Busy last two weeks!!

I have been extremely busy these last two weeks, from going somewhere, to golf, and homework.
Well lets start with Easter weekend. My family made our usual trip out to the hills and it did the same thing it usually does.... Snows!! Then that week after that I had golf and lots of homework, especially reading! Then last weekend the BHHS band went on their band trip, including me. We traveled to St. Louis for the weekend. We made stops at the Arch and Six Flags, which are usual stuff. Then we also went to Cahokia Mounds, Grants Farm, and the Royal Dumpe dinner theatre. They were all fun to go too.
Here are some pictures (all from Bon Homme's famous photographer, Jan Bentzen). I will add a few of my own this weekend:

Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds

The BHHS band at the Royal Dumpe Theatre

My table at the dinner theatre

President Grants cabin at Grants Farm

My New Incubator!!

Since hatching season has started, it is time to fire up the incubators. I convinced my dad into by me this new incubator. And it worked! I set 5 peafowl eggs last night (Sunday April 17) and are due to hatch May 15. Stay tuned as I will have updates on the hatching process. 

Hopefully you can have a good week with all this rain!

Just One more Look at Winter!

It is supposed to be spring, which means green grass and flowers starting to bloom. It doesn't mean getting dumped on by snow! Today we got more snow, unfortunately, around 5+ inches to be exact. After the 80 degrees on Tuesday. My peacocks and their pens are all wet and look miserably. Hopefully it will be gone by next week. And when it is gone, it better stay gone! Anyways, here are a few pictures from this miserable day of winter/spring:

My Yard (it was green yesterday)

To show you how much there is!

This is interesting....

 Mt. Rushmore looking at Shutdown
     If the Democrats and Republicans don't come to an agreement over the federal budget, the possibility of a government shutdown could have an impact here in South Dakota.If the government doesn't get a budget finalized by Friday at midnight, Mt. Rushmore will close its doors. And that’s something tourists aren't happy about. You could say they're the most famous four faces in the country. But if the government goes into a shutdown, they'll be locked behind closed doors. If the shutdown does happen, all national parks and monuments like the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon and Alcatraz Island would close. ~courtesy Austin Hoffman Keloland News

Video from Keloland.com: Mount Rushmore Looking At Shutdown

Signs of Spring

What a beautiful day we had yesterday and it sounds like it's going to be even warmer today! Yesterday when I went outside I found these signs of spring in our yard:
1. The rhubarb is sprouting out of the ground
2. There is green grass

Have a great weekend! ~David

Pictures from DC!

I finally have all the pictures from our Washington DC trip upload to my facebook page. Links are below. These albums have most of the pictures from our trip enjoy!:

Days 1-3: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90595&id=1618663739&l=d656df4782
Days 4-6: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90662&id=1618663739&l=20df8eb26b
Days 7-9: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90712&id=1618663739&l=ae8a5f2c47
Days 10-12: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90908&id=1618663739&l=83a6e05a40

First egg of the season!!

Today was kind of split between a good day and a bad day!
The bad day part started when I woke up to this sight:.....

.....MORE snow!! I was hoping now that it was spring I wouldn't have to see the dull, white stuff 'til next year! Well I hoped wrong. 

Anyways to the good part of the day. I went out to do my chores and I found this:.....

....my first peacock egg of the season. It kind of took me by surprise as they don't lay until it warm out. Maybe thats a sign that it's going to get warm and stay warm. I hope.

Have a great rest of the week