Our Last 2007 Butchering Day.

We're Done!!

Last Saturday we prepared to finish all our butchering- 130 some chickens and 6 turkeys. We had raised half of these birds for the Wissmann family, so they joined us as we butchered. The Lord blessed us with a beautiful day- over 60 degrees with abundant sunshine and no wind!! The Lord also blessed us with speed and efficiency-- we started just after 9am and by 1pm, we were all inside enjoying lunch! With the work done, we had several hours for playing sports or visiting! We enjoyed a lovely afternoon with their family and enjoyed our rare chance to get to visit!!

Hannah with Marcus and Charissa!

Holding the birds so they won't break their wings (hopefully!)!!

Elizabeth and Bethany doing some of the final cleaning and washing off.

Mom, Mrs. Wissmann and their Grandma Wissmann finished the birds before they packaged them up.

We had 6 of our original 15 turkeys left, so we butchered them as well.

The younger ones enjoyed a tractor ride!

Cheering us on from the sidelines!!

After lunch, we grouped together for several rousing games of volleyball, then we convinced the Dads to join us for "Speed Volleyball"- quite a workout for those young and old!! :)

And it looks like we finished just in time because today we got our first snowfall!! Around one inch and still falling!! Here comes winter!!