And the Count Goes ON

 The BIG news in the Meister family is another baby is on the way.  Logan and Carli announced they are expecting.  

Their baby will be the 3rd grandchild for Rachel and David as Jessica and Clayton are also expecting. These double cousins will be just a few months apart. They are double cousins because Carli and Clayton are siblings as are Jessica and Logan. Mom was pretty thrilled but don't ask her how many great grandchildren this will make, we have lost count and no one wants to take the time to count them up.  Early this morning I mixed up a pumpkin and a pecan pie and stuck them in the oven just before leaving on the walk. They had almost finished baking by the time I got home. As soon as the pumpkin pie was cool enough that was loaded into the car and I left for the Peoria post office to get the Berean mail and from there to the Berean office to drop off the pie and the mail. Once home the hay bale for the weanlings was checked. 

I wanted to make sure the bale was still good inside. It was. Tessa and Valerie were trying to figure out why the camera was in my hand. 

The red halter is Tessa and the brown halter is Valerie. They are wearing halters that will break easily if they get caught on something. 

Tess was born May 23rd, 2022 and is out of Rosaleigh by Evan while Valerie was born April 20th and is out of Lily by Valiant.  We are keeping these two. Come spring they will be taken out to Middle Grove to grow up but meanwhile they get handling, grain and will lead, load and behave around people. That is if I can find the time to work with them. They have been a little neglected these last few months but now that winter is here I can spend more time with them. Tessa is very sweet but Valerie thinks she is the boss so needs to learn she is NOT allowed to boss people around. Typical Lily offspring. Lily is the boss of the herd so her foals come by it honestly. 

When Mark got home we out to the barn to do some work on a trailer repair. The cat met us at the side door of the barn.

I thought the picture below was kind of cool with the sun beaming blue off the metal making it seem like Mark was carrying a ray gun.

It is just to reinforce the bunk. Mike and Diane borrowed the trailer and thought this would be a good way to make the bunk sturdy, He talked to Phil and Phil brought the metal up a few weeks ago but we didn't put it on until now. 

We quit, grabbed some dinner then went to mom's for the manger scene singing.  This is the nativity that mom and dad made for us when we were young at Pleasant Home.  When we moved Joan took it for her house. Rachel served hot ham and cheese sandwiches for supper and everyone brought goodies to share for after the singing. Below are a few pictures of the evening.

Aunt Jinnie finished the needle point she had been working on for a year. This is going to be the covering for a piano bench. It would have been done at least 2 weeks earlier if the thread she ordered almost 3 weeks ago would have arrived in a timely fashion.

Aunt Jinnie leaves for home on Thursday so we were pleased she was able to finish it before she leaves.  Everyone enjoyed the evening.