Busy birthday day!

Well, this was a whirlwind type of a day.  It was my dad's birthday, but he was gone seeding all day until he came home right at 6:30pm and we left shortly after that for our district's reorganization meeting---at which, nothing was reorganized and everything is as it's been for a long time.  Jacob stayed home to feed the cows, as he is still to young to vote at such things.  Andrew and I did the rest of the chores (milking and feeding smaller animals) early before we left, so none of us had supper before we went.  The meeting got out around 9:00pm, so we had a late birthday feast!  It was worth the wait though....homemade lasagna, jello, and angel food cake with ice cream and strawberries.  Yummy!  After our late supper, we gave my dad his gifts.  I think he liked them all.  ;)

The boys worked on several projects here at home.  Andrew helped my mom and I get the cat-proof poultry pen set up again, this time in the barn as the chicks are still too little to be outside at night.  After I went and got a straw bale, Jacob helped us bed down the pen (it's pretty large---about 12'x12').   I washed out some feeders and the large waterer, then Mom and I hauled all 102 chicks out to their new home.  They were stunned.  They just sat there and looked around for the longest time, then they did start eating and exploring.  Hopefully they'll do alright out there tonight, as we have the barn doors closed and they have lots of straw to hunker down in.   I wanted to get a picture of them, but my camera is currently lost, so that didn't happen.

Oh yes...  Kristi M. had given us some rhubarb, so I made a rhubarb pie today and the rest I made into strawberry/rhubarb jam.  I also made apricot jam with apricots from Paula M.  :)  I haven't tested them yet to see if they turned out right or not?

It was a beautiful day, outside of the strong wind.  I hope you all are enjoying the sunshine too!  Soon, once the seeds are in the ground, we'll be praying for some rain clouds to cover the sky...