Chandler's Rowe

Update

2010-09-13T14:56:00.004-05:00

I figured I would update the blog since we left you hanging there. We decided to name our fifth child: Sawyer Vaughn Chandler. He is doing well as you can see below. His siblings love him and we have adjusted nicely since his arrival. We went for his two month check up and he was weighing in @ 11lbs 14oz and 23" long. We have been so blessed and we thank God for each of our healthy children He has given us.

Sawyer @ 6 weeks

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I will try to update the blog periodically and catch everyone up on whats going on @ Chandlersrowe.
Blessings,
Deb

2010-06-25T18:06:00.001-05:00

It's a boy. No name just facts. 6 lbs 5 oz 19 1/4" long. Born today 16:45 hrs.

Update....

2009-05-18T07:18:00.005-05:00

I finally got around to posting a few pictures. I have taken these in the last 2 weeks, so they are fairly recent. The kids are growing so much.

Aubrey is doing well. Tomorrow we go to get his cast taken off. I don't' know who is more excited, him or me.

Sean can ride a two wheel bike now, something he is very proud of! He is getting so big, its hard to believe he was a baby just a few years ago.

Arden is growing and changing every day. She will be five months on the 28. She is the sweetest baby ever. She is always smiling and cooing at anyone who will take the time to look at her!

I was taking pictures of the kids and this is the face Nadya finally made, I think she was more interested in the kittens, than taking pictures! This is such a classic picture.

Well, hopefull I'll be able to post some more pics soon!

Is it me?

2009-04-16T14:08:00.002-05:00

Ok, so I am trying to update the blog and post pictures of all the crazy stuff that has happened since I last posted. I went to my computer with all the pictures on it and tried about 20 times to log on. It kept saying my password was not right. So I go to another computer log on after two tries, change my password, go to the other computer and it says it cannot find my account?! So, needless to say I am very frustrated and will attempt to log on that computer after I settle down a bit : )

Some things that have happened in the last month. All of us except the baby and Seth had ear infections, sinus infections and Bronchitus. Aubrey turned 3 and managed to break his leg in a giant, air filled piece of plastic (space-walk). He is fine and doing well with the cast which he will only have to wear for 3 weeks. Nadya had some sort of allergic reaction which thankfully was not life threatening. Both of our cats, which are sisters, had kittens a day apart. They are so cute. Their eyes opened this week. I will post pictures of all of these events as soon as I can log on the other computer. Thanks for your patience. As you can tell, life is never dull around here! We are very blessed.

We're still here

2009-03-23T14:19:00.001-05:00

Nadya at the park

Sean at the park after he had his surgery in Nov

Aubrey on the tire swing

Yes, I know, it has been a while since I last posted, and I do apologize. We have had some computer troubles that we had to work through as well as being very busy lately. I think things are resolved now so hopefully our posts will be somewhat more regular! I will try to appease all of our adoring fans with a few pictures until I have a chance to offload my camera with the latest and greatest! (we went camping and the boys have been playing in the mud, so you can imagine how fun they are!)

Happy Hippo

2009-02-12T15:22:00.003-06:00

I have a confession. I am addicted! A friend generously shared some embroidery designs with me. Some are just embroidery, but some are appliques, which I have found to be extremely fun. The end result is addicting. Below is a bib and burp rag. I can't wait to do them all! I am still learning how to pick the fabrics and such (regarding the print that is). I find it very calming to sit down and create something, although the interuptions are frustrating because you will, at some point, with four children get interupted!!

What a happy hippo! Love it!!

Arden chilling in the swing

Arden is doing well other than a stuffy nose. We went to the doctor Tues. and she weighed in at 10lbs.4oz. She is a great baby and sleeps through the night most nights. If only I could get to bed earlier!

The other 3 are doing well adjusting to the baby nicely. They love her and don't seem to be jealous at all.

The bib

The flower applique

Well the dirty floor is calling my name so I have to scoot. I will try to update soon. Have a terrific day!

