I don't even know what to say to explain my long lived absence except that "our knott so normal life" happened as it always happens. It's been crazy...good, bad, exciting, busy, frustrating, blessing, lonely, sad... the list goes on!
I thought I would try to give a few pics to explain what we've been up to in the past few weeks instead of trying to summarize. Because y'all know...I CAN'T summarize! :) I love words. So let's try some pictures.
All of the sudden one day Sam and his crew at CPS were crazy busy. That meant that Sam worked some days around 20 hours. Insane. I don't know how they get up after only sleeping for a few short hours, but they do it. I know Sam credits his stamina to the grace of God. The first Sunday Sam had to work, I was faced with a cow trying to calf. I could not do it on my own!!!
Sam and two guys he knows from work came to help pull "Boiler Up" (named in honor of Purdue's Sweet Sixteen dance). This was especially exciting because the kids and I got to watch the whole thing...even the mildly traumatic parts! :) The kids were very excited. Boiler Up and her mama were doing well---unfortunately, today we found Boiler Up dead in the pasture--that brings me to one of the sad parts of our past few weeks. We're not quite sure what happened, but we (the kids and I) are getting used to REAL farm life.
FARM FRESH BROWN EGGS!!!
Cel LOVES taking care of the chickens. Sam told her if she continues to take care of them she can keep the money from selling the eggs. Now, she says she's an "egg seller" like Kit Kittredge.
I also had my first flat tire that week. Thankfully the Lord in His graciousness allowed it to happen on my way to drop Cel off for the afternoon at the babysitter's. I was able to borrow their car to go back to work, and her hubby (thank you, Kevin and Amy!!!) graciously put my spare on so the kids and I could head to Wal-Mart to spend our Tuesday evening waiting for a tire repair! :) Y'all know how that is...three kids, one tired Mommy, huge Wal-Mart store...aah, the life! :)
We've spent tons of time outside for long walks down our "country" road. The kids love throwing rocks into the stream that runs along our property. There's a bridge that spans it on our road---rocks make great "kerplashes" from that height!
Carson loves exploring the depths of our "yard." He loves the cows, but he's not so sure about the chickens.
The kids are LOVING Micah's birthday present--a John Deere battery operated Gator. Yep, it's great. We've been swinging, sliding down the slide, and just plain getting dirty! Nothing a good bath can't take care of.
I thought I would try to give a few pics to explain what we've been up to in the past few weeks instead of trying to summarize. Because y'all know...I CAN'T summarize! :) I love words. So let's try some pictures.
All of the sudden one day Sam and his crew at CPS were crazy busy. That meant that Sam worked some days around 20 hours. Insane. I don't know how they get up after only sleeping for a few short hours, but they do it. I know Sam credits his stamina to the grace of God. The first Sunday Sam had to work, I was faced with a cow trying to calf. I could not do it on my own!!!
That same weekend we had other additions to our little farm. Chickens! Yep, we got 'em---eight of them and one rooster! So now we have lots of these...
FARM FRESH BROWN EGGS!!! Cel LOVES taking care of the chickens. Sam told her if she continues to take care of them she can keep the money from selling the eggs. Now, she says she's an "egg seller" like Kit Kittredge.
I also had my first flat tire that week. Thankfully the Lord in His graciousness allowed it to happen on my way to drop Cel off for the afternoon at the babysitter's. I was able to borrow their car to go back to work, and her hubby (thank you, Kevin and Amy!!!) graciously put my spare on so the kids and I could head to Wal-Mart to spend our Tuesday evening waiting for a tire repair! :) Y'all know how that is...three kids, one tired Mommy, huge Wal-Mart store...aah, the life! :)
We've spent tons of time outside for long walks down our "country" road. The kids love throwing rocks into the stream that runs along our property. There's a bridge that spans it on our road---rocks make great "kerplashes" from that height!
Micah loves to climb, and he is the ever-ready rock thrower into the stream!
Carson loves exploring the depths of our "yard." He loves the cows, but he's not so sure about the chickens. The kids are LOVING Micah's birthday present--a John Deere battery operated Gator. Yep, it's great. We've been swinging, sliding down the slide, and just plain getting dirty! Nothing a good bath can't take care of.Cel is a crazy driver! Can't remember the days she was too scared to attempt to drive! She loves giving her brothers rides all over the property. Notice her "attire." She's always wearing a skirt!
:)
Then of course there was the project we were working on the weekend before things broke loose at Sam's work. 
Remodeling the room just inside our basement garage.
Obviously it's still a project in the making, but we're getting there. We are installing laminate flooring down the hallway to help cut down on the dirt, etc brought in from the garage and the various trips to the barn/chicken coop. It is much more functional than it used to be as those of you who have seen this area before.
Then yesterday we tackled another project. We were pretty much stuck at home---I have been feeling fairly lousy due to a double ear infection. Cel has bronchitis, and the boys...well, let's just say that they've been using TONS of these...
