Introducing...

our new additions

GBF's Emmet- our new young (7 months) herdsire



GBF's Nova Scotia- a young junior(12 weeks) doe soon to be on the showtables




GBF's HonoLaura - another young junior(12 weeks) doe for the tables



We are also the proud owners of White River's Onawa, a proven senior doe (almost 2 years old), but she was not feeling pretty today. Her photo shoot will be rescheduled. Thank you to my friend Gina for all her help and guidance in getting our new breeding program off the ground. She had a lot to look at and we had fun picking these out!

Also, Chris' Silver Fox doe Sasha delivered 9 healthy kits today. Sylvia's little ones should be here anytime now, she was picking up everything in site to make a nest with. A couple of the Hollands due this week started nesting today, but it will be a few days for them.

Happy, Happy Day

Thursday was a very Happy Day! The hospital has a clinical recognition program and payout was on Thursday. This is the first year I was eligible to participate and I really had no idea what to expect. Let's just repeat, it was a Happy Day! I am so excited. Now I can go to South Bend tomorrow and pick up the Holland buck I have been waiting for. Maybe a couple of new does, too! So no later than Monday I promise a rabbit photo shoot.

Gotta Love it!

Even though the Boilers lost the game, we had an awesome time! It is so interesting to go to campus with someone different. We went to the post game band concert at the fountain in front of Hovde Hall- I never knew there was such a thing! How have I missed that all these years? Oh, I remember, we always have to go back to KDR for a beer and brotherhood! Not yesterday, my friends! Girls can go to band concerts and eat chicken sandwiches and not even have to smell a beer!! It is a great concert, if you've never seen it you really should. Those band members have a lot of fun with all their hard work.

The rabbit show was evidently an experience. They did sell one rabbit, but they also bought one, so I guess that's a wash. The Silver Fox didn't do as well as they did last weekend, but Rebecca's Netherland Dwarf did better than last week and took Best Of Variety. The Hollands faired a little better than last weekend, Lucy got second in her class. Chris not only survived the rabbit show without me but managed it without any meltdowns or tempertantrums! He did admit he was a little bored without me to entertain him.

Go Boilermakers!

I had a surprise invitation from a girlfriend who has one extra ticket for the game tomorrow. Hooray! Chris and the kids are headed to their first rabbit show without me and I am going to the PU football game. It will be an adventure for everyone.

Two Busy Weekends continued...

ISRBA Convention at the State Fairgrouds
The kids were showing Holland Lops, Netherland Dwarfs, and Silver Fox. Rebecca was also competing in the Royalty Contest.

Here is Nicholas showing Holland Lops.


Rebecca is showing Silver Fox, at the same time of course! It was a good thing Chris and I were both there to help get the rabbits in the right place at the right time! What a team.




Rabbit shows are exhausting, all day it is hurry up and wait. This photo was not staged, he really did fall asleep in that chair in the middle of a busy building for about an hour.



After the show we headed to Noblesville where my sister Julianne and my parents had gathered at Jessica's house for a visit. We heard and saw the fighter jets getting in formation to fly over the stadium for the Colts home opener- those jets are loud!! It was a great site, though.

Two Busy Weekends

Last weekend was our Powell Family reunion. We have met at this farm every Labor Day weekend for more years than I can remember. It has grown from a Saturday night hot dog roast and hay ride to a full weekend with a hog roast, hay rides, swimming, games, and crawdad catching.




Grandma Morton, Grandma Great or Aunt Sis, depending on your generation


Our Host and Hostess with the Mostest!! Thank you for all your hospitality!

Normal, busy week

Not much to report here- just a normal week! Rebecca got her braces adjusted Tuesday so she is trying to fill up on soft foods for a few days. It takes a lot of applesauce and pudding for that girl! She has riding lessons tonight. Nicholas had football practice Tues and again tonight. I am not used to anything being an hour and a half- it's amazing how that additional 30 minutes cuts into your evening! Wednesday we sold at the Farmer's Market and had our best night ever! We are just trying to keep up with dinner, homework, chores and laundry around all this busyness!

Our annual Powell family reunion is this weekend at the Treska Farm in Lagro,IN. It is without a doubt my favorite weekend of the year. They have a beautiful woods with a creek and crawdads, lots of outdoor games, a hog roast and perpetual campfire for the whole 3 days. The kids always have fun and it is amazing to see how everyone has grown from last year.