Arden

2008-12-30T12:01:00.003-06:00

Some guests with baby & video

2008-12-28T09:34:00.007-06:00

Arden Chandler and Happy mom

2008-12-28T09:20:00.003-06:00

Here is the new baby born at 05:37 hrs 12/28/2008, that's right I get that tax deduction. Yeah! Weighing in at 6lbs. 13 oz.., with 18" in length. If our goal was to have the baby at the hospital its a good thing we did not wait too long. We arrived at the hospital at 05:15 hrs this morning, a whole 20 minutes to spare! Deb's woke up in 'labor' at 03:55 hrs so we know we did not want to wait too long. Of course she has had contractions for about the last month, so she's been prepping for a while now. Anyway more to come...

True Colors...

2008-12-23T14:39:00.002-06:00

Well, the true colors are shining through. Here are some recent pictures of Seth and Mr. Bud!

Bud

Seth

Hope your holidays are filled with much joy and many memories. Still waiting for the baby to come; we are expecting it any day now! Will update as soon as it arrives!
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Let it snow...

2008-12-11T12:55:00.004-06:00

This morning the phone rang at 6. No, we had not discovered the snow yet. It came down pretty hard until about 9:30 or so. I think we ended up with close to 6 inches. The kids liked it better from inside. The cold and wet were not their cup of tea, but they did go out in it. Nadya didn't like it in her face (Seth took her out while it was still snowing). The chickens didn't want to come out of their cage until it stopped snowing, but the puppies and Scout had a lot of fun running and playing in it. I think they liked the fact that they could just lick up some snow instead of having to go to their water bowl for water.

From the Deck

Our pine tree; I love the green and white!

While it was still snowing pretty hard!

A picture of the creek

The gate going to our neighbor's field in the back.

A picture of the house from the pasture.

The words, "Sean, come here, this is fun!" made me look over and discover this mess Aubrey and Nadya made. Nadya was innocent in the sense that this was her first offense with flour, but Aubrey was definitely guilty since this was his second time. They had a brief moment of fun before the grim reality hit-of course mom is going to be mad when she sees this mess!

The Waiting Game...

2008-12-09T13:56:00.002-06:00

I have been quite remiss in not posting; I apologize for this. I was settled down to post lots of pictures but the internet is not cooperating today due to the weather. Oh, the joys of satellite internet!! So this post will not be long, but I did want all of our followers to know that we are expecting our newest addition to the family any day now. The kids are excited and argue about how the baby will come out. Sean wanted to know if the doctor was going to open my heart and take the baby out and Aubrey promptly replied that the baby was going to "shoot" out. Of course all of this is terribly amusing to listen to, but thankfully they haven't asked for any details and are content to simply argue about it with each other! I know it is coming, but we will face every parenting challenge as it presents itself and just laugh in the mean time! Hope this finds you well and not stressing out about the holidays!! Much love from the Chandlers!

Scout's Pups

2008-10-31T17:14:00.003-05:00

We are happy to announce the arrival of Scout's puppies. Four girls and one boy! Proud mother is the Australian Shepherd "Casey" next door. They are approximately 2.5 weeks old. If proper homes are not found for them, they will be part of a friends "Traveling Barn" which, in its travels finds homes for puppies such as these! It will be hard to see them go, but I don't really need any more furry dogs like Scout, which these appear to have every bit as much fur as him! Aren't they adorable. They are starting to have lots of personality and growl and nip on each other even though they don't have any teeth yet!

Proud Daddy

They were sucking on Sean's fingers

Folic Acid, Floating Star, & Rubber Boots

2008-10-28T08:30:00.001-05:00

As many of you know, I took a quilting class in August. I enjoyed the class thoroughly and learned a lot to boot. I sent the quilt to Deanna in Nepal so she is enjoying it now. The pattern is called Floating Star. I have some other projects I am working on, but I can't post them because they are Christmas gifts.

What happens when you mix a little boy who is supposed to be taking a nap and mommy's folic acid vitamins?? Nothing good!!! I told him to lay down and take a nap; shortly thereafter, he came to the top of the stairs saying his nose hurt. I started up the stairs and smelled vick's vapor rub, cruel parent that I am, informed him that it was his own fault he rubbed too much on and told him to go back to his bed. Fast forward to the afternoon, I began to notice him sneezing a lot; like 3 to 5 sneezes every 10 minutes or so. He came to me and said his nose hurt. I looked and noticed that it was bulging a bit on one side right at the bridge of his nose. I laid him down and looked up his nose and noticed some white stuff. I made him blow, but nothing was coming out, so I thought once we get home we can suck it out. Well, that didn't work. I brought Aubrey upstairs by my bed and asked what was in his nose. He pointed to the folic acid tablets; I asked him how many; he replied five. Well, to make a long, agonizing story short, He blew the one in the picture below out of his nose the next morning, which cleared the airway in his nose, and then blew another out with the help of Daddy's homemade extractor made from a paper clip *shudder*. Anyway, Aubrey now says he will not put things up his nose. We know that will only last as long as he doesn't find anything that fits so perfectly like the folic acid tablets!!

