Noel Update

Noel is eating and growing. Her wing feathers are getting longer and she now has some tiny little tail feathers coming in. She is 11 days old today. She seems to have adjusted to life in the make-sift incubator. She makes happy little peeping sounds most of the time, rather than the "help me I'm lost" cries that she used to make.

The Story of Noel

Well we have some VERY stupid chickens!!! Are hens are hatching chicks in the middle of winter due to the changes in the weather. Three chicks hatched on Christmas Day. Unfortunately The chicks can climb out of the chicken pen whether or not the door is open. Our guess is that the three chicks came out of the pen and got away for their mother. The mother freaked and left all of her chicks instead of trying to save some of them. When I went outside to feed the chickens and horses I saw the dead chicks and went back into the house to get some thing to put them in to get rid of the bodies. Two of the chicks were already stiff, but one chick moved!!! I brought the chick in and put it in a heating pad. As the chick warmed up she started to peek and run around. We saved a chick from a near death situation. Today the chick lives on!!!

Fishing Trip!!!

I got up at 5:00 am and went with Barry and a friend from our life group at church. His name is Jim, but don't get him confused with the other Jim. We went to 10 different locations for fish, but it was a VERY slow!!! Usually Jim catches 10 - 15 fish and Barry catches 3 - 5 fish, but not today. Jim only got 5 fish and Barry got 1. Sorry, but all I caught was a minnow and I put it back. I still had fun though. We went to the hatchery and saw TONS of fish. some were even 15 lbs!!! It is just too bad that it was illegal to fish in the hatchery!!! LOL!!! Some times people that work in the hatchery release fish into a lake, but no one could figure out where they took the fish. Every where we went there was no bites. But we also saw a beautiful waterfall as we were going around and looking for a "good" spot to fish. On are way to one stop we made Jim stop so Barry and I could take a picture of the mountains. They were just beautiful!!! It was a lot of fun even though I didn't caught any fish!!!

Merry Christmas

Well first of all I want to say MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I hope every one had a good Christmas because I sure did. As you can see I got a hot pink digital camera!!! It was really cool!!! Barry got me a hot chocolate maker which make VERY good hot chocolate!!! Mom gave me a really nice picture frame with a picture of me and Gracie. The frame also holds our CGC (Canine Good Citizen) paper!!! One pictutre is a little old, but I wanted you guys to the picture of the Christmas lights.

Quick Post

Sorry I have not been posting lately, but I have been soooo busy!!! Barry and I hung Christmas lights on Thursday and decorated the tree. I know it is a little late, but that is ok. Barry bought a WII game system and we have been playing it a lot the past two days. Our church put on a Christmas dinner for the less fortunate today. I made 60 brownies and helped Barry make a couple hundred chocolate chip cookies!!! We were up until midnight fixing them last night. We served about 80 people which was twice as many as last year. Mom said she had a lot of shopping to do and didn't come. Barry drove me and helped with the dinner. It was a lot of fun!!! Sorry there was no pictures today. The digital camera was died. Pastor Josh took some pictures of the dinner and may put some on his blog. Here is the link

http://hpcthrive.blogspot.com/

I don't know if he will post, but he might so check it out!!!

Just For Janice

Aunt Lisa and Uncle Jim kept telling me that you wanted me to post more on the blog about Gracie. So I will. She is now 3 pounds and 12 ounces (I know what you are thinking; She is so BIG! LOL!!!). When we got her she was 1 pound so she has grown a lot!!! Gracie already has her first title CGC (Canine Good Citizen). So she is now Vanderville's Carolina Grace, CGC. Yeah I know it is a long title for such a small dog, but Lisa came up with the name and it was prefect!!! In January I plan to take her to the show. She has been doing VERY well in her class and Jane said I was ready to enter Gracie. I will let you know how the show goes. The pictures will show Gracie as she has grown up!!!

To Long!!!

It has been way to long since I last posted!!! I will start off by saying I had a wonderful birthday. I had a birthday Slumber Party. I designed the cake on paint and gave mom a copy of it. I had four of my friends spend the night. We watched Monster House, Clue, and Ichabod and Mr. Toad. My favorite gift was my Video MP3 player. Are computer will not read the disc and I have not been able to download any music on it. When Barry comes home he can show me how to download the software off the computer. Volleyball season ended Oct. 25. I miss playing the sport, but I sure don't miss having Coach Solla yelling at us all the time. I still have not decided whether or not I am going to try out next year. I did enjoy playing in all, but on game days it was almost impossible to get all of my homework done. Also Gracie has passed her CGC test. Now she is Vaudeville's Carolina Grace CGC!!!!!! It is very exciting. I have re-entered Gracie in a rally class, and I plan to take her to the January Show. Well, I suppose that is enough for now. Can't wait till Thanksgiving when I get to see every one!!!