Winter Shots

This week Missouri actually got the kind of snow that Colorado gets!!! We got 6 inches of snow and it has snowed about 2 inches everyday this week except for yesterday. Today we are suppose to have an ice storm. I thought we were done with this extreme weather, but I guess not! Since this much snow at one time is pretty unusual for Missouri, all the schools around us were closed all week! So Dad got the week off of work too. Even though the roads are challenging to travel on, all of the snowing and blowing has made for some great sledding. We have been having a blast playing in the snow that we have missed the rest of this season!

Taking care of the animals is more challenging with the snow. Its so exhausting just walking around in this snow to get to the animals. Thankfully, for the most part, everything is close to the house. The pigs are the only ones that are farther away. The birds don't like this weather. The chickens stay in or close to the egg mobile all day. This makes putting them away at night very easy because they want to go in anyway. They really don't run from me in the snow. They just go right in! I wish the chickens would cooperate like that year round!  The guineas are tolerating it. They don't go exploring during that day like normal. They hangout in our front yard or on top if their pen.

Anna after a day of sledding

The dogs don't seem to mind the cold weather at all!

These are our Anatolian Shepherds trying to play with the cows! Dad named them Churchill and Eisenhower. We call them Church and Ike for short. They sure don't look like brothers. Church looks like a husky and Ike looks like a lab!

 Ike

Izzy and Church

Maggie

I guess we won't be having any fires for awhile.....

No, egg production really hasn't gone down at all!

We had this many eggs by 10 AM this morning! 

PLEASE let me in!!!