Birthday, Sky Diving, Adoption and an Egg

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILL AND SHALON!!!! Shalon is the kids' cousin and shares a birthday with Jill. And what a birthday Jill had. Wade's gift was to sky dive so that is how Jill spent most of the day. She came home with some great pictures (see more pictures on the photo album page) and a video. Charo came to dinner and we had Jill's pick.....fresh crab dinner. YUM!

Jill and her instructor

Betty and chicks

Dave made a quick run to Cottage Grove to pick up some baby chicks. He came home with eight and that night we snuck them under Betty (well as much as you can sneak them under a chicken as she is pecking you for taking away her eggs). Well she was a little cranky about it and pecked them a bit but we left them there for the night. So the next day we opened the door and she hopped out and went under the chicken coop and stayed there hiding all day leaving the chicks alone. We figured that it wasn't going to work so we separated her from them and put her on the other side of the fence with Zoey and Patty. Well the next morning Betty was right back on the other side (must have flown over some way) and being ever so protective of those chicks. I think she is confused......four eggs turn into eight babies.....or she thinks she is a great double yolk layer. Sunday we found our first egg! So now Zoey is laying an egg every day!