Strite Family

19 March, 2016

Beautiful Out!

We had been having some pretty strange weather. It would be hot and sunny one week and then freezing, sometimes even raining and sleeting, the next. But, finally, I believe Spring has decided to stay! Yea! The fields are turning green...

...and the trees are pushing out fresh leaves.

PC: Joanna

Time for some spring cleaning!

Cleaning out the barn.

It's crazy how dusty things get here in Az!

Cleaning up the holding area...

Good work, Jesse!

Raking up around the house.

I think someone found some pine cones.. :)

Cleaning out Dad's truck!

Eggs, eggs and more eggs!

The chickens have been picking up in production. I don't think we are the only ones that are loving this weather! :)

Between milk and eggs we keep very busy!

Putting eggs into empty cartons..

Thanks for the help boys!

I recently made a sign to put out by the road.

I made it very simple. Nothing fancy as we will probably be replacing it with a better one in the near future. For the time being we just needed something to direct people in.

Jared helped me do a lot of the painting.

I think that will do for now! :)

We had someone make bacon from the last pig we butchered.

Joshua sliced it up in strips.

He also sliced up more homemade bologna while he was at it! Mmmmm. The bacon ended up being more fat than meat this time, but it was still good!

The kittens are growing and Jubilee spends so much time with them.

They are so cute!

We have been busy delivering milk as always! It has really been growing, we sell more share(s) every week! Always one step closer to becoming a certified raw milk dairy!!

More baby pigs born at Micah and Jenny's!

This is the sound the Mommy pig makes when her milk has let down.

The little runt is so tiny!

Perfect evening to be out milking!

Poppy is due to have puppies next month. We can hardly wait!!

We had fun going to the air show in Tucson with the family. It was was cold and windy at first, but then the wind calmed down. The sun shown down and we got burnt. Ooops.. I don't think we will forget the sunscreen next time!

It's so beautiful in the evenings!!
Welcome Spring!

01 March, 2016

Catch Up

Hello everyone, once again I have to apologize for the long wait... ;/

I promise you we didn't forget about all you blog viewers, and just have been waiting for a chance to blog! For the past few weeks we all had the cold/fever/cough and well, just not feeling good. Thank the Lord we all are better now besides a few runny noses here and there.

Jesse did not want to have his picture taken. (One of the days he was sick on the couch.)

In January Joylin, Joshua, Jared and I (Joanna) all signed up for Still Waters youth camp. We were all very blessed to get in!

Just had to share a picture of these adorable little men!

Rook has been "The Game" in our family for a while now. Every time we get together you will find the majority of the family around the coffee table, or in a circle on the living room floor playing it.

Judah is growing up fast! Can't believe he is already 4 months old!

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The Canadians Come To Visit

Jessica, Kezia and Jason flew in February 2nd and Chris got here the 19th.

We had a very enjoyable time with them, and were sad to see them go this morning.

Thank you Jessica for all your cleaning and organizing, and Chris... well, thank you for all the good laughs! =)

Jason is the most loveable little guy!

Kaitlyn had us all over one evening for an early celebration of Justin's birthday.
It was so fun all being together and enjoying one another's company.
Not very often can we say "Look Mom, all your kids are here!".