Monday, November 30, 2009

I'm Back!

Hello everyone! Sorry it has been so long since I last posted. We are still recovering from our nasty bout with the "black plague" as Rachel so christened it. Mom thinks it may have been the dreaded "Swine Flu". (Don't worry, apart from pale cheeks and the tipsy way I am forced to get anywhere around the house due to dizziness.....I still look myself :) Katie, my own sister actually had the impudence to laugh when I hobbled across the room this afternoon! :) All of us have had it except Katie, Dad and Mom. Mom has been caring for us tirelessly day and night! Not to mention helping Katie and Dad milk, making the meals, doctoring us and everything else! Thank you Mom! She has been studying her herb books and has made us all sorts of herbal teas, tinctures and other sorts of healthy concoctions :) (Not to start any arguments here or anything, but I personally think that my mom is the best mama in the whole wide world!) That being said, let's get off the illness subject.....

Friday we got our Christmas Tree and decorated it. This is Dad and Will stringing up the lights.








Our Christmas tree generally holds an odd assortment of ornaments we have made, been given or simply "accumulated" throughout the years......





Everything from "Baby's First Christmas 1991" :).....





To ornaments given to us by cowshare owners....





We also set up our little Christmas villages.




Now, to skip back a little farther I'll post some pictures from turkey processing. We raised about 325 this year.



These are a few of our "turkey herders"



Oldest of Many looks pretty pleased with himself:) And rightly should be. He helped butcher a couple hundred turkeys for the first time!




And now..... The illustrious Gentleman from Virginia! (Oliver, I had Daniel's express permission to post this picture, he told me to tell you that he encouraged me to post it!:)


I was going to post some pictures from the pick-up day but I couldn't get it to work so I guess that's all for now. Have a good week!
-Morgan

5 comments:

♥Katie said...
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♥Katie said...

Hey, Morgan was laughing too!=)
And I talk the processing pictures, thank you very much!!;)

Oldest of many said...

Hey Katie, no one's blaming you for not being a better younger sister. I mean, what are younger siblings for besides irritating their elders=) I like the picture you took, I look very professional.
M.D.W.

♥Katie said...

Thanks Matthew! I feel a lot better about it!;)
Mrs. Micky said you might come out to help us tomorrow!
if ya do, bring mud boots!=)

The Gentleman From Virginia said...

I like the pictures! [oink] and your tree looks very festive! [Oink-oink] Can you believe how chapped and cold my hands were [oink] in that picture?! They barely looked like my own! [oink] by the way, [oink] what did you say you were [oink] sick with? ;) :)


p.s. [not trying to make fun of the sickness, just continuing your pig joke :)