Category: backyarding with kids and every day house projects

Summer vacation has started for us but it’s been rainy and cold. Its normal to have second winter where I live😂. I plan on getting a lot of things done. Last night I got kiwi jam made it turned out very nice! Today I went out an spent some time with my girls ( chickens) they haven’t been happy about the rain. In this photo you see Wakitia and Medusa I think they are ready for summer vacation too😂😂😂

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We are on our last week of school for us. As I can’t wait for summer vacation I do get a little teary-eyed. Packing up their books to be sent back realizing that when we start up again in August four out of the five kids will be in school. My oldest will be going into 11th grade 😱😱 and number 4 will be starting kindergarten. While this year is coming to an end ( and I cry over my babies growing up ) and my children embark on a new journey for their new grades they will be entering I know that they will do their best because that’s all I ever ask for. #hobby #backyarding #kids #kidsgrowingup #4outof5inschool #pleaseshare #pleasefollow #thankyou #school #summer #summervacation #goingbacktoschoolinaugsummerneedstobelonger #largefamily #giveityourbest.

Happy mothers day! My husband and kids surprised me with a new garden box. I’m in love with it. We are also trying out a new plant this year to grow… its peanuts! Lol hopefully we get some.

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Went to check on the girls (chickens) this morning. I think I walked in on a private conversation 😂😂 the look they are giving me made me shut the door and go in through another one😂😂.

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This weekend the kids and I have had the flu. When you have kids and they have the flu it’s a lot like a frat party. No one wants to do anything and everyone is puking. When you become a mom you have an idea about how you want to do things there is an image of what you think it will be like. No one ever thinks about their kid puking on their taco that they are having for lunch or getting woken up in the middle of the night and having their kid puke in their face. One day you and children’s child will all be sitting around a table and all the sleepless night, all fits, all the toys that get left out, and all the puking will be worth it when you are sitting around that table telling your grandchildren about the time their dad threw up in a taco. #flu #momlife #dadlife #parentslife #hobby #backyarding #pukeinataco #taco #largefamily #children #kids #lotsofcleaning # fratpartys #sickkids

Yesterday evening our neighbor was having a tree removed from their yard. The company doing it didn’t have a good hold on a limb they were cutting it fell into my yard knocking over my flower pots into my pond. When I was outside cleaning up the mess of mud now in my pond I noticed my pond spitter was now smashed! I called our neighbor and asked her who I needed to speak with about getting reimbursed. They said they check and get back to me. Well this evening my neighbor showed up with a new spitter for my pond. I was amazed that they replaced it out of their own pocket! I was going to talk to the company. It goes to show you that there are good people out there who do the right thing. It’s hard to find that these days. My opinion is to keep looking and even though it might be hard to find there are people out there with kind hearts. #hobby #backyarding #people #nice #goodhearts #pleaseshare #pleasefollow #thankyou #pond #frog #trees #spitters

This evening the kids wanted to play hide and seek. They always make me be the seeker lol. This time I decided I wasn’t going to yell ” ready or not here I come ” after I was done counting. Instead I told them they would know I was coming to find them because I was going to play Terminator 2 Judgment Day theme song on my phone. 😂😂😂 So it was a win win for everyone the kids got to have me play hide and seek with them and I got to listen to one of my favorite theme songs. #hobby #backyarding #kids #games #largefamily #themesong #moviesthemesong #Terminatortwo #judgmentday #hideandseek #whydoialwayshavetobetheseeker #memories #favoritemovie

My quail hens ( that lay the celadon eggs ) having been laying some good size eggs but this one egg had to have hurt! Check out the big beautiful blue egg!

I had to break it open, it was a double yolker! #hobby #backyarding #quail #cuteandsmall #coturnix #celadongene #pleaseshare #pleasefollow #thankyou #eggs #food #double #yolk

Today for one of my projects I’m making beef jerky! This goes by fast in our house. With summer coming I will be making it more as it’s a great snack for the kids. This time I’m using beef loin tri tip roast.

I use a meat slicer for my larger cuts of meat then I cut them smaller by hand.

This first bowl of meat will be marinating over night in Hawaiian style marinade.

The second bowl will marinade over night in Teriyaki. Then both bowls will go into the food dehydrator for 10 hours. I do over night, it’s great to wake up to the smell of beef jerky!! #hobby #backyarding #projects #food #beefjerky #marinade #tritip #overnight #thiswillbegoneinthreedays #pleaseshare #pleasefollow #thankyouforreading * you can also follow me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MJkidsandchickensblog/

There are lots of hard things in life. The ones that are out of my control hit me hard but the ones I could have controlled hit me the hardest. Over the weekend a few of my quail got out (my latch came undone somehow). My oldest son and husband came out to help get them back in. Walking around the yard I noticed a lot of feathers and blood where the dog area is. It hit me one of my quail went into the dog area and the dogs got a hold of it. I felt horrible if I only checked my doors. Now the door latches will be checked everyday instead of every other week. #hobby #backyarding #quail #death #learning #checkedeverydaynow #lessonsonlifeanddeathfortheyoungerkids #sometimesyoucantfixeverything #sad #willbeputtingmorequaileggsinthebatorsoonsostaytuned