I totally failed May’s P365!

Yeah, so I could just sum up the month of May (which obviously isn’t over, I know!) as a big ball of slightly controlled chaos. We found out we have a little one on the way, it’s the end of the school year, we unexpectedly filled up all of our weekends with get-togethers/trips, roosters, gardens, and I’m just plain tired!

So, as you can guess, my photo project P365, didn’t even take a back seat, it got left at the curb three bus stops ago! And I can tell you right now, June won’t be any better!

For those of you who look forward to my posts of photos, I’m sorry. But I just didn’t have the time to stop and shoot anything specific. However, I am going to try and at least share photos of all the things we are doing. *Try* is the word here, just so you know.

Thanks for reading!

Alicia

Surprise!

Yep, to everyone’s surprise, we are expecting number 3 at the end of this year.

We are excited and also looking towards what this means as a family. More hugs to give, more mouths to feed, more shoes to look for when running late, more snuggles. Another life to care for and love.

The boys are reacting like we thought they would. Luke hopes it’s not a girl because, “Sister’s are annoying.” (But he thinks it will be a girl anyways.) Nate is excited to finally be older than someone and to pass on some hugs and big brotherly advice…..”even if it is a sister.”

Looking forward to the next school year (which is only about 4 months away…ekkk!) the challenges of a newborn and a new adventure of home schooling should be interesting, to put it mildly. This summer will be filled with gardening, a trip to Kansas City, camping, chickens, but most importantly, planning the school year! With the new arrival coming smack dab in the middle of the school year, I’m hoping to block in some extra vacation time to accommodate.

There is so much going on right now, it would be easy to become overwhelmed! As of right now, I’m handling things I would say fair. I feel ok, we have bill money, a slight plan in place, and a new son or daughter! God has blessed us tremendously and even in the rain, I will praise Him!

(While it’s easier said then done when the world crashes your plans, I have learned over the years that if you just keep being thankful for what He has blessed you with, joy comes in the morning….or three weeks later. But it comes nonetheless. )

The Hen House

It will probably always be a work in progress, like everything else around here. But for now, it safely houses the chickens. I figure on painting the planter (though it looks more like a feeding trough to me…) a brilliant cobalt blue to jazz it up a bit. The trim on the windows are black to tie in with the chicken.

Joe built me these awesome nesting boxes (complete with removable bottoms so that I can replace pieces when they wear out!) from scratch!

And then installed some roosting bars complete with a poop deck (literally, lol!) I got the idea off of  a backyard chicken coop with limited space. That way you can put food under the roost without it getting covered in, well, you know.

The ladies are still too young to start roosting that high, so they use their little bars down in the corner.

Next on the list is to tackle the garden.

Sigh, I’m almost dreading it this year because I haven’t started a thing! Ekkk!

April Set 3 P365

I can tell it’s spring by a multitude of different things. Gardens, chickens, yard work, sunny warm days, puddles and lots of work! Not to mention many other events and time consumers.

So, to say the least, I have slacked greatly on my April challenges! If you are following the same list a I am (supposed to follow that is, lol!) you’ll notice that some I didn’t do and instead included my own. This is mainly for time reasons, and I like to photograph the things around me, instead of looking for something to shoot. But, I guess that’s what these challenges are ultimately supposed to do, take you out of your norm.

I hope you enjoy what I have included in here. Next month I’ll challenge myself a little more