Joshua's 12th Birthday

It is hard to believe my little brother is a year away from turning a teenager. Joshua is full of adventure. Always coming up with a new idea to keep his little brothers busy. We got him a pair of throwing knives for his birthday and he spends lots of time trying to master them.

His latest idea was making an easy access to the trampoline, out the boy's bedroom window. Not to mention that they spend time jumping off the house roof. He is a good little helper around the house, and now that Justin is working almost full time now, someone has to be the man around the house! :)
Hope you had a great birthday, Joshua! We all love you lots!

Fresh Dairy Products!!

When I say "fresh" I mean fresh! Butter is one of our main staples in baking and lots of other things.  A family our size goes through lots of butter. Now that we have our cow there is never a shortage around our house of fresh, homemade butter. 

We each get a jar and the shaking begins...

There is nothing like the taste of fresh butter. So soft and creamy! 

We freeze them in 1 cup quantities, which makes it easy for baking.

Fresh mozzarella cheese anyone? Jenny has mastered an awesome mozzarella cheese recipe and it is so good.

Even with all the cheese, cottage cheese, butter, and other things we use the milk for, we still had more then we could use. That is where this little calf is coming in handy. We just got him a few days ago and Millie and him have already bonded. He is so cute and only 9 days old. Never dreamed of having a little calf on our farm.  :)
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Jubilee says "Hi" to you all! Have a great weekend! :)