Placed by a matchhead for comparison

Sean, Aubrey & Owen with their boots!

Well, I am happy to say we lit our first fire of the season (in the fireplace that is). We are enjoying this cool weather immensely! Scout is especially enjoying it; he is super hyper right now. He loves the cold weather with all that fur of his!! That is about it for now. I will catch things up soon. Hopefully it won't take a month to post next time!!

2008-10-06T10:30:00.004-05:00

This post is mostly just pictures. We have had a very busy, but fun month. The children are growing. Sean celebrated his 4th Birthday and now thinks he should get presents everyday! He went to the Boot store this weekend and got some new cowboy boots with his Birthday money. I will get some pictures of them soon. Seth was working in the back on one of the dirt piles and came across this snake, so he killed it with the tractor. This is the first, and I'm sure not the last, poisonous snake we have come across. To the best of my information, it is a juvenile water moccasin. Look at the double fangs!!

As you can tell Nadya just loves being outside and getting dirty. Look closely, she has a film of dust on her!

Sean making a silly face

Can't leave anyone out on the picture taking!

I will post more soon. I have several things I would like to post but it contains time sensitive info!

Correction

2008-09-03T22:09:00.001-05:00

I mispelled "due" in the last post. Sorry!! Oh, and I also apologize for not having the pictures in better order. Just be glad they are on the post! It took over an hour just to post those!! : )

Gustav

2008-09-03T21:06:00.006-05:00

I am soooo tired of hearing about Gustav. Ok, I know that some people don't mind seeing the same pictures over and over again, but it makes me question my ability to remember what I have already seen; i.e., didn't they just show that loop??;surely they wouldn't repeat that loop over and over. Oh yes, my friends, they will and do. What I don't get is, don't do an all day live coverage if all you can do is repeat yourself and show the same pictures over and over in between press briefings. Ok, so I know I don't have to keep the t.v. on and I don't, but it still drives me crazy. Maybe my lack of patience has to do with the cabin fever we are experiencing. Have you ever seen Muppet Treasure Island?? You have to watch it just to see the cabin fever part. Back to the subject of the day: Gustav. We weathered the storm well. We are so, so, so blessed with a generator last Friday. God provided just in time and the exact one we were looking at. It is running well, so we are not suffering! We don't have any natural gas do to the gas company not having a generator to run the pumps. Our phone lines are also down, so we are at the spotty mercy of cell phone coverage. Oh, well, at least the satellite internet is good for something!!! I've posted some pictures below. Like I said before, if cabin fever is the worst we suffer, then we are more than blessed. Oh, our neighbor said that our house is the only one on our road with lights!!!
The tree count is as follows: 5 pecan trees in the front yard down with several others leaning; one oak by the house; and at least 3 by the creek that I have seen so far. All of the fruit trees did well and some of our citrus trees didn't even lose the couple of oranges that are on them!

Sean on "Sugar" at Skye and Caden's Birthday Party

Nadya at the Birthday Party

Intersection of Riley and Pride Port Hudson Road

Our creek which is flooded. Look at the grass; it is laying down where the water was.

The barn roof suffered some

Aubrey at the Birthday Party

The oak tree that fell by the house. It didn't hit anything.

More of the oak tree and some Pecan trees in the front yard.

The creek crossing. See all the grass that was under?! (if the grass was cut recently, you wouldn't be able to see that! I knew there was a reason I don't cut the grass every week!)

The other crossing. It has also gone down some.

Isn't this pitiful. I am hoping we will be able to stake the tree back up but I am doubtful. We have a couple others that are leaning this badly as well.

Long time, no post....

