Lindsey with her rabbit Lester. Lester is a mini lop and she will show it at the fair this summer. We brought the rabbits in the basement due to the extremely cold weather this week.

Brad hard at work. Photography by Lynn from inside the house where it is safe and warm. It's right around zero degrees outside today.

Although this looks like it's a lot of fun (and it's better than shoveling) it does get old after a while.

TOY SHOW SEASON!

Every winter I set up at 5 or 6 farm toy shows. January 10 was up near Saginaw, Michigan, and I took these two assistants along. On the right is Mackenzie the assistant manager, and on the left is Lindsey the inventory control chick (both self-invented titles).


Here's what my tables look like after setting up.

A sampling of my wares.

The John Deere table. Yes, it's all for sale, so if you see something you can't live without... And no, we didn't eat all those bananas by ourselves.

CHAMPION!!!

Mackenzie was one of 4 representatives from the 6th grade in the Heritage spelling bee today. The spelling bee was for grades 5-8 and she took home the gold for the whole school!








Here she is hard at work. I think she was spelling "the" or something like that.













January 3 was Mackenzie's 12th birthday, for those of you who missed it. Lindsey and Taylor gave her a gift they thought fitting for their older sister, they went outside and collected a box of rocks. Here she is opening it.









Mackenzie's 12th birthday, complete with a basketball cake.