Breanna started ballet a few weeks ago and she absolutely loves it. She gets so excited when I tell her she has ballet the next day and of course she loves wearing the leotard and having her hair done like a real ballerina. The ballet class she takes does ballet, tap and gymnastics. Her teacher is a little intense but as long as Breanna enjoys it she'll keep going.

Boys in the kitchen? Yep! These boys really enjoy helping in the kitchen and since Papa Bill taught Marcus how to make cottage fries he whipped us up a batch for dinner. Not to be outdone, Justin BBQ'd our meat for dinner too. It was a delicicous meal and even better since I didn't make it.

Meet the lucky 5! Mary, Eleanor, Martha, Abigail and Nancy, our 5 remaining chickens, are growing so fast and it won't be too much longer before we get some eggs. Chickens need to be about 5 months old before they lay eggs so we're hoping by December that they are a'layin. They usually lay one egg a day if they are happy chickens. I guess stressed out chickens don't lay eggs very well. We're not sure what breed of chicken Mary and Eleanor are but we'll find out and let you know. They were cute, black, fuzzy chicks so we had to buy them. Martha, Abigail and Nancy are Americana chickens and they should lay blue eggs. Mary and Eleanor are very skittish but Martha, Abigail and Nancy will come right up to you and eat chicken feed right out of your hand. We love our chickens!

Our bunnies are doing fine. Patches and Cocoa never cease to amaze us with how much grass they can eat in one day. We finally got a dog run that we can move around so our grass doesn't get destroyed. They still manage to do some damage but they're worth it.

UPDATE: Craigslist brought Bryan in contact with Mrs. Cole, who owns a ranch in Livermore. Abe (aka Betsy) will now share his roost with 40 hens! I'm sure he'll be very happy!

HOME SCHOOL ROOSTER!!! Oops, in our (my) excitement to build up our fake farm we (I) bought 6 chickens to replace our other chickens who were murdered by racoons on Mother's Day of this year. Well, one of them is a rooster or at least thinks she's a rooster. It doesn't matter if she is or not because she is so loud and my neighbors have heard her. It's a little tricky getting rid of a rooster but I took a picture of her/him and made a flyer to take to the feed store where we bought her/him. They won't take her/him back but you can post a flyer to see if anyone is interested. I've got to do something quick before animal control is called on us. Her name is Betsy after Betsy Ross but Justin now wants to call her/him Abe Lincoln. The funny thing is that she's the smallest of the chickens but she thinks she's hot stuff. She's not mean but she sure is fiesty. I wish we could keep her but I do NOT want to bother my neighbors and I'm sure it's illegal to have a rooster.

Re-Launch of Sarah's Family Newsletter

We seemed to have lost track of our old family blog but we're going to try this again.

Sarah and Bryan will be updating this blog with information on the kids (mostly) and both of us.

I'm sure we'll be posting info on the Mero Faux Farm, our Indiana (India) trip and so much more.

Let the blogging begin!