Happy 4th of July (a little early)!

Daniel and I will be in Robbinsville for the 4th of July! I was listening to the radio this morning and people were calling in and giving their "opinion" of who we gained our independence from. It was interesting to me that no one really knew why July 4th was important. One person said we gained our independence from the French (are you really a citizen of this country?) and the others didn't know why it was called Independence Day. What a nation. We don't even know what we celebrate anymore. Well to those of you know who what July 4, 1776 really means--Happy 4th of July to you!

Our First Visitors!

Elle and "Michael Jackson"

Emory (left) Age 6 and Elle (right) Age 4

with "Nugget"

Today we had some visitors to the Findley Farm! The Pegram family came over to visit with our chickens. The girls had a great time! They even ran after and caught some of the smaller chickens. The chickens just weren't fast enough! The girls wanted to come back and they are welcome back anytime!

Our Flock of 15

8 week old Rhode Island Reds
3 month old White Leghorn

8 week old Plymouth Rock (Barred Rock)

We got 7 chickens first and then 8 showed up at our doorstep the next day! They went outside of their coop for the first time today. We wanted them to get used to being in the coop so they wouldn't wander far when they went out. They ate lots of bugs and ran around the yard. It was amusing! Margaret has named the Plymouth Rocks "Michael Jackson" (because it doesn't matter if you're black or white), the white leghorns "Snowflake," and the 3 little rhode island reds are called "Sally, Jesse, Raphael." Very funny! The lightest big rhode island red is called "Peanut" because of her color (even though she's the largest of our pullets!) And lastly, my favorite little chicken is part rhode island red and plymouth rock and I named her "Nugget." She's my favorite because she let's us pet her and pick her up. My neighbor gave them Marigolds and strawberry caps as a treat today and I gave them sour blueberries. These are going to be some spoiled chickens! I can only imagine what it will be like when we have kids someday!

Charleston, SC

Soft Shell Crab
Rainbow Row

Daniel Island

Charleston Harbor

Daniel and I went to Charleston, SC on June 12 and came back on June 15. We stayed at Sarah's parent's condo which was great! Thanks to them for letting us stay there! We did a ton of things while we were down there. Since it was Daniel's first trip to Charleston, we went on a civil war walking tour, went to the market, and went to Fort Sumpter. We walked just about all of Charleston before our long weekend was over. We also went to Daniel Island and met some people catching soft-shell crabs. We got some great pics and look forward to heading down there again soon (hopefully!)

Wrestling Pictures

8th Grade (1996-1997)

112 lbs

Freshman Year (1997-1998)
119 lbs

Sophomore Year (1998-1999)

135 lbs

Junior Year (1999-2000)

140 lbs

Senior Year (2000-2001)

152 lbs

Hardwood Floors in Guest Bedroom

The floors in the guest bedroom are finished! We'll begin moving stuff into that room and begin working on another room.

Papyrus - The Tree of Life

We got our papyrus framed that we got in Egypt. It's the tree of life.



















To see how the papyrus is made at the Isis 2 Papyrus Shop in Luxor, Egypt: