Two weeks and an upgrade

The chickens are now two weeks old.  We've had to upgrade their temporary coop.  They are now in Maggie's old dog crate.  They seem to like it.  They have plenty of room to roam now.  Brian even added some old twigs and branches to give them a perch.  Our two Barred Rock chickens seemed to have mastered getting up on them.

At this point we've even gone ahead and named them.  The two Barred Rocks are Ester and Gertrude or Gertie for short.  And the two Americaunas are Bernice and Florence or Bertie and Flo for short.  I'm still hoping that we have hens.

Ester and Gertie on their perches.

Pleasure Island Beer Fest

Yesterday Brian and I went to Carolina Beach with his friend Kelly and his wife Sarah for a beer fest.  It was held right on the lake and it was really nice.  This beer fest is much smaller than the Lighthouse beer fest and had beers from the southeast region.  I think we all enjoyed ourselves until I wrecked twice on a bike.  Note to self: bikes and beer fest do not go together.

1 week

We've had the chickens for 1 week now.  They've moved from the kitchen counter to the garage.  They were making a mess and it is easier to clean up the wood shavings from the garage floor than the carpet.

I can't believe how much they have grown in one week.  If you look closely they are starting to get their feathers on their wings.

We have chickens!

Brian brought home 4 baby chicks.  2 Barred Rock and 2 Americaunas.  Lets just hope that all 4 are hens.

Official Wedding Pictures

These are a bit late, but here are some of my favorites from our wedding photographer.

Air Force Museum

Each time we go to Ohio we always say we want to make it to the Air Force Museum but some how never make it.  This time we did.


Just by doing some research I knew that we would be doing some walking and that we would get to see a lot of cool things.  Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought we would see as much as we did.  The place is huge.  Massive.  We spent almost 4 hours there and still didn't see everything.  My fully charged camera ran out of battery because we took so many pictures.  Between my dad and I we had over 300 pictures.  I know that we are trying to plan another trip there. Out of the 11 exhibits we saw 7 of them.  If you are ever near the Dayton area it is a must see.  Just be prepared to take a lot in.

Funeral, Family and Easter

We decided to go to Ohio for Easter since we weren't sure if we would be able to make during the summer.  Turns out we had to leave a few days earlier than expected because my grandmother passed away a few days before we were to leave.  We knew that she wasn't doing well but it was still a bit of a shock when I got the news.  At the funeral was the first time the Brian was able to meet my dad's step side of the family.  Not exactly how I pictured it.


My grandpa's sisters were able to come to the funeral and I was able to talk to them and ask them questions about the Robertson side of the family and to see if there was anybody else in the family that I could talk to to get more information.  They were able to give me some information and I was able to give them some.  Why is it weddings and funerals is when you get together and you able to talk to family members that you haven't seen in ages.  We should really do it more often.


While we were in Ohio we went to the Columbus Zoo and the Air Force Museum.    I'll post more about the museum for a later post.  There is just too much to talk about with the museum.  The trip to the zoo wasn't too bad.  It was sunny and wasn't to overly crowded.  Lukie got to ride a train for the first time and we were able to see the Polar Bear exhibit.

On Easter we had an Easter Egg hunt in my parents back yard.  Lukie seemed to like it.  But I think we was more interested in the candy than anything else.