Johnstons' Riverview Farm News!

And today at Johnston's Riverview Farm, it is cold. VERY cold!

 

 

I am here standing in the middle of the farm looking at the snow covered farm.

Everything around is cold! The horses muzzles are white, the Cows moo freeze in midair, the cats are in the heated porch stealing the dogs bed and the pigs huddle together under a pile of hay.

Ok ok, I might be stretching the truth just a little.  It close to being like that though!

(Walks to the pig pen.)
So what is new on the farm!? Well, we got a new pig! A month ago. Nice right? I'm always late, always!!



MEET BIG RED!!!

He sooooooooooo looks like a boy! He's replacing Doc. PorkChop unfortunately.
So, we won't be have cute, adorable, multicolor, piglets. They'll all be red.
Yipppy. (Very sarcastic yippy.)

(Turns away from the pigs and opens the barn door.)
"Maybe there's something new in here I can talk about."

"STOOOOOOPPPPPPP!!! DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR!!!"

"What seems to be the problem??"
(Shuts the door and turns to a girl running to the barn.)

"You'll let my bunnies loose! They live in the barn! You have to be careful when you go in.

"Wait your bunnies just hop around the barn without a care!?"

"Yes! You have to be careful when you open up doors! I don't want them to get out!"

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Yes, we do have Kaity's bunnies running around the dairy barn. They had a pen in the barn but they decided it was too small. The cats sleep with them! If you walk in the barn you'll see them hopping around or just staring at you like;
"How dare you come into my kingdom without knocking!"
I think Christopher isn't the king of the barn anymore.

(Imaging the voices to be from the medieval time.)
Christopher is a  giant tomcat and Mickey is a small, black dog.

Dun dun dun dun!
(Sound of a trumpet.)
"Welcoming Queen Bella and Princess Rosa!"
(Mickey wearing a  robe and has a trumpet.)

"Sir! I'm King Christopher! You can't make these two royalty! Why they aren't even cats!"
Christopher passes with a grouchy look on his face.

"I'm sorry sir but, the cows voted that the bunnies should be on the throne."
Mickey looks a little sad but regains his composer.

"Why in the world would they do that! We haven't done a thing to them! Why, we keep the milk maid and boy company!"
Christopher walks to the barn door that over-looks where the cows are.

Mickey fallows and reaches from under his fur to grab a paper.

"What's that? " Christopher questions.

"The list of things why the cows don't want you king."
Mickey clears his throat and Christopher waits impatiently.

Dear (soon not to be king.) Christopher,
This is nothing personal but we voted for the bunnies to rule the barn.
Why, you ask? Here's a list:

1. You crowd around our feet to drink the spilled milk.
2. You take all of the attention away from us when you sit on the milkers lap.
3.You are annoying
4. Your ALWAYS begging for milk.
5. When you get stepped on it's our faults even though we didn't see you there!!
6. Your family is waaaaayyyyy to big and you expect us to give you milk!
7. We don't like how bossy you are.
8. The bunnies are quiet , YOU ARE NOT!
9. bunnies are cuter!
10. We want a queen.

Nothing personal

Love,
The Cows

Christopher looks at Mickey.
"Nothing personal! Ha! Well then, what shall I do now?"

Mickey strokes his beard, "They are ruling over the barn but YOU still rule the farm!

Christopher looks up with delight.
"That's right! I'm still the king of this farm!"

And off they went happily living their lives.
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We moved our horse this winter so that they could have some shelter. Every pen so far has had a huge manure pile. Stardust is VERY happy.

I rode her once up one of these piles. It's fun but, not recommended!

 

A view from the dairy barn door. Excuse the cow backs.

 They where coming in to be milked. :)

 Hanging out with the calves!

 

I've never seen a horse climb things like my crazy one. Comment below if you have or know of a horse that does that!  :)

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading!!

God bless you!

 

Grace

 



Back to the Begining of December.

Hello everyone!!! Welcome to 2016!!!!!

 (I know I'm late.)

 

Ok, so I haven't posted anything in December because you know the holiday rush and busyness was on.


