We're alive!

Here are some of the things we've been up to lately...

Clara at the zoo, just outside the new polar bear exhibit, we got to see him swimming!

Rachel at swimming lessons.  She is now a pro at blowing bubbles and is not a bit afraid of going off of the slide or diving board,(as long as someone is there to bring her back to the side). Thanks Miss Debbie!

 We got chickens! They are lots of fun and now that they are big they live outside and poop outside and will soon provide us with some healthy eggs.

Here the chicks are when they were small and Rachel... before she cut her own hair.

 Here is Rachel post haircut learning about nests... since it was spring.

This was the last time it rained, long long ago and the girls took turns with my polka dot umbrella and their mucking boots.

Here is Rachel with our teenage chicken 'Reba" and an older dress my mom gave us from when I was a girl.  Rachel loves it because it has a big duck on it. She looks just like farmer with her duck dress, mucking boots and chicken in hand. 

We did make it to fish lake at least once this year, thankfully before the whole state was on fire so we got to roast marshmellows and go fishing too...

 Rachel and Dad caught 2 rainbow trout. This was a great experience for Rachel. She watched dad take out the hook, gut it and cook it. She got the whole experience.

Preston and Rachel each with a rainbow trout at Fish Lake.