Nicholas and his "Cheerdear"

Rose Chloe has Piglets

J.T. was forced to do the chores yesterday, he left to feed and water the sheep and Alicia's gilt and was back in record time. He came to the house all out of breath yelling we have a pig on the ground. Alicia's gilt Rose Chloe had started pigging and we hadn't moved her to the house. So John, J.T., Kelly and I moved Rose to the lambing barn where it wouldn't be so cold.

This is a picture of a couple of the pigs she had. These were the sleepy ones.



Here is the rest of the pigs. These were the hungry ones.



So have you counted to see how many pigs this gilt has given birth too? There is a total of 14 pigs and at 5:30 this morning she still had all 14. The only pig with a name so far is the red pig with black spots and his name is Arnold, he was the little pig that rode to the house in John's truck so that he could get warm. Alicia left to go watch Callie cheer and hasn't seen her whole litter of pigs. Mom got to stay home and keep check on Rose and her piglets.

Alicia got this gilt as a small pig from Grandpa Elra last spring. Rose has been well fed and is a very large gilt. Rose was to have been breakfast, lunch, and dinner but Alicia wanted to have baby pigs. Rose is a 4-H project so Jacquie and Dennis Stuart help to find Rose a husband and John being a wonder father (SUCKER, Alicia asks and John does) bought Mr. Pig. So Mr. and Rose Chloe Pig have a family.

Dennis was concerned that the boar would be to big for Rose. We got the boar home and we were concerned because Rose was bigger than the boar. This boar weighed in at a hefty 350lbs and Rose was bigger. Alicia keeps her animals well fed. Apparently Mr. Pig was just right because 4 months later we have little piggys.

Here is a couple of more pictures I took when I went to check them early this morning.

House

Well we are still hoping to be in the house sometime next week however we are probably just dreaming. It seems have the counter stove top was broke when it arrived and when they decided to go ahead and install the double ovens they we messed up also. However Roy believes they may still be able to get them this week.

How much LONGER?

We are getting pretty excited about getting to move. We are hoping to start moving next weekend the only thing that might hold us up is that the countertops did not arrive like they were suspose to (counter tops are setting in Decatur) but it seems as that may only delays are move by a couple of days. (No Mom, I did not yell and scream I didn't have to our contractor was right on top of it) We really haven't started packing since we don't have to be out of are old house,Thank God. I can't imagine building, having a timeline to move plus doing everyday things.




Alicia brought me down stairs to look at what they had done in her room and the bathroom. She was really impressed with the shower doors until I said "oh my if someone comes into the bathroom while your in the shower they will see your little fat naked body." She made quit a face and then realizes that no one but Kelly should be in her bathroom because Kelly is the only one she has to share with.



Kelly poses for a picture in the doorway leading into her room.



John and J.T. checking out the furnace.



Alicia poses with the kitchen cabinets. I didn't take the camera with me the last time we were at the house. More work has been done since these pictures were taken.

Cheerleading and the Hippo

Here are the latest Cheer pictures. Of course we always have to take pictures and its starting to look like we use the same one over and over.












Alicia made the Cheerleaders laugh when she did her impression of a Hippo. Her mouth is as big as a hippos and with her appetite she better be careful or her butt might get that big also.

The Ref at MACC

I took a few pictures of the referee at the basketball game (not the best quality). Jared worked the basketaball game that Callie cheered. As we are getting to the school J.T. says "well Grandma was right there sits a truck with a trailer hooked to it." Kelly was having trouble trying to remember who Jared was until we got inside and she knew instantly which of the three refs that he was becuase she remembered seeing him at the state fair trimming sheep.








As a ref Jared is pretty darn tough, on the court he isn't that shy little kid the Jarboe/Dunn really comes out in him. Would sort of remind you of Granny cause he is pretty much no nonsence. Alicia and I was coloring (not really into the ballgame) and a techinical was called. So of course I had to ask Callie what happened and she said "Jared doesn't mess around, that player should have kept his mouth shut and not talked back to him."

In the House and on the Walls

Roy has started hanging cabinets, Russ was hanging the doors, Dane was nailing trim and Funny Man Joe was playing with fire he was cleaning the yard and burning trash.



We just realize that we messed up big, the microwave is going to be up to high for Alicia. She informed us that it would be ok that she could use the step stool. We also realized with the tall cabinets there is no way I will be able to reach the top shelf.



This is J.T.'s room, I really thought it should be my office but well, J.T. thought he should have a room in the new house.



Alicia was showing off the doors. She liked the white door going into the storage room.



This is the door way to Alicia's room and into the storage room.