 So, I'm going to take you back to December 4 (I think.) Sometime in the beginning of December.   

(Sound affects of a time machine going backward.)

 

 Warning, some parts in this adventure is stretched, just a little.
 

It's dark out, snowing, and you hear a deep voice.

 

"We have arrived at Johnston's Riverview Farm, December 2015."

 

 

You turn towards the voice and see a happy family getting on a...... you look again in surprise. Yes you were right, they are getting in a plastic pickup box liner. The dogs jump in too.  You stand there watching.

 

The dad ties the "sled" and a flashlight to the back of a red tractor.

Everyone is happy, singing, and tying other sleds to the big "sled". You follow them on foot down the dirt road and into the field.

 

The kids are laughing and jumping in and out. You think it's so sweet watching a family get a Christmas tree. They stop by some woods, you hide behind a tree.  Staying as close as possible, you see them stop at a deer stand. The dad looks at the small, pitiful-looking handsaw and looks up at the tall spruce tree.

 

You shake your head in sadness because you over heard that that was the only tree in this part of the woods. You see them turning back, a few of the kids looked sad. A boy looked mad for he had to carry his dog.

 

They jumped back into the "sled" to try another patch of woods. Your watching the kids jump in and out then you saw it.
The second oldest was sitting too close to the edge and fell off, her leg wrapped up in the rope that was tied from the small sled to the big "sled". Standing there helpless, knowing you can't do anything. They yell to their dad to stop, the young girl was set free before he stopped. She was crying and holding her knee. You hope that she's ok.


(Whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)
(Sounds of a time machine.)


You open your eyes in surprise. Your not outside anymore but in a doctors office. You look at the calendar next to the sink it was a few weeks after you saw the accident happen.  Looking around you take in your surroundings. Very confused that you would be in the hospital.

The door rattles and opens revealing a mom and a girl. It is the same girl who was hurt. You watched her hobble to the chair and looked at her knee. It was big really big. You sat there listening to the mother and daughter's conversation. You jump at a loud "POP" noise. Looking at the girls knee in horror, you realize that she had just put her knee back in place.  The doctor came in.

Everything was being fast forward until they got home. Siblings rushed outside to meet the girl when they drove up. You hear that the doctor said it was just pulled muscles and bad bruises. But, you know better.


"December 10, 2015."

Landing on a pile of snow, you look around. Your at the Johnston's farm. It's day time and it looks like that family is going to get the tree, take two!  They go down the dirt road , threw the woods, (Hitting a few trees.) and across the the field. 

They stop at a swamp and trudge threw. The second oldest following as far as she can on crutches. You hold your breath, hoping she won't fall. She does, but she just lays there and laughs. Your surprised at her good mood.
"We found the perfect tree mom!!" Yelled the middle child who was dragging the tree back to the tractor. It was a beauty!

Every thing was blurry and you shake your head to get rid of it. When you open your eyes you see them all decorating the tree. Your heart feels warm and loving towards this family. And you whisper "Merry Christmas" before you left.
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Thank you for reading the Johnston's Christmas story!!
Here are some pictures and bloopers to go along with it!


Our beautiful Christmas tree!!

Thanks Becca for doing all the work!!! :)

 Ali and I sledding while the kids held onto our sled!

 Kaity walking in the swamp on crutches.

 Our LOVLEY deer! (Every year I decorate it!)

Luke decorating the tree.

 The tree.
 (It looked much better once we had all the lights and ornaments on it!)

 

 

 

Want to hear a true, funny story!!!???

 

The tree above died right before Christmas. I mean we had green carpet, on hardwood floor, of needles. We vacuumed, swept, and bagged up the stuff for days! I mean when you walked by it you could see needles fall off in clumps and if you where quiet you could hear them fall off! It was awful!

 

So, we were hoping it would last until Christmas, but nope, the day before Christmas Eve we woke up to a bare tree. Mom took off all of the ornaments, while dad , Becca, and Luke went to get another tree.

So, we went to get a tree 3 different times and got 2 trees in one Christmas! Crazy huh??




Well, I hope you enjoyed this different post! Have a wonderful 2016! And may God be with you threw it!!



Grace