The Making of a Dining Table

Tracy / October 13, 2011

The making of our dining table was a labor of love. After years of looking in stores and asking other big families we knew about how they found tables to fit their big families, Paul and I realized we were going to have to break down and build our own. I’ve found these plans online: Both truly beautiful, but wow(!),…

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June 30, 2011

Summer brings such simple pleasures. Amongst all the business of growing food, planning for a new school year, home projects, and in our case, bringing home a new baby, there is still time for simple things…. Meredith received a new bottle of bubbles (her first, ever!), for her birthday…. it’s amazing how such a simple thing can be such fun:…

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Potato Harvest

We’re finally finding time to harvest our potatoes. We probably would have left them in the beds a little longer, but the last round of storms brought down several big branches that killed the vines. We harvested a ton of potatoes. This one was Ben’s favorite! He found his own letter “T”. 🙂

Our Puppy….

He’s growing….. (Mary Ann, thank you for your Pet Smart advice. I think this is something we’re definitely going to do in the next couple of months!!)

Puppy Days

This puppy has been A LOT more work than I had anticipated!! Between “accidents”, howling, barking, jumping on the children, etc., etc., etc., I’ve been wondering what I have gotten myself into…especially just days before the baby is to be born. We’re learning some things as we go along– Puppies need a ton of play time!! This little guy will…

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April 7, 2011

What a full day! I’m so thankful to the Lord for days when we feel like we’ve accomplished our goals. More importantly, I’m thankful when we feel like we’ve accomplished HIS goals. I hope we have- I think He continually shows me places where I need to focus. It has been an absolutely beautiful day at our home. We’re expecting…

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Zoe…

Gracie seems to have acclimated to her new home just fine. We’re past all of the humane shelter paperwork and waiting times. Now she’s becoming more familiar with our family, and we’re becoming more familiar with her. A couple of weeks back (I can’t believe I haven’t posted more since then!), we also found this little girl: We’ve named her…

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March 19, 2011

Spring days seem to drift in and out so very quickly! I have lists and lists of projects I would like to tackle. Little boys are learning to read and write. Older children are working on their daily tasks, and blossoming into the adults that I’ve seen a little glimpse of here and there through the years. Time is indeed,…

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On a Cold Day…

It’s nice to remember we had a little taste of Spring! We’ve been re-planting, and splitting plants, preparing garden beds, and thinking towards Spring (though we’re shivering on this March morning!). Mint growing in a pot on the front porch Preparing Pansies Mom’s ferns (split from plants we had last year and planted in brand new baskets! Ferns after being…

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February 9, 2011

Tracy / February 9, 2011

There is a day, that arrives at some point– you may not even notice at first, when you realize your children are grown. On this day, I have watched my oldest son, Joshua, put in a full day’s work in our yard. He has cleared years of under-brush left growing by the previous owners of our home. It’s been hard…

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New Chicks…

Tracy / February 8, 2011

Our newest chicks arrived last Monday. These are to be part of our laying flock in the spring… aren’t they cute!?

January 26, 2011

Tracy / January 26, 2011

We’re preparing for new chicks! Twenty-six of them to be exact!! They are supposed to be here by February 1st. I hadn’t even thought about them until yesterday when I happened to glance down at my calendar. I have a list of supplies which need to be assembled. I don’t want one of those, “I had to place my chicks…

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