THE PIG RODEO...

WHAT A CRAZY MONTH!!!

A tumor surgery (on my mom),

2 VBSes,

4 sleepovers,

a broken laptop,

a bad sunburn,

and ALMOST having two fewer children (due to fighting) later...

I blog again!

A week or so ago, Benny found a queen cell on the hive. He knocked it off. I have included a picture. It is truly cool! God is amazing! He created so much more than we can imagine!! His wonders never cease to amaze me! But I guess Benny missed another queen cell. George decided the hive was too small to accomodate all of the bees. Benny went to check them the other day, and they had swarmed...onto the peach tree. Ben got his bee vaccuum and sucked them up. He put them back in the hive, but they stayed on the entrance in a ball. Later, they were back at the peach tree. We won't know if our tenants checked out, or went back to the hive that time. Benny will check it next week, and we'll find out then.

I went out to the pigpen with the boys today, and the pigs are GINORMOUS!! The term "eating like a pig" must have been coined by a pig farmer. They lay in the trough to keep the other's from eating, and I guess that makes it "dine-in." We let the pigs out in the pasture today. The weeds are so tall, we can just see the weeds moving. Noah's pig is the most venturous. It's been shocked several times, and now I know where "squealing like a pig" came from! When she gets shocked, she just runs full speed ahead until she runs into something. Our little Pippin thinks she's a pig now. Poor Pippin! She'll never realize she's a barbado!

Xavier followed the pigs into the goat barn, and discovered our game rooster having trouble breathing. We don't know if he was choking on something, or if he'd been sick before. One thing I did know is that I refuse to try CPR on a bird!! Things turned bad for him in a hurry. After a minute or so, Xavier had to put him out of his misery. Xavier stepped on his head and pulled his body to break it's neck. Took three times. I don't know who I felt the most sorry for... Xave or the rooster.

In the meantime, Noah mounted the llama. Kusko was determined not to move. Noah was able to sit on him for about 10 minutes, and got a small ride. But nothing major.

Oh yeah...remember those pigs grazing? I didn't remember them. They ended up out in the pasture with the barbadoes, and we had to have a pig rodeo!! By the time we were through killing the rooster, riding the llama, and chasing the pigs all over, we were all tuckered out! What a day! And all after Benny went in to the station at 4:00! Things always happen when he's gone! Imagine that!

Benny said there are only 2 women in this world who will do some of the things we do, or did. One gave him life, and the other's his wife! The kids are fighting, and my bubble bath calls! Calgon take me away!!!