Meat, Meat, And More Meat!

Hunting and butchering time!

Joshua went hunting for the first time this year. He got the largest buck out of all the guys and was pretty proud. He is having some friends of our mount the head for him.

He also got a nice size cow elk.

A quick shout out to Joshua turning 15 this week! Happy Birthday, Bro. You are growing into such a handsome young man!!

Jaylon and his buck.

This is Justin's first buck as well!

Micah had shot a buck close to the size of Joshua's, but couldn't find it after a long search, and had to be content with the next one he got.

Last year they all went out to get a buck, but didn't see any. We were happy that they all came home with one this time!

Cutting up the meat and getting ready to grind.

Yummy burger

Notice the legos on the living room floor... They were keeping the small children occupied. :)

Joshua making deer jerky.

Our freezers are so full that we got to enjoy making bologna. 

Mom and Dad grew up having it, and all of us children love it! 

All finished and ready to slice.

It's So good!!!

Getting the jerky ready for drying.

Jenny raised a small flock of Broiler chickens for butchering.

Joshua getting all the knives sharp and ready.

Sweet Judah was left inside with Grandma.

Cutting the heads off, with little onlookers.

It was a first time for Hannah, and she did an awesome job!

With many hands the job was done quickly.

Our freezer just got a little fuller! 

We also butchered one of Jenny and Micah's pigs.

Packing Pork Chops and getting ready for sausage.

The Lord has Blessed us abundantly with very full freezers! :)

~Joanna

Crazy Life

Hello everyone! Once again I want to apologize for the long wait! :-/  Life is Busy as usual...



...Our weekly schedule is pretty crazy! ;)
Monday: Joylin and I leave early and head to tucson for milk drop,
Tuesday: Joylin and I clean house for 2 people.
Wednesday: Either Joylin or I take milk half way to Tucson, in Vail.
Thursday: Joylin and I, or Mom, goes to Sierra Vista for a Farmers Market.
Friday: Joylin and I go to Sierra Vista for milk drops.
Saturday: Joylin and I, or Mom, go to a Farmers Market in Vail.

So Now maybe you will understand a little bit why we don't post very often! :)

Little baby Judah is growing fast! 

He's just as cute as ever, and we have all been enjoying him.

It's crazy that he is almost 3 weeks old already!



~ HAILSTORM ~

Just randomly one day it started pouring, and then all of a sudden it was hailing.
 They were the size of peas at first and we all thought they were big, but then... 

 ..They turned into pecan size hail! 

It was so loud under our tin roofed porch, and made even small little dents! 

It kinda looked like snow! :)

Its fun to jump, when there is "balls" on the trampoline.

 ~ APPLE PICKING ~

A friend of ours, has a friend, who let us pick in their apple orchard! :)

Picking,  picking....

These cute little boys helped too! 

Jared gets the photo credits for all the apple picking pictures.

Green Granny Smiths, perfect for pies! 

We picked 34 bushels! 

Loaded them all into the back of the truck, into old feed sacks Dad had in the barn.

We are storing them all in the shop right now until we get to them. We plan on making a bunch of apple sauce.
Mom has already made several pies, and we have dried a lot.


~ RANDOM~

A beautiful sunset the other night.

Was out quading, and thought this was pretty! 

The past few weeks have been very busy for the farmers in the valley.
Once in a while we get to ride in the combine with Jaylon or in a tractor with Micah. 

I thought the sky looked like popcorn! :)

Jubilee and I out for a walk..
"Joanna, why are we taking a walk?"
"Because we need exercise."
"I'm tired though."
"Ok, let me carry you on my back."
She rides for a while then says, " Put me down, cause I can't get exercise riding. I can only get exercise walking on the ground."
LOL Jubilee will never cease to amaze you with what she comes up with.

Here a few pictures of our little cuties in Canada. :)

Well that's all for now folks! hope you enjoyed it! :)

-Joanna