About mid-morning I heard someone shooting a gun. That isn’t uncommon in our neighborhood. It continued. Then the phone rang. It was Nick our neighbor. He called to inform me that our geese were in the field that bordered his property and the owner of that property was shooting at them. I told the boys […]
A Refreshing Start to My Tuesday
I opened the barn and coop today. It was nice that it wasn’t raining. All the animals were happy to see me. Everything went like clockwork. Until the end. Since things are muddy and wet all the time now, we hose our boots off before we get to the house. It is an effort to […]
AWANA Night
Every Thursday night during the school year for the past nine years our boys have attended AWANA at our church. AWANA stands for Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed (2 Timothy 2:15). It is kind of like the Christian version of scouts. The kids memorize Bible verses and study scripture. They get tested and earn badges […]
Animals, Antics and Analogies
I find it enjoyable to notice things on our farm. As the seasons change so does the landscape, birds and wildlife. During summer the the barn swallows reigned supreme. A doe and her spotted fawns could be seen in the lower acreage in the early morning hours. The bull frogs lulled us to sleep each […]
Homeschool
As a homeschooling family we have a lot of flexibility with how and where we do school. In our previous home we mostly did school at the kitchen table and on the sofa. In our new home we do school all over the house. Mostly we do it at that same kitchen table which is […]
A Play Date
We are taking this week off of school. We drove up to Wilsonville today and picked up Nate. He is their favorite friend and they were going to get to spend the whole day together. The excitement was palpable. Nate actually woke up at 4:00 a.m. asking his mom if it was time for me […]
Building a Barn Door
Well finally, after many months I built the final door to close in the barn. Our barn is a great little barn, it has multiple stalls which allows us plenty of room for animals, storage and we even have a feed-room. There are 3 door openings that exit out the side of the barn from […]
There He Goes Again
Check another project off of the list for Michael. We have a laundry room in our new home. I love it. I didn’t have one in our last home. But there wasn’t any place to store stuff in the laundry room. So, for nearly six months this is what it looked like. […]
Frozen
For the past four days we have had some cold temperatures here on the farm. A lot of things are covered in ice. It sure is pretty. The pond started to freeze. Apparently the pond has frozen enough in the past that it was used for ice skating. The boys took ice off […]
Our Affectionate Animals
Michael has been taking care of opening the barn in the mornings. It helps me to not have to rush getting everything done before I wake the boys up at 7:30. I miss seeing the animals each morning though. I went out in the afternoon to visit the chicks and the goats. Apparently Brown Sugar […]
My Handy Hubby
Michael has been hard at work checking projects off of his list. He is quite the renaissance man. First it was plumbing….. Now it is electrical. One of the things we thought would be good to have is a light on the barn that is triggered by motion. If any critters (coyotes mainly) were to sneak […]
Babysitting
On Friday night we babysat our neighbor’s son Bexon. He came over in the afternoon and visited with the animals, watched the airplanes that flew overhead, and poked around the chicken coop. He went home for a little bit to get his things and then came back. He ate dinner with us (Pork chops, mashed […]