Friday, May 28, 2010

Accidents Happen...

And sometimes they are good! Husband has been planning to build the girls a play area under the stairs in our home for a while and he finally got to work on that project and complete it, just in time for McGee's birthday! Though this was not planned it worked out rather nicely. Both girls love their area. It is a playroom downstairs with a few shelves for toys and books that Bernard can chew on and then there are some stairs leading up to a library area with more shelves for books and toys and a chair for reading. Since its completion we have hardly been able to keep the girls out of it long enough to sleep. They even took their nap in their the other day.

We have been blessed lately to find an abundance of fruiting plants on the property. There are two plum trees, numerous blackberry vines, a couple of blueberries, a persimmon tree, some grape vines and even sassafrass. Can anyone say root beer? :) Along with out native vegetation we have been able to get a handful of berry plants in the ground, along with some tomatoes, cabbages and beans. We look forward to the harvest this year and celebrating God's goodness in our lives.

Until next time,
My Family
(Wife Speaking)

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

A Little Of This and A Little Of That

Woohoo! We remembered the camera today! We are at the local MacDonald's (20 miles away) for some wireless time and playtime for the girls. They are excited! It might be the ice cream Daddy got for everybody...




Our woodshed area is coming along nicely. The floor is pallets that we were able to pick up for free and the sides are a few doors we found at the Jefferson City Pickup (also free).






Here is the stove we purchased and installed in our home. We haven't had a chance to use it yet, but we are looking forward to it. It is in great shape and should do well to suit our needs. (Mama is very excited about having a flat, indoor, chicken free place to cook.)









Daddy built a kitchen counter and some shelves for Mama. This has been a real blessing to begin organizing the chaos that is our home right now. Again, a chicken free zone to prepare food is awesome!!! Our three chickens have the bad habit of stealing our food if we are not watching diligently.






Yay! We have a front door now! We put an eave over the top after I took this picture and it works nicely to keep out the rain and still let us have some air.






The peach tree we picked up at Lowe's has about a dozen peaches on it. McGee is looking forward to eating them "when they grow bigger."

Monday, May 10, 2010

Missed Opportunity

We have the perfect opportunity today - time to blog due to the rain. However, I neglected to bring the camera so there are no new pictures to add of the construction. We have all of our walls and roof up, the roof is waterproof and we are able to sleep in the house now. Praise the Lord! We also have our stairs in and finally completed the door and got that hung. We purchased a beautiful wood stove and it is now sitting in our living room. However, we have not had a chance yet to actually install it, so no indoor fires yet. We look forward to that with this long, rainy spring we are having. We have also had a little time for gardening and got some cherries, blackberries and blueberries planted this week. McGee loved getting her hands all dirty to help us get the job done.

Oh! And for all those that we have not spoken to yet for one reason or another, our family is expecting a little one this December and we can't wait to meet Blessing #3.

Have a wonderful day!
My Family
(Wife Speaking)