Other pics from April/May

 Say Cheese!!

 I don't think I actually blogged about it, but awhile back we got 3 chickens and a duck.

It was Scott's idea to get the chickens; he wants to show the boys how to care for them and also collect the eggs.  We sorta inherited the duck, who we named Quack. 

Pops put Quack and 3-4 other baby ducklings in the pond near my grandparents house, but after all of them were suddenly gone after 2 days, Scott hopped in a boat and chased Quack down.

We like to say we saved him. 

We put Quack in with our chickens but after awhile he had grown so much (and was so dirty....I won't go into details...ha!), we decided to put him back in the lake which would be his home.

 Although the boys were reluctant at first....they agreed:)

 But Quack did not.....

everytime Scott would put him by the water and head towards the truck, Quack would run after him

and the boys....

We finally all loaded up in the truck and let Daddy run as fast as he could to the truck....

Quack did follow and ran up under the truck, but we were able to back out.

Quack has survived and appears to have been taken in by the geese at the pond:)

As for the chickens.....Scott built a pen for them (and it's pretty nifty) and they hang out in our yard, moving from one area of our yard to another every couple of days.....

The boys love them and call them "my girls"

 The boys have enjoyed playdates with Hansen and Addison Brewer these past few months....

This was taken on the day of the boys MDO end of the school year party.

Blaine had been running fever the morning prior, so Pops took Walt to jumpers for the party;

they had a blast and Pops won a purple frog for Walter baby!

**Blaine ended up being fine....he was just exhausted**