Happy Birthday Carrie!

Today our little girl turns 17. Seventeen. Wow. All growed up. Mature. Ready to move on in life. Glad to see she put a brave face on. Happy Birthday to our little Care Bear!

Frankline Dec. 2, 2011 - Dec. 15, 2011

It is with a heavy heart that today we announce the passing of a great little piggy, Frankline.

Frankline was born on Dec. 2, and came into our house on Dec. 3, after a horrific tradgedy ended the lives of her 12 siblings. Carrie was quick and eager to accept the role of mother sow, and patiently fed her every hour, day and night.

Frankline stayed in Carrie's room, and felt quite at home there. Not saying her room is a pigpen...

It is hard to express how much joy Frankline brought to our lives this past 2 weeks. We are also very proud of Carrie for the care and dedication she showed looking after Frankline.

Frankline was on her way to providing this family with an endless supply of bacon and pork chops. We are sad to see her pass. Tonight she is resting in the kitchen. Burial is set for tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Madilyn!

Guess who turned 6 today? Madilyn! Enjoy your birthday supper tonight, we all hope you had the bestest birthday!

Happy Birthday Victoria!

Today our little Vickster turned 23. And she had the pleasure (we hope) of waking up with her mother in her house. Some of us met for lunch in Fredericton yesterday, at Jack and Andy's, a bit of a celebration of Sarah's recent birthday. And Sarah stayed up with Victoria and her family. Our newly licenced driver, Carrie, is heading up to get her tomorrow. It was good to see Vic yesterday.

It was also good to see Hailey and Chloe...

We all hope you had a good day, Vicky, and enjoyed your Mother's company.

Happy Birthday Sarah!

Happy Birthday Sarah. You are now a senior, and eligible for selected discounts. Congratulations! May I come shopping with you?

It was good to have Stacy over to help celebrate her birthday with us. Here is Nanny with Carrie, and grandchild #3, 4, and 7. Kara, Bradford, and Cecily.

Thanks for bringing the cake Stacy! We thought we had found the right combination for candles, but looking at this picture now, I think we might have been short one. Don't think Sarah noticed.

All Done for this Year

We should keep a diary of important events, but why, if we can just check the blog? And when your manure pit has not grown in pace with your herd size, some dates are important. So last year we had it empty on Nov. 20th. This year it was yesterday, Nov. 30th. Hopefully that will give us an extra 10 days next spring. But we had it empty on Nov. 23, and put 9 inches since then. So if I do the math, we have 112.5 days until the pit is full again. So check back here March 22 at  noon.  At least it will be spring! Here is a pic of our washed up spreader and pump. What a beautiful morning it was today.

Everything got greased, oiled, and put away today. Except for Billy and Bobby...