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2017: A Year of Growth
2017 felt like a year where anything that could go wrong, did. But in spite of the failures, I can see just how much we accomplished and grew, and boy was it an amazing year!
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Thanksgiving Blessings
We're thankful for a wide variety of things here. What are you thankful for?
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Fall on the Homestead
Come peruse the pictures of our 2017 fall homestead season! We've been working on DIY crafts, testing a recipe for maple marshmallows, and decorating the house. I tried getting pictures of the changing leaves, but it sure was difficult this year!
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Hooked on Sewing
I've spent the better part of the last 25 years in love with sewing.
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An Aspiration Operation
What started as a great day that Friday quickly turned into a nightmare, and it all started with a peanut. It wasn’t even a whole peanut, but half of one, broken into two pieces. Those two chunks of peanut nearly caused us to lose our baby. Friday, September 8th was Doodle’s 4th birthday. We woke up to a happy boy, watched him open gifts, and then spend the remainder of the day playing with his big brothers and sister and his baby brother. He was busy playing, so I took the time to work on cutting up apples for applesauce. We had some visitors come to wish him a happy…
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Two Years
Today marks the anniversary of the day we moved in. Two years ago today, we moved here. Two years ago, we finished packing our vehicles and trailers and headed off to the bank to sign paperwork. Two years ago, we arrived at our new home, full of excitement and anticipation. We spent the afternoon walking around the property, ate our first apples off of our new apple trees, pushed the kids on the new tree swing, and then spent the rest of the day sweeping, washing windows, and setting up beds for the kids. In the last two years, we became chicken “farmers” and homesteaders. We became parents to our…