2008-08-19T10:23:00.004-05:00

Wow how time flies by. Where did the summer go?? I think it is funny how people refer to summer as when kids are not in school but I tend to refer to it as hot weather which is like 7 months here in La. Anyhow, I digress, I can't believe school is already in session. Sean asked me the other day, "Mom, when will I go to school?", to which I replied, "We are going to start doing school work soon at home", then he said, "but school is far, far away; you have to ride a school bus to get to it!". Here are some pictures of the balloons, skydivers, and fireworks from the balloon festival. It was so much fun and best of all it was free! I highly recommend it to everyone!! Plus, it is a great opportunity to get some really neat pictures!

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A balloon silhouette

The Balloon glow

Fireworks

Army Black Dagger Parachutist

The Boys with Lauren

Balloons Everywhere!

As most of you know, Azure disappeared much to our dismay. Everyone was heartbroken. Yesterday, we went and got two of her cousins. They don't have names yet as we just got them. They are very sweet!!!

She is a little bit more shy, but is warming up nicely!

She is very friendly and outgoing!

A straggler balloon picture

Summer Fun

2008-07-11T11:26:00.005-05:00

Lots has been happening here. We are getting a lot of fresh veggies from the garden so that is keeping us very busy! Here are some misc. pictures of the kids and such...

This is the PERFECT shirt for Aubrey! Look at the film of dust on his arms and legs.

I think this flower is perfect

Nadya's reaction when she sees the camera

Nadya supervising while we were doing corn

The boys at swimming lessons

Azure-our new puppy. She is 10 weeks today!

As you can see we have been having lots of fun. I'm sure I will have more to post soon! Until next time...

Around the farm...

2008-06-09T16:07:00.006-05:00

Lots of things have been going on around here. It is HOT, but we have had some days with a nice breeze, so that is nice! The boys have started swimming lessons and so far so good. Here is a bunch of pictures of different things...

My niece enjoying the wonderful Blueberries that are now in season. The kids love them!!!

Seth said Aubrey looks like Bono in this picture with these rose colored glasses...

Some of our freshly dug potatoes.

A rainbow that appeared one afternoon rightbefore sunset

Doesn't she look like Sean in this picture???

Ok, so this is what I found in my house the other day. Kind of freaked me out when it started moving!! I thought it was a toy...

This year will see some additions to our family. We recently got a catahoula puppy, who we haven't figured out a name for yet. I will post some pictures soon. The other addition will come around Christmas/New Year. We are excited!!!

I will try to get some pictures of the puppy soon.....

My New Do...

2008-05-15T19:04:00.003-05:00

Ok, I don't know what came over me, but I decided to cut my hair off. No, I didn't do it myself, Amber is the guilty party!! I like it a lot, but Seth said it looks too boyish, oh well. Just wanted to let you get used to it before I shock you all in person!! Sean did the honors of taking the picture!!!

What? I can't hear you!

2008-04-28T13:20:00.004-05:00

All is well here at Chandlers Rowe. Spring is here and we are scrambling to get the plants in the garden and seeds planted. We have been a bit delayed with weather and a full schedule, but we are getting there!
We really enjoyed having our good friend Deanna in town from Nepal! She brought the cute outfit for Nadya that she is wearing in the pictures! We miss you Deanna!!

We have done some serious tree cutting. Seth cut down seven trees that were next to the house. They were gumball trees for which there is no good use around our house, so down they came. I even learned how to drive the tractor and help him pull them away from the house. I enjoyed that! I know the boys don't seem very excited to be on the tractor in this picture, but they were, they were just tired and being contrary for the picture. With their Daddy is their FAVORITE place to be and I'm happy with that 100%!!

Well, I had my ear operated on last Tues. and I think I can finally say I have rounded the corner on recovery. I would post pictures, but I'm just not sure that is necessary, but they basically cut the entire length of the back of my ear where it is connected to my head and patched my ear drum. It is feeling more normal today when I touch it, so I am thrilled about that. I will go to the doctor Thurs. to check and see how things are doing internally. I am praying great, because that is something I don't want to have to repeat!!! Oh, and as for the blog title, well that is referring to me. I have a sponge and a cottonball in my ear, not to mention it isn't working right yet anyway, so as you can imagine, I have repeated that many times in the last week! I guess it is ok when it comes to hearing screaming kids though, right??!! Hope you all are having a fantastic spring!!

Aubrey is 2!

