A few weeks ago we went on a very quick weekend trip to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival here in Washington. Round trip, it was only about 30 hours from start-to-finish. And between traveling and traffic, we estimated that we spent about 12 of those 30 hours in the car! Phew! The kids did excellent though, and we actually had a really fun...
The weather has really started warming up the past couple weeks--and we are loving it! When the wind subsides, we are outside for what seems like every waking moment! Last Friday, was one of those days. Brett mowed the whole lawn for the first time this Spring (it still takes about an hour and a half, even on a big riding lawn mower)....
I had high hopes for starting a fun Easter tradition on the symbols of Easter, this year. But unfortunately, time just escaped me and I did not. Hopefully next year I can incorporate that into our Easter festivities. This year, was pretty low-key, but great nonetheless. We woke up and went to church as a family, and enjoyed the Easter messages that were...
We added two fainting goat kids to our little homestead recently! Meet, Gladys and Gertrude! They are cute and funny little 3 month old twins. We can only get Gladys to faint, and it's quite funny. Gertrude is a pain to catch if she gets loose. If we can get close enough to Gladys to get her to faint, she is easy to...
I decided to compile a little Spring & Summer bucket list for our family! Many are things we would likely do anyway, but it is always fun to check things off of a list. And when we are brainstorming ideas for some casual weekend plans, it's a good place to reference. ...
