We had pretty terrible weather all week which put us behind with coop building. Monday Justin got out when the weather wasn't SO bad and wrapped fencing around the fence posts. I'm not too concerned about making the enclosure predator-proof as I'm not concerned about racoons/foxes/etc. during the day, especially with Teddy around, and I'm confident the coop will be secure for night time. But hawks could definitely be a problem so we'll just have to see how things go.
I insisted we wrap the fence after this roost so our chickens will be able to enjoy it...much to Justin's displeasure (much of this entire project is much to his displeasure #truelove).
funny boy
Tuesday I went to see my midwife to check on baby. Her son has surgery coming up, so for my next two appointments I'll be going to her backup midwife. The next time I see her, I'll be 37 weeks! In other words: officially safe to deliver!! That is crazy to me. But I doubt I'll be lucky enough to be anywhere close to delivery at that time. Lately when people ask me about when I'm due I say, "I'll probably have a baby by June 30th." 😂 Mom took both my kids so Emmett could go to preschool for his last day, so I took advantage of the kid-free time and got new tires on the van. That evening Chase Nielson came over to help Justin move the coop to the enclosure so we could start putting walls up.
Hello 31 weeks
He got it nice and level!
When I'm watching Survivor, I like to have the kids join me w hen they have the food challenges. I love their reactions!
Angie showing Emmett all the tools she's going to use ahead of time.
Even Logan got some souvenirs from the dentist office
I just love his little voice
Thursday was preschool graduation. Justin was able to sneak away from work for a bit to come. We spent a lot of that day putting up walls on the coop in the miserable wind and SNOW! Spring in Arco is the worst.
This song had my pregnant-self crying😭
yucky weather
Proud of the window I cut - this is for the nesting boxes.
When you go to check on the kids when you've been working outside... 😱 In their defense they just wanted to feed the animals...
yummy pork tacos make everything better
Friday Dad came up to get some measurements from Justin for the roof. We needed help with the angle/cutting it straight. Justin got the water box and nesting boxes on and worked on the front door (which is still not quite right).
Saturday we worked the whole day because the weather FINALLY cleared up. It was still a bit windy, but sunny and warm. Justin got the framing done for the roof and Dad came over with the right cuts for the angle. I started on the painting and was able to get two coats on everything by the end of the day. The first was the hardest getting paint in all the nooks and crannies of the plywood. Justin and I even managed to get sunburned. We had Mom and Dad over for pizza for dinner. The final coat was dry on the side we wanted to do hand prints of the family, so we broke out the black paint to give it a go. Without a stir stick the paint was NOT right and it dripped everywhere! Fail! I'll paint over it and we'll try again later.
"Mommy, paint a rainbow!"
Don't mind me snapping at Emmett for flinging his paint everywhere 😂
Exhausted boys after a full day of playing outside
When I finished my last coat I went out to get the mail and marveled at the beautiful sunset. I love these peaceful country evenings.
Sunday walks with Granny n Gramps
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