Our dream hobby farm wasn’t a fixer-upper per se, but it did need fixing up. The interior needed new flooring, fresh paint and a facelift on all three levels. The five acres outside required even more serious work. Most of the property was overgrown, breaking down […]
When we moved to our hobby farm five years ago, we owned zero animals. But rather than easing into the lifestyle, we flung our arms wide and fully embraced this hobby farm thing. Within weeks we amassed a menagerie of […]
Any horse owner will tell you that horses are forever trying to kill themselves. Mine is no exception. Last month Gem was slammed against the gate latch in a multi-horse attempt to escape to the back pasture. My son witnessed […]
I wasn’t going to write a Christmas letter this year. Mostly because my life is so daily that at times it feels like that movie Groundhog Day – except Dave is not Bill Murray so it’s not quite as funny. […]
Last year I had this brilliant idea to spiff up our barn and invite our church family over for a … well … we couldn’t decide. Should we do a chili cook-off? Maybe a hymn sing? Or perhaps a barn […]
I have been participating in a daily Bible reading through IF:Equip. Yesterday we read Nehemiah 3. The passage describes a group of builders working together to rebuild different gates in Jerusalem. Name after name is listed along with which portion of the […]
When I was a kid, I went to the county fair every year. I had three objectives: ride rides, eat greasy food, and flirt with boys. I secretly thought the 4-H kids hanging around the barns were boss. They […]
It’s hard to believe a year has passed since our last Christmas update. Each year the kids stay busy with church activities, sports, 4H, homeschool co-ops, and piano. We are beyond grateful to see God bless and sustain our family […]
About a month after moving into our new hobby farm, I told my friend Michelle that I was homesick. The whole hobby farm gig was beautiful but it was also a lot harder than we expected. It felt like we […]
When Dave and I bought our hobby farm, I was enamored with the fact that we would have a little wooded area in the corner of the property. I loved how my kids would have their very own woodland paradise […]