It seems we can't go much of anywhere these days for fear of SHARING our germies. So while the kids laid around, played off and on, and slept...we did some destruction in our dining room. Cause that's how we roll...we just can't have TOO much going on at one time. Here's the "finished project" from our destruction.
That's our dining room MINUS the yucky carpet. It will look like this for awhile (probably a month or so depending on how insane things get at work for Sam) ...since we are struggling with exactly what kind of hardwood we want to lay so it will GO with the rest of the wood in our house. We have this thing for UNIQUE places... unfortunately I think a synonym for "unique" is CHALLENGING! :)
So like I've said between all this going on at home---the many hours Sam has been putting in at work---the different 2nd semester functions going on at school and church---I just haven't found a chance to sit and put my thoughts down on this here blog. I've had much to think about, and I've missed putting all of it into words.
My dad is recovering from his latest surgery on his Achilles wound. This one has been the hardest surgery as it included a large skin graft donor area which is very painful. He has one more scheduled surgery in April. Thankfully the surgeon is pleased with the progress at this point.
My babies...well, they're growing up too quickly. They are loving spring...especially on our little farm. They miss their daddy when he is working his long hours, but as I've mentioned before. The Lord is good! So GOOD! He gives us good friends that don't mind our craziness and put up with us when it's one momma and three kids. He sends rain when we just need some time with our Daddy/Husband!
That's all for now, dear ones! I hope this is coherent! This is my first time adding pictures---and I've had a "few" interruptions while posting!
Happy Spring, y'all!
(Don't know about y'all, but our forecast has snow in it! HA HA HA! Gotta love spring!)
Please don't forget the importance of this week ahead of us as we remember the precious gift of our Savior's sacrifice for us on the cross.
Remodeling the room just inside our basement garage.Yep, Sam is turning it into a workout room for us all. He built the half walls you see to divide the room from the long hallway through to the main part of the basement. He laid the carpet and put on the baseboard. All of this took several weeks since he had to wait for some rainy weekends to get back to the project he started a month ago.
Obviously it's still a project in the making, but we're getting there. We are installing laminate flooring down the hallway to help cut down on the dirt, etc brought in from the garage and the various trips to the barn/chicken coop. It is much more functional than it used to be as those of you who have seen this area before.Then yesterday we tackled another project. We were pretty much stuck at home---I have been feeling fairly lousy due to a double ear infection. Cel has bronchitis, and the boys...well, let's just say that they've been using TONS of these...
It seems we can't go much of anywhere these days for fear of SHARING our germies. So while the kids laid around, played off and on, and slept...we did some destruction in our dining room. Cause that's how we roll...we just can't have TOO much going on at one time. Here's the "finished project" from our destruction.That's our dining room MINUS the yucky carpet. It will look like this for awhile (probably a month or so depending on how insane things get at work for Sam) ...since we are struggling with exactly what kind of hardwood we want to lay so it will GO with the rest of the wood in our house. We have this thing for UNIQUE places... unfortunately I think a synonym for "unique" is CHALLENGING! :)So like I've said between all this going on at home---the many hours Sam has been putting in at work---the different 2nd semester functions going on at school and church---I just haven't found a chance to sit and put my thoughts down on this here blog. I've had much to think about, and I've missed putting all of it into words.
My dad is recovering from his latest surgery on his Achilles wound. This one has been the hardest surgery as it included a large skin graft donor area which is very painful. He has one more scheduled surgery in April. Thankfully the surgeon is pleased with the progress at this point.
My babies...well, they're growing up too quickly. They are loving spring...especially on our little farm. They miss their daddy when he is working his long hours, but as I've mentioned before. The Lord is good! So GOOD! He gives us good friends that don't mind our craziness and put up with us when it's one momma and three kids. He sends rain when we just need some time with our Daddy/Husband!
That's all for now, dear ones! I hope this is coherent! This is my first time adding pictures---and I've had a "few" interruptions while posting!
Happy Spring, y'all!
(Don't know about y'all, but our forecast has snow in it! HA HA HA! Gotta love spring!)
Please don't forget the importance of this week ahead of us as we remember the precious gift of our Savior's sacrifice for us on the cross.
SOOOO good to hear from you here on your blog. I have been checking and getting worried about you! Wow, I gotta say, wow! You are an amazing lady, mommy, wife, farmer's wife in training, assistant at school, and all the many other roles you have. I pray you are able to enjoy this coming weekend also, and get a good dose of Sam time! Thanks for sharing your farm news. Quite interesting!
ReplyDeleteWe're so jealous here in MD. Well, not about the birthing of a calf part, but the stream, land to run around on, etc. It all sounds like such fun. I laughed as I read about Cel and her skirts b/c my Abby is the exact same way. Always has to have a skirt or dress on, but still does messy/active things! Too funny! Miss you guys.
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