Goal accomplished!

I can't believe that I find it hard to keep up with a blog. Didn't think the day would come that I procrastinate blogging. It is still a personal goal to update at least monthly. If I let it go much further than that, I may never blog again! Noooooo!
Here's what's been happening here....

Aaron finally took the kids fishing so they could use their rods that they asked Santa Claus for. They fished with minnows and that was a great pick for Aaron. Carter thought he was actually catching those tiny fish!

Aaron is assisting some of the Scouts in earning their hiking merit badge. They completed another 10-mile hike.

Haylee bug is still so cute. She also still won't roll over or crawl. Just sits.

I try. Everyday. Promise.

She just got her 5th tooth today. Teething is giving me much grief. Poor thing.

Carter put his own belt on for church. He was proud to model that thing!

More Haylee!

About two weeks ago, I noticed a bunny eating flowers in my yard and I chased it off. The next morning, there was a female mallard sitting in that same flower bed. She sat there all day and I finally gave in to letting the kids throw some bread to her that evening. When that bread got close to her though, she took off and this is what we found!

9 eggs! She layed two more over the next two days too. I think that I was the most excited about it!

A few days later, I was showing a neighbor our new duck and when I got close to the flowers I spotted this -

A baby bunny. In that same flower bed. I couldn't believe it. After looking for another few seconds, I found three more!

We have our own little farm, right outside our front door! They were so cute!

The bunnies hung around for a few days, but have since left.


Mother duck continues to sit on her nest of eggs. Day...after...day.

She can sometimes hide fairly well. Most of the time though, the people that walk past our home spot her. I hope those eggs make it to hatching day.

Then one night last week, Daddy duck appeared! He hangs out occasionally and tries to scare off any annoying neighbors that quack at him. (I seriously found the neighbor boy out dancing around like a duck and having a quacking party with daddy duck...it was pretty funny to watch that from my window.)

Hopefully we'll get to see some little duckings.

Lastly, I made a goal. That is usually as far as I get.

I feel like I RARELY accomplish a goal.

Until last week! I have had this darn (it's only a "darn" quilt because it's nagged me for so long) unfinished quilt sitting in my basement for almost two years. I wanted it finished by last Friday and I did it!

But now I'm in trouble again because I REALLY want to start on another one. Oh dear. It's a vicious cycle.