2008-04-01T14:02:00.005-05:00

WOW! How time flies. Aubrey is now 2 years old. Seems like yesterday we were on the way to the hospital to have him. The funny thing is, the whole thing happened so quickly, you don't really have time to freak out, but looking back--I can't believe I had a baby in the car! Well, at least we got a good story out of the whole thing! Here he is then at 5lbs 7oz 18 inches long.

With Daddy right before we left the hospital

With Mr. Ken at almost 2 weeks old

Just home from the hospital

Homeade Snow...

2008-03-19T10:58:00.000-05:00

Well, once again it has been a long time since the last post. Time has flown by so quickly and we have been busy. We have several projects going on right now. The Chicken shack is progressing slowly but surely and we have planted our apple trees, grape vines, blueberries, and raspberries. Soon we will be planting our summer garden, which, is my favorite! Can wait till we have some fresh tomatoes. Below you will see pictures of what the boys managed to do in 10 minutes of no supervision. Gotta love it! Seth said they were playing cops and were dusting for fingerprints! As if their general mess wasn't enough to clean up.

I couldn't resist posting this picture of Aubrey. For some reason, my children think they need to be devoid of all clothing in order to play in the mud. Aubrey, it appears, decided to enjoy the sun as well as the mud.

Incredible, Edible EGG

2008-02-13T14:14:00.001-06:00

Ok, I know it has been a long time since I last posted. No excuses, however, we did have some trouble with the our dish not being lined up properly with the satellite, but it is much better now. We are all doing well. The kids are growing. Aubrey is talking very well, and about to get a rude awakening because as soon as we run out of diapers, he is getting potty trained. I can't take the diapers any more. Nadya is almost crawling. She gets on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. Won't be long; she already drags herself to the toys she wants on the floor. Sean is starting to ask why. So far it hasn't been too annoying, but I'm sure it will be given time.

One of our chickens layed this ginormous egg. It was so big I couldn't put my fingers around it!!!
Sean is holding a regular Large egg and the huge egg in the other hand. Most of the eggs the chickens lay are what you would get if you bought jumbo eggs at the store. This giant one was a double yoker! See picture below. Seth said it tasted great!

Happy Valentines day to all. LOVE from the Chandlers

Fish, fish, and more fish....

2008-01-17T10:49:00.000-06:00

Here are the pictures I promised from the aquarium visit in Georgia plus a few others....

Sean and his sweet smile
This is what happens when your book on cd ends in the middle of the trip. Can you see my hand holding the camera as well as the windows in the car?

Fish everywhere!
Sean is my budding photographer; he took this picture.
Aubrey on Dino

Spider crabs
Beluga whale
This is my FAVORITE picture. I've forgotten the complete name of this creature, but I think it was a seedy Sea Dragon or something like that.

A glowing jellyfish
This is another of my favorites
Check out the whale shark. The largest fish in the ocean

One of my other favorites
The kids loved the jellyfish tank. Me too! Aubrey's profile.
Check out the jellys!

When 3 year olds dress themselves...

2008-01-09T11:11:00.000-06:00

We hope everyone had a really great time over the holidays! I know we did. It was a little hectic but not too bad. I find it hard to believe that we are already into the 2nd week in January. Below is a picture of the bonfire we had for New Years. It was a lot of fun to watch. We had a good time visiting with friends and shooting the cannon! The next day the kids and I went with some family to Atlanta to visit with my Aunt. We had a good time, but it was good to get back home!! We visited the Georgia Aquarium while we were there and had a great time. I will post pictures of it soon.

Well as you can tell in the picture below, strange things happen when toddlers are allowed to dress themselves. Sean has been forbidden from going upstairs and finding his own attire. I would go up there after he "dressed" himself and find clothes strewn about the room. It looked like a pack of teenage girls had been up there. As for what he is wearing: a 12-18 month shirt, a pair of his jeans, spurs around his knees and of course no outfit would be complete without his cowboy boots, hat and belt! Gotta love it!
We send many wishes out for a wonderful year. I personally am liking the way 2008 rhymes with things like, hope 2008 is great, but I am just corny like that sometimes! I'll update with more pictures soon....

All I want for Christmas...

2007-12-12T08:33:00.000-06:00

A picture of my niece, Cori; she is a month younger than Nadya.

