Concrete, Swinging, and Ducks

The past couple of weeks have been busy for us. Dane, Javier, and Andres finished pouring all the concrete for the bottom floor of the house and they poured all the columns too. The final product is really nice. I thank the Lord for providing my husband and his helpers the strength to make it through those back breaking hours of labor. They are done pouring for now and will begin sanding the wood for the house.





Some of the concrete making tools became fun playthings for everyone. One day when Dane took a strap off the wood to move it, the strap disappeared quickly. The children had found the strap on the concrete and took it to the old peach tree and made a swing out of it. Also the rope that the men were using to hoist the concrete up to pour the columns became a swing and an elevator to the roof. What fun!

A few weeks ago we enjoyed some duck meat at the Sosa's and this week they gave us a male and female duck so that we could start raising our own. We are pleased with the new addition, but are anxious to provide them with some water to play in. The Sosa's assure us that the ducks are used to not having water to play in, but a duck out of water just seems unnatural to me. Anyway, here is a not so good picture of them hiding in the weeds of their new home.

The children and I have busied ourselves with our usual work these past couple of weeks. We enjoyed the chicken that I butchered, although the meat was a little tough. The children's schoolwork is going along very well too. In addition, I have added several of our email updates from 2007 to the blog, so if you are interested in rereading those, look in the archive folders for them and watch for more to be added soon, Lord willing.