My new little fella

Well, I got my donkey today!!! He's awfully nice, isn't he!?! He's called a jerusalem donkey, cause of the stripe.He's two years old, and hasn't been worked with much, so we've got alot of training ahead of us since we're both new at this. He's skiddish, so I haven't pet him yet. (see that crate gate behind him, a few minutes later he broke it trying to jump over...we had to make a new one : )
I like the way he carries himself, he's very calm but sure.

I haven't decided which name to go with yet. I've been thinking Duddy for Bryce. Before he said to me, in his hinting way, "If I had a donkey, I'd call him duddy." Then he says, "I Know! He'll be yours and my donkey and we'll call him duddy." But everyone else says he's too pretty to be a duddy and they came up with other names...Which name do you think is the best?

We recently got a house about 1/2 a mile from us, so the last month or so we've been up there working on it. Another thing is, it has about 2 acres of wooded land in the back...so everyone has their plans for that...I think so far we've got plans for a treehouse, a bunch of ziplines (these are so fun), airsoft warfare area, some hideouts, a smokehouse, and best of all I get to get my donkey finally! We might raise some steers, too! To see some pictures go to: http://waltmanfam.blogspot.com/2009/11/house-remodeling-before-pictures.html

I don't have any recent pics at the moment so heres some random ones from '06

I think Bandy looks so handsome here

Colly and her angel she made

look at bryce's face...

Thats Byron in the water, it's crazy how much bigger he is now...

cute little Benji



Here's a recent one of Benji, I've been teaching him some softball (though I'm terrible at it myself :)

Don't overload yourself!

so long, Jo

I'm not sure what to say. I've been having a tough time this past little while and I'm not even sure why. And I'm alot of times too proud to ask for any help. But, you know, God is always seeing me through, even when I don't know it. And He wants to keep bringing me along, more than I could ever want Him to.

It kind of reminds me of this goat we had. We didn't have a fence, so I had to keep her staked out. Seems like I spent most my time moving her, getting her water, feeding her, untangling her--she'd get wrapped up around the stake so bad--always there was something. She'd get mad at me for untangling her, or leaving her too long, but she always perked up when she saw me. She knew I'd take good care of her. Sometimes I think thats how God is with me. Maybe it just helps me understand a little...

I'm really only writing this for me, so I hope you don't mind :-)
His lil' sure-shot, Jo

Pride comes before a fall...

"He thought he had attained to some power...never knowing that all the while his life was hanging in the balance."

A tale of two chickens...

This is a story involving some interesting characters both innocent, not so innocent, and just downright guilty.

There is a certain character, who you'd be likely to see--in fact he's kind of tough to miss--prancing around, strutting his stuff, ruffling his feathers, and crowing for all he's worth.

Frank the Magnificent

There's another very different character,who stays where he belongs, with his group of followers. He's not the most showy bird you ever seen, but there's no doubt he's the general himself...

Meet Zeb

Zeb gets onto Frank for crowing too much, so Frank just gets up on the gate and crows up there, or goes around outside the pen. I guess it gives him an important air, after all Zeb can hardly even get over the fence like he can!

And if Frank thinks anyone is infringing on his territory (what he actually has I don't know), he ruffles out his feathers and prepares for the challenge. That guy has some major ego issues! I guess he thinks he has to show off to prove himself a good rooster. After his new stunt of chasing people around and pecking at them, I don't think he'll be around much longer.

You have to admit, he's got a NICE crow, too bad he won't be around to use it.

As for Zeb...I think he's content with his little band of hens.

Yes, Jesus Loves me...

The Bible tells me so!

On the sidebar you may notice I added some music...

check out these two new sites

Kayleen has a new site she is doing to give insight for common health problems. She's found some very helpful research on alot of different things. She should be adding more soon. Go to: www.kayslittleroses.blogspot.com
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