2 wagonloads.....

Ready to head home soon with the abundance of hay!

Canning Peaches....

Well, it's the time of year where we go to the big fruit sale in Milbank and then can peaches.  This year my mom and I canned over two days and did over 100 quarts!

 My mom is good at teaching my things-- how to cook, can, or whatever else I have questions about.

 Putting the jar in the canner--- we only had two break on us this year.

 Half way through with what we had done so far.  Baby Larson will like the fruit late winter/early spring.

Haying with the horses....

We bought a couple of horses last month and brought them home last week. One is a yearling and the other is a two year old.  The two year old is good at driving already and has been put to good use in the field.

 We also brought one back to try out and see if we like them.  The Amish had used a couple of them in the fields so they have had good practice.

 Andrew is able to use the horses to make hay in one of the hayfields a couple of miles from our house. He started it last Thursday and is almost done with the project. Here he is mowing hay.

 He has also been hauling bales.

 After it's mowed, it's time to rake. This year he's using the dump rake.

 There are two teams of horses-- the browns that we recently brought back to our farm and then Andrew's black horse that he puts with my dad's black horse.  The team works half a day usually and then it's time to switch.

 We bought two wagons at an auction last week.  Andrew fixed the one up and we had it out in the field this last weekend putting our hay on it.  Andrew pitches it on, then packs it down and pitches some more on.

 Even I helped a little bit.... 9 months pregnant!

 The horses stand good while the hay is being pitched on. They are very calm and gentle horses.

 And, ready to head home with the load of hay.....So far we've done three big loads of it. It will be good  hay for the winter.

Heading home with the wagon load of hay.

Remodeling the Bathroom

Two weeks ago, we started working in our house that we are renting. The first big project was redoing the bathroom. Andrew took everything out and started completely from scratch.  

 He took out the shower and old flooring and put down a couple of sheets of plywood and started from there.
                                        

 We bought a new shower/tub at Menards so we would have one downstairs for our growing family!

 The laminate floor tiles were purchased at Menards too and easy to put down and made the bathroom look brighter!

 We decided on wall tiling since the old walls were in rough shape due to water leaking...

 And, the finished project!

One nice addition is a sink in the bathroom-- there wasn't one in there before. We moved the washer and dryer downstairs and opted for a sink and mirror instead.

The final weeks....

Well, the final few weeks are here for the arrival of the baby.   It's been a month of getting things ready in the new house and preparing things for the little one.  

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Getting Ready for Baby....

We got some baby clothes from a brother so we washed them all and hung them out to dry.  

 Then we started sorting them and putting them into totes with labels on them according to their size.

Project 1--- the chicken barn

A couple of weeks ago, we started working at our new place that we are going to be renting.  The first projects were a couple of barns that needed to be redone.  This is the chicken/hog barn that is being redone-new rafters, tin for the roof and someday this fall maybe new siding/windows.

 The hay that Andrew made with the horses last month

The finished project as of right now