Funny thing happened

So. . . yesterday we were all excited to find eggs from our chickens. Then, yesterday afternoon we went and looked again and we found two more!! How exciting! The funny thing is, one of the eggs was white. Now, we were under the assumption that all our chickens were brown layers. We also noticed that one of our "black australorp" hens looked a little different from the other one almost to the extent that we thought it might be a rooster instead of a hen. Well, after finding our 2nd white chicken egg today we decided to look into it a little and found that instead of 2 types of chickens, we have 3. This caused us a little puzzlement as we only bought two types, but these things happen - baby chicks can look a lot alike when they are black! Well, we found that the one that looks more like a rooster is actually a "black leg horn". So, long story short, we have 3 types of chickens, and two colors of eggs. Go figure. Oh, and sorry no picts. I put some of the chickens up a few days ago. . . but it's too hard to see the difference with those picts. Just a great story.

EGGS!!

So, it seems that if your chickens are stressed they don't want to lay eggs, but once we let them out and they felt happy again, they started laying eggs! These were not your normal first little eggs with flimsy shell, these were bonified eggs! What great chickens we have. Here are the picts. of our first eggs!

Spring Break!

So, this week is spring break. We have been really busy! Here are some of the things we have been doing.


These are the hats that Josh brought back with him. The kids love wearing his hats. Sunday was a relaxing day!


This is the Trampoline that the kids got. Josh got to put it together. The instructions say you need 3 adults in good physical shape, but we did it with two adults and two children. It's together and it works!!

Evan and Josh got to jump on it first.



They had fun.


Once Brayden woke up from his nap he got to go out too.


Josh also let the chickens out from their winter captivity. He put a new roof on for them with a fancy perch. They were very happy to be free.


They are getting really big!! Or they did get really big! Hopefully they start laying eggs soon.


We put the kids to work washing the car. I used the water to rinse my paint stuff off, and they wanted to spray the water too, so we told them they could if they washed the car off!! They agreed! Wonder how long that will last?




I've been finishing off our bathroom. Spakle, sand, prime, paint, and floor. Now that that is done we just have to get the light back up without burning our house down!! Wish us luck!

Josh's Trip to Mexico

Well, Josh got back from Mexico last night, thank goodness!! We missed him and we are very glad he is home. He was able to tour the site where the corn grows he will be doing his PhD dissertation on as well as the company he will be working with as well as the area surrounding and including Texcoco, Mexico. It was a good trip for him. He was able to take some pictures while down there which always helps me see what it's like and where he was at. It was also good because he was able to tour different areas of places we might look into living while we are down there. Of course, more picts. would have been better, but he got some good ones and it was good to "tour" around with him this morning via the picts he did take.



He stayed at CIMMYT's guest housing area. He stayed in room 15. His first "Dr" Cobb in writing.


This is CIMMYT's main building. Kinda far away, but there none the less.



This is the corn field where they are doing their drought studies. They aren't kidding!! That is bone dry dirt, and the corn is growing well. I thought my father would find this picture pretty cool.


Here is a better perspective of the corn. You can see how tall it is as you can see the guys in the background. The "little" corn is having a problem because that particular variety needs more nutrients from the soil than it is able to get. I'm sure they will fix that (or they'll just throw it out!! The best usually are the ones to survive!)!! The other corn though is huge!! I asked Josh if they ever water it and he said that they do just after planting and up until the seed pops through the soil. Then, it's all up to nature!! From the pict. before you can see they don't get much rain. Hence the drought study. :)


This is one of the "villages". As you drive down the street all you see are walls, but behind the walls are the houses. Nice and private. You even park inside, no one parks on the street.


This is another village. This one is just a little more hilly.


So, that is the little picture tour you get. Yes, he did get more than just these pictures, but to blog them all would be silly.