Well, we have our Christmas tree up! The boys are so excited! I had a time convincing Seth to get one, but even he admitted that hearing Aubrey say Christmas tree is worth every penny we paid for it! The first thing the boys want to do in the morning is turn on the lights! I have to get it on video!

Our chickens are getting settled and their egg production has increased. We picked a dozen the other day but most days it is around 10. Seth is happy because they are finally starting to lay in the boxes we put for them instead of on the bottom of the cage! We try to let them out every evening so they can scratch in the grass because the pen they are in is very small. I think it was Monday afternoon I was outside holding Nadya in one arm and an egg in the other hand watching the chickens and the rooster decided that I was all of a sudden a threat so he started to try and spur me. I wish I had a video of it, because I am sure it was a hilarious sight to see me doing this "dance" with this rooster. He would squat down and jump up to spur me at which time I would kick at him with my foot and jump back. I only had crocs on so it wasn't very convincing apparently becuase he wouldn't stop doing it! I was afraid poor Nadya was going to get whiplash from all this. Well, after a couple minutes of this I got tired of it and found a stick. Lets just say the rooster got the message!! He hasn't bothered me since. Maybe the stick in my hand is a clue to him!! The funniest part of it all was when he decided it wasn't worth trying to spur me, he ran back to the cage clucking like he never has before. I thought for a minute I had maybe hit him a little to hard, but as soon as I got back to the house he started crowing again. Guess it was just his white flag of surrender!

Well as for the title of this post: my two front teeth! Nah, I already have those thank God! But for the first time in my life I actually heard the entire song on the radio. Did you know the only reason he wanted his two front teeth is so that he could whistle??? I would have said something like, so I could eat!! (much more important than whistling!) Anyway, I digress, all we want for Christmas is Webby to come home and some cooler weather because the broccoli is starting to flower when the heads are only like 3 inches in diameter since the weather is so warm! The bees are enjoying it!!
Below is one of the pictures I took trying to get one for a Christmas card. Don't let the busyness of this time of year get in the way of enjoying the wonder and joy that we as believers should have when celebrating our Saviour's birth!

Sad Times...

2007-12-04T22:19:00.000-06:00

Well, we have some very sad news. Webster has been missing for 1 1/2 weeks now. We miss him terribly and fear the worst has happened. I went down the road and passed out pictures of him, but no one has called. The boys miss him. Every time they see a large dark dog they say it is Webster. There is a slim chance he still might return. We are still hoping...

But I want my teeth to rot out....

2007-11-23T21:05:00.000-06:00

Nadya and her "Bling" pacifier
An update on life here at Chandler's Rowe. It finally got cold enough to lite a fire again! We are really enjoying the colder weather (especially Scout;see picture below). It, for some reason, gives me more energy when it is cooler outside.

We have aquired a new dog since my last post. He is a Keeshond and his name is Scout. He is about 5 months old and is very sweet and has a ton of hair! Webster was so cold the other night he let me tuck him in to sleep (see picture below) and Scout was laying on the brick panting because he had been running around. They are so
funny to watch when they play. Webster and Scout
will be playing and Rooster (the neighbor's dog)
will run up and try to join in the tussle.

Webster all tucked in for the night

The newest member of our family-Scout
The garden is doing good. We have broccoli heads that are softball size and cabbage that are about the same. Our tomato plants didn't survive the frost that we had. We covered them, but the dew had already fallen by the time we covered them at midnight so we were a bit dissapointed at that! We will be ordering some peach and citrus trees soon. So we are planning for that.
Well, you are probably wondering about the title of this post. That was Sean's response to me calling for him to come and brush his teeth the other night. I had been trying to convey the reason behind brushing our teeth to him, but apparently his consequence reasoning is not mature enough yet. Note to self: don't try to reason with a three year old! Life is good here and its all because of God!

When it rains it pours....

2007-11-13T15:34:00.000-06:00

Well, it was certainly a true Monday yesterday! Seth woke up and found a wasp on the window seal and killed it, thinking one just snuck in somehow. Nope, we found them off and on in the house all day. We think they are in the chimney. Then, while I was washing clothes the toilet was bubbling when the washer would drain. When I went to cook lunch there was no gas and of course yesterday was a holiday! To top it off when I went to get my clothes out of the dryer they were wet, so I put them back on thinking I had just forgotten to turn them on-wrong-the dryer is broken so I had to go to my neighbors and dry my clothes. Other than that we had a great day. All I could do was laugh! Here are some recent pictures of the kids. Life is good here at Chandler's Rowe! Isn't God good!?

