zack brings them inside just about every other night to get some play time and that way he can look them over so watch them.

Thrianta Babies

                                          These guys are only a little over 4 weeks old.  So today Zack brought them in for there first posing lessons and photos.

                                         They were a little to scared to sit still

                                          Finally one that would sit

Top 10 of 2012

                    





                                                        The Little Effing Farm's
                                                          Top 10 of 2012




10.) We added geese and pigs to the farm this year.
 9.)   Madison won 3rd place for her giant sunflower and Zack won 3rd place for his giant pumpkin  in 4-H at the Sandwich Fair.
8.) Zack, A.J and Dorrie all took Hunter's Education and passed.
7.) Arron and the boys learned how to process our own pigs
6.) Madison raised a 43 pound turkey
5.) Zack had a very successful first year with his rabbitry
4.) Arron made a sign for the Little Effing Farm
3.) We made our own Maple Syrup
2.) Adam came into our family at 19 days old
1.) A.J graduated High School and got his driver's license



Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays


   

Pig Day

This was the first time we have ever done anything like this before.  And only ended up taking care of the pigs ourselves because of the price everyone else wanted to charge for doing it. I had to drop the baby off that morning so Megan had my camara while I was gone. And boy did she enjoy this whole process.  I only choose a few of her photos to give you an idea what steps we took.  It was hard to choose from all the ones she took from beginning to end.   

                                          Zack and A.J giving Lunch her last bath

                                               Arron and Dad working on getting the hair off

                                           Madison's turn to help. You can see the smooth white skin is the parts that's been done and the darker spot is left to do.

                                          Last step to do before hanging it up for the night

                                          Team work to get it to the garage to be hung

                                          The kids were all excited to help guide Dinner up for her turn.  Notice all the extra kids.  Some how we ended up sleepovers  while doing this so there was always people coming and going all weekend when this process was going on.

                                          Tyler watching Zack get the gun ready

                                          Megan waiting for her turn to help get the hair off.

Turkey's this year

                                           Madison was in charge of the  Turkey's this year and she did very well.

                                          Like most year's we had mainly Tom's

                                           Even the Hen's are good size. The biggest this year was 43 pounds and the smallest was 22 pounds.

4-H Awards Night

This year at 4-H awards night.  The kids had a great time.  They couldn't wait to get through with the awards and talking so they could get to the ice cream part.

 

Madison getting her ribbon for her giant sunflower

                                          Zack getting his certificate for his giant pumpkin

                                          All three kids and Joey with their 4-H records

The Emperor's New Clothes

 This year's play was The Emperor's New Clothes. And the kids did a great job like they do every year. It's so fun to watch them go from Monday morning getting their lines parts to Saturday when they put the whole thing together. The Stage Company does a wonderful job working with the kids.

                                          Madison and Kailey hanging out before showtime

                                          Most of the cast.  I think we only had 30-35 kids this year. Which was way down from last year but they all did great.

                                          Madison wasn't happy about having to wear the bonnet.

                                          The town's folk

                                           And a closer photo of Madison with some of the other kids.

Zack's geese

                                          3 of Zack's male Chinese geese running in the yard

                                           Breakfast isn't stupid she's working on digging her own tunnel out

 

                                            Been caught in the act

                                          Lunch and Dinner waiting for her their turn.

Stacking wood

                                          Zack and Madison bringing in wood to stack on the sunporch. You can see all the wood already stacked behind them.

Knock, Knock, Who's There?

I love this photo of the geese at the kitchen door watching the baby. He likes to get as close as he can in the walker to the door and watch them.

Apple Picking

Today we took Adam and Zack apple picking. Madison decided she wanted to be with Megan and A.J wanted to stay and watch some History show.

                                          Zack looking for some good drops

                                           He wouldn't smile for me

                                            Reaching high like only he can

                                          Posing for one more photo for me. I thought A.J would like the history fact.

                                         

                                          Arron with Adam

                                          Zack handing Adam an apple while I watched

Ossipee Voyagers Display

                                          Some of the Voyager's kids projects

                                          Zack's pumpkin and Madison's sunflower with the red ribbon

                                            Some of Zack's project in the Backyard Farmer's Display

 More of the Voyager's display