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Now that we have sheep, we thought it necessary to send out another 'buyer letter.'
This was the result:

CARAMEL CORN AND OUR LETTER.

ZACHARY "SELLING" THE NEWSPAPER. :)

MEGAN AND MADELINE

THE INSIDE OF OUR LETTER!!!

In case you can't read those articles, but you really want to, here they are:

Little Bo-peep

Written By Grace C. Coder

Little Bo-peep,

Is selling her sheep,

And hoping that you’ll be the buyer,

Please come to the fair,

She’ll look for you there,

Don’t buy your lamb from Fred Meyer!

Little Bo-peep,

Just got her sheep,

On Sunday, the 18^th of May,

She needs to tether,

This young, new wether,

For it hasn’t been trained to stay.

Little Bo-peep,

Is taking her sheep,

To “weigh-in,” a 4-H affair,

Her sheep will be weighed,

Some marks’ll be made,

Then her sheep will gain weight for the fair.

JAC News                                                                                                                                                                Written by James A. Coder

Hi, this is James Coder from the Coderlambian Farms, giving you a report on the recent proceedings at the Coderlambian Farms. These are the highlights of the past two months: April 23^rd-24^th (the testing required of all homeschoolers, April 25^th-26^th (the Christian Heritage Homeschool Conference), May 10^th (when my brother Benjamin graduated from Washington State), May 11^th (my Pro Arte Conservatory Strings concert), May 15^th (when Joshua and Benjamin went to Europe), and May 18^th (we got our lambs!!!).

Young MacGreggor had a farm   E I E I O

And on that farm he had a lamb  E I E I O

By Zachary W. Coder

Hi! Here are the things that have happened around the farm:

WE GOT OUR SHEEEEEP!

Upcoming events:

      Weigh-in for lambs is June 7,

      Brigade encampment at Fort Vancouver is June 14

      And don’t forget Father’s Day!! On June 15

Well that’s just about it. J

The Little Shepherdess

By Megan Joy Coder

Hello!  Many things happening in our neck of the woods.

On May 13th, we went to Finn Hill Cemetery for community service with our 4H club. We raked and picked up pine cones and sticks that were littering the grounds.

On the 18^th, we headed over to Goldendale where we bought our lambs. There were many windmills along the way. It was a beautiful drive.  I picked a ewe lamb and named her Lewe-Lewe.

I can’t believe that the fair is only about two and a half months away! I will be busy getting my lamb ready for the show ring.

Maddy Had A Little Lamb

                 By Madeline Hope Coder

Wow, so much has happened since I last talked to you! My mom had her birthday. My brother, Benjamin, has graduated from school at Washington State University, and is right now in Europe with Joshua! Sarah’s birthday has come and gone. But, the best part is that I now have a ewe lamb whose name is Surely (named after a lamb that I loved last year.)   I will be spending time training her for the fair. Right now, she is still quite afraid of me, but the other night she let me hold her head and lead her a bit.

~~~

Joshua has recently been to Oxford and Warwick, and he is very much enjoying his travels.

This is a picture of Warwick Castle that Joshua took.

To further follow his  travels, follow his blog at: http://caseoftheredheadjt.blogspot.com/

Community Service

On May 13th, we had the opportunity to volunteer at Finn Hill Cemetery with our 4-H club for community service.

Due to the beautiful sunshine, it was rather enjoyable.

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Please stay tuned as I will be posting again soon.

(You might ask why I'm going to be the one posting as opposed to Joshua, and I'll tell you.

Right now, he's on his way to Europe.)

Benjamin (our older brother) and Joshua

Buckeyes!

Voila! The recipe. Enjoy! :)

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 5 dozen

• 1 1/2 cups of peanut butter
• 1 cup of butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 6 cups confectioners' sugar
• 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

 

Directions

1. In a large bowl, mix together the peanut butter, butter, vanilla and confectioners' sugar. The dough will look dry. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet.
2. Press a toothpick into the top of each ball (to be used later as the handle for dipping) and chill in freezer until firm, about 30 minutes.
3. Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir frequently until smooth.
4. Dip frozen peanut butter balls in chocolate holding onto the toothpick. Leave a small portion of peanut butter showing at the top to make them look like Buckeyes. Put back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until serving.

Valentine's Day Preparation

Here at the CODERLAMBIAN we love getting snow! And, as it's been snowing, we have all been very happy.

 However, snow here doesn't only indicate that we've been sledding and such, it also means that we've had plenty of time to start working on our newest edition of the CODERLAMBIAN.

 


Since it's February, the theme is Valentine's Day.
As you can probably see by the pictures below, we've had lots to do to get these prepared.

Megan gluing hearts.

Madsie helping.

Joshua editing/writing.

James doing the tedious job of tracing the twelve letters for each individual newspaper.

Part  of his handiwork. :)

Zachary putting together his letter.

And me, planning the layout of the newspaper.

 (To the left) Just a few of the colorful snippets on our letter.

We're really looking forward to the completion of this letter, and to getting to visit you!

Happy early Valentine's Day from the CODERLAMBIAN editors.

The Fair in an Overview - Part One

Within the first 5 days of the fair, Joshua Red, Gracie, James, Zachary, and I all had 4-H cooking demonstrations to perform in front of judges.

 Zachary and James both made oatmeal and smoothies, but at separate times. I only appear to have pictures of Z though. However, they both did a fantastic job.

 
Gracie made some dinner rolls.

Joshua and I both made a separate pizza. Josh made a regular one, and I made a gluten free one. All in all, I ended up with a blue ribbon for some rolls I made and blue for my pizza; Red got blue for his pizza; Grace got a red ribbon for her rolls, but a blue for some crepes she made with her friend Olivia; James got blue for his oatmeal, and so did Zach. We're all happy with how we did, and appreciate the feedback the judges gave each of us.

Well, that covers what we did at the fair from Friday August 2nd to Tuesday August 6th. The sheep part of the fair will take up at least one post, so we'll save that for later!

Rachel: editor of the CODERLAMBIAN

The Fair is Coming!

Time is nearing fair entries and this is how you can tell...

http://www.clarkcofair.com/info.php?p=exhibitors

I am finishing a rather large ribbon embroidery project.

Grace is finishing her cross stitching.

Zachary is practicing Coffee Cake Crumble Cookies he will be entering (they were as good as they sound!).

And Joshua? He is practicing the art of supervising.

Are you getting ready for the fair?


Rachel: editor of the CODERLAMBIAN