Look out for the snake!

2007-11-05T13:38:00.003-06:00

Here is the snake my neighbour killed. She was driving and saw it so she stopped on top of it. Then, when she got home she walked in the back of her truck not realizing that it was still alive. She found that out when she woke up the next morning and the snake had crawled up to the cab in her truck!! It was 39" long. Glad it wasn't in my yard!!

Below is a picture of the boys in the bathtub. When you can do this to their hair it is definitely time for a cut!!

All chicks go to Heaven...

2007-10-30T09:24:00.000-05:00

A sad thing happened last night. One of our Silver Laced Wyndottes died peacefully in its sleep after a brief illness. Viewing of the body was at 9:20 to 9:20:30 this morning. After a brief ceremony a short memorial walk to the garbage can was made where its remains were placed. May it rest in peace. He is survived by 7 sisters and 1 brother and 17 cousins. In lue of donations please refrain from eating chicken for 24 hours. He lived a short but good life...

Sean's Birthday Party

2007-10-17T14:28:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I have been wanting to post this for over a week now, just never got around to it. We had a great time at Sean's party. We also had a great turnout. Around 60 folks were here including the children. They enjoy playing outside and getting to see Hoover. The cake came out good and we only had a small chunk left which we promptly sent next door. I personally abhorred the word cake after making it!! All I have to say is I am extremely glad the kids only have one Birthday each a year and right now they are spaced rather nicely! Enjoy the pictures...

Sean's Birthday Cake
The Birthday Boy
Sean and Grammy on Hoover
Cowboy Sean

2007-10-04T08:42:00.000-05:00

Here are a few recent pictures of the kids...

Look at the rolls she is getting on her!
The boys playing in the garden before I planted
This is one of Seth's favorites

The Magnificent Seven....

2007-09-22T07:57:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I have been meaning to post pictures of our chicks all week. I finally got around to it. Last Thursday we got 24 (it was supposed to be 26) chicks in the mail. They were so cute. I say were for two reasons; 1:they are fowl and fowl are only cute till they start pooping everywhere! 2: We had 17 fatalities last night. Yes, we woke up to 7 chicks. 5 Black astralorps, 1 Rhode Island Red and the mystery chick they sent (notice I didn't say free chick as they shortchanged me 2 chicks) that I still can't figure out what it is. So, I will order more chicks Monday and we are going to do some serious renovations on the pen. We might be eating some dog here in the future. I won't mention any names but there were white/cream dog hairs on the pen and the chicken wire was torn into a big hole. Well, I'll keep you posted. Below are some of the cutest pictures we took before the great massacre...

Aubrey holding a Black Astralorp

Sean holding a White Rock

The boys Kissing (ugh!) a Rhode Island Red

Our Chicken Bar

Coming Soon....

2007-09-12T10:26:00.000-05:00

Our chicks are shipping today, so we will get them tomorrow, Friday, or Saturday! They send you a free exotic breed chick when you place a chick order, so I can't wait to see what they sent us. Maybe it will be one of the chickens that lays colored eggs.....

The Boys

2007-09-04T20:38:00.000-05:00

In Sam's (Sean has "crazy hair")

Slaughter, La (Warning:Graphic contents--Readers beware!!)

2007-09-04T20:16:00.000-05:00

So, I get this call from Seth while I am in Sam's saying that one of the neighbors calves got trampled and they said we could have it, if we wanted it. I got back home and the following pictures are what I was greeted by. We had eight vehicles parked in the yard, it looked like a block party!! Seth will be talking about this for a while; I am just warning you!! He had so much fun, he said he is going to put a cleaning station in the yard where the deed was done yesterday!

The kids...

2007-08-27T21:16:00.000-05:00

Special Delivery

But mom, dirt tastes good!

Uncle Tom holding Nadya

Not completely challenged...

2007-08-27T15:30:00.000-05:00

Well, I did it! I created a blog all by myself! I will try to get some pictures of the kids on here soon. I feel so special now that I am a blogger!