The Little Lamb...and a few other pics :)

May I introduce Layne, my youngest, and Sunshine, The Lamb.



These pics were taken about 10 days ago, and the lamb wasn't feeling that good. My daughter, out of the kindness of her heart, I'm sure, decided that if one bottle was good for him, two would be better and she gave the poor little guy colic. He looked a little sickly for a couple days, but is now doing much better and just packing on the pounds :)



I just love it how their ears come out from the side of their heads like that. It's really cute when they run...flop...flop...flop :) LOL






This one was taken Easter Morning. We suprised the kids with chicks of their own(actually that was the cover story...Daddy loves fresh eggs and wanted to add to the flock to ensure his own supply...) Deon(on the left) is holding Whiskers, Layne has Blue, and Katie named her's Fluffy. They are now about 5 times that size and have been moved from their cage in our living room to the chicken coup.



On the first of May, Layne and I climbed to the top of our hill across the road. This is looking down on our place and out across a pretty typical view of Nevada....well off in the distance anyways...all the trees and green grass in the foreground are fairly rare.





Here is the creek that flows out behind the house. It's officially a river, but doesn't quite toe the mark in my book...so creek it is. Our neighbor caught a decent sized trout out of it and Elliott hooked a baby catfish one day. I'm looking forward to going down and getting wet and staying cool during the hot months of summer.




I love this old building. It has such character and coloring and interesting shape and....just kind of a presence about it. Inside there is an old 1800's wagon on the right....and a '76 corvette on the left.





This was just too weird not to take a picture of. The inside of that old log burned out and the remains created a very interesting shape.





Not sure how many of you have raised sons...but mine seems to be having a hard time remembering to RAISE the toilet lid. I told him that if this remains a problem....This is where he will be going to the bathroom for the next month.




I was drawn by the way the snow was draped across the fence and harness part(hames maybe?)

And thought it was interesting to contrast it to a picture from a little nicer day.

An old fence post...worm eaten and slanted just so....drew my eye anyways :)

An old abandoned apple orchard covers the piece of land across the street. Some of the trees where just covered in beautiful blossoms...so pretty. Of all the close up pictures I took(still haven't figured out my digital camera)...this was the only one that wasn't blurry.

I was even able to talk Bubba(Layne) into actually SMILING for me! He loves having his picture taken...but to get a smile for it is rare :) Notice how the bottom half of that smile is tilted to one side? My daughter's is the same way...must come from Daddy :)

Anyways, just a small tour of some of my world. I feel so blessed to have found this little slice of Paradise here in Nevada...it almost feels like home.