Motherless Chicks find a home

Sister Bromgard gave us these chicks after their mother died. The boys LOVE them, and if they survive Noah, they will become our first Sweet Farm Chickens.

Hopefully Geoff will complete the chicken coup before they start flying out of the box on our kitchen counter! Ha!

The Sandpiper--Winter Quarters for Nanna

We spent a good portion of the day getting Nanna's HOME SWEET HOME set up for her. This is a trailer that the Kings are letting us use (we are so thankful!)--their parents lived here while serving a mission.

The adventure begins on Monday when Nanna arrives. We are all giddy with excitement!!!!!!

A Farm without a Dog????? Impossible!

Our search for a good farm dog began today... A litter of 9 little Brittneys. We were all ready to bring them all home with us on spot...SO CUTE!

Geoff tells me that they're ALOT O WORK to train and care for so young. I guess that is why you buy them as puppies...I suppose that the same follows for having children!!!!

Okay, does this boy need a dog or what?!!!!!

Orchard attempts

Geoff had the tractor out with a big "hole digger" thing to plant about 30 fruit trees in our Orchard to be. We ran into a small pvc pipe that represented a much larger problem...

It was the leach line. Whoops. Plan B

Inspecting the damage

Pine Wood Derby DISTRICT Tournament

Pinewood Derby 2011 brings you RIPTIDE 941. Riptide after the Sword of Percy Jackson and 941 for brother power...Justin age 9, Max age 4, and Noah age 1.

Ready, set, GO!

Justin Neyman, 941 wins again!

Grady Anderson, Ben Shively, Justin, Christopher Weymouth

A Picture of the Sweet Boys Winners. Justin won 1st Place in the Bear division. He is determined to win overall next year. Got to beat those Shively's!

We MOVED!

Here it is...HOME SWEET HOME!

After several weeks of packing and unpacking, cleaning and Fixing up we finally made the switch into our new old home. We have much of our stuff in a storage shed next to the house, and are happily scrunched into the existing 2000 square feet. There is a living Rm, small dining room, and small kitchen plus two bedrooms upstairs. We've turned the one bedroom into our school room, and the other into a Mud/Pantry. Downstairs is the Food storage, laundry, the 3 boys in one bedroom and us and office in the open area room. It's been tight but fun.

Pictures of 20 acres of outbuildings and fields coming.

Snapshots-- Life on the Farm

Max and Geoff starting sprouts

Bath in Kitchen Sink

K'nex Armor

Watching "Little House on the Prarie"

Max's Midnight Show

His encouraging Audience

All we need to entertain Noah...a ball!!!!

Cooking on the woodstove...we started the first two weeks in our home without a cook stove or oven and no microwave. It was fun and I learned to watch more carefully how Caroline prepared things on Little House!

Enjoying a little relaxation

Moving Joanna's stuff into the shed

Collecting Wood and boys

A science lesson on electricity

Basement Baseball

Watch out Basden Baseball...the Neymans are here!

Max's Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAX...Such a COOL, BIG 4 yr Old BOY!

The best present Max got was a wooden gun that Justin carved out of wood to fit into Woody's holster. It was so sweet! Justin loved giving it and Max LOVED receiving it!
(BTW Mike and Alisha, the boys have LOVED Buzz and Woody! Thanks millions!)

A Celebration without Menlove's wouldn't be right!

Cat, Max, Justin
Notice the WAY AWESOME Train cake these three made!!!

Blowing out ALL FOUR Candles

Only 3 things I like to Eat

As I served soup for dinner the other night, Max emotionally expressed his disappointment with my choice of foods, "Mom! I only like three things...boogers, toothpaste and cheese!"

Hmmmmm.

Winter Cabin

Pre New Year Celebration

The day before New Year's we went with Menlove's and Nanna to Garden Valley to the Menlove family cabin.....Gorgeous and OH so fun!
We stayed up until the WEE hours of the morning playing games, eating a feast of good food, and enjoying the company of Good friends! The next day couldn't have been more beautiful. Everything in sight was covered with snow, yet the sun shone brightly. We sledded, made an igloo, and a bit of snow shoeing.

What a blast.

Winkin Blinkin and Nod

This year for Thanksgiving we went to the Menlove Family Gathering in Boise. We had a wonderful feast, played lots of games and joined in the Annual Menlove Poetry Fest. Everyone, young and old shared a poem. I LOVE this tradition and plan to make it a Neyman Fest next year! It was a memorable Thanksgiving. We loved meeting the extended Menlove Family!

This poem is Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod. We had to get it on film as it is often the poem Geoff recites to the kids when he puts them to bed at night.

Sweet Community Park

This is what Sweet Idaho is all about... This little park was a nice "resting place" where you could come and fill up your jug with the famous SWEET WATER that pours from the historic water trough, and picnic or enjoy the shady trees.

Well, Tamara Walker, one of the residents, adopted this park and is working with the community to make it a BIGGER, BETTER and even more beautiful, a place where the kids can play, and where families & friends can gather. Tamara and many have put in hours upon hours of labor.

It's been a major renovation project. I drive by all the time, and something is always being done. Several Saturdays ago was one of many community work days where Justin, Max, noah and I worked for several hours moving branches that had been cut, and in the picture above, Geoff is doing tractor stuff.

No one is paid for their efforts, and SO MANY volunteer much of their time. I love that it's a community volunteer project and not a paid city project. It is a great way to get to know the community and to work together to make Sweet a great place to live.

The Entertainer