Moses, Micah and Charity working on Spanish translations.
Phoebe working on her alphabet sheets.We are charging through the last few weeks of school here at the Ulmer home. Some are closer to Summer break then others, but in general, everyone is finishing up their last assignments.
We have 150-200 chicks coming every other week now, and already have two batches (4 weeks and 2 weeks old) in pens and one batch still in the brooder coop (1 week). We are scheduled to begin butchering around the end of May. We will butcher the last of the spring batches (hopefully) in mid July. Because of the intense heat we have in August, the birds don't grow well so we are skipping that month. We'll do 2-4 more batches in September, and finish butchering around the beginning of October. Our total for this year will probably fall in the 600-800 range as we aren't doing quite as many as we did last year.
Besides butchering chickens, we are also in the process of nailing down a date for butchering our 2nd steer, James. His companion, Thomas, was butchered over Thanksgiving '05 and has provided our table with yummy beef. James is headed for slaughter sometime this month or the next month.
Please pray for Seth. After letting his ankle rest for 3 days, he felt able to walk on it enough to go to work. He returned Tuesday and Wednesday without incident. This morning while helping to move a heavy piece of equipment, his foot slid out and he re-sprained his ankle. He came home and has it on ice again. It is very black and blue and feels horrible. Please pray for a swift recovery. Thank-you!!
3 comments:
Ouch!! We'll definatly be praying for Seth! My Dad used to be in Sports Medecine (he would go to different sports events in case of an injury) and he said that along with putting ice on, he also recommends wrapping the foot (with an ace-wrap or something), keeping it elevated, and if you're not opposed to medecine, Ibuprofine is good for keeping the swelling down.
We're all anxious for school to end too! Especially with all this warm, sunny weather up here. Although we usually do some school throughout the summer, we aren't nearly as "strict" as we are in the winter.
Lots of love,
Aliisa
I am glad you are working on school. Hey Mo,Mi, and Charity. I will give a prize to the one who can translate this for me! (Big ones, dont tell them, but you can help them look it up)
Lydia
Opps, I published before I gave you your challange!!!!
No se inquieten por nada; más bien, en toda ocasión, con oración y ruego, presenten sus peticiones a Dios y denle gracias.
7Y la paz de Dios, que sobrepasa todo entendimiento, cuidará sus corazones y sus pensamientos en Cristo Jesús.
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