Looking Back March 2023

We introduced our boys to the art of shared mowing responsibilities and it has been a game changer people! We finally bit the bullet and invested in good soil for the garden to see how we do this year. Last year was a bust but I have the capacity to put in the energy for it this year with all the house stuff behind us. We had more family in and out this month. Uncle Ray even came to a couple soccer games this season! Chicks were hard to come by this year with the egg prices skyrocketing in grocery stores. I made a phone call every morning to tractor supply to check on their chick shipments and if they had some I would rearrange my schedule just to make it before they sold out, lol. Craziness I tell you! March brings March Madness, which our family has quickly fallen in love with. Josh found us some super cheap tickets to one of the first games so we piled in the van for a Field Trip Friday to go see Xavier and, well, I'll have to go back and see who they played. But it was a GREAT game!

Looking Back January 2023

 We started the year off sick in bed so we had a low-key new year, but did make it to midnight to watch the ball drop and Jude saved some confetti poppers so we could celebrate. It was a month of settling in. We didn't have much going on house-wise. Phase 2 was completed as soon as the hardware was installed on the kitchen cabinets. Lighting would be going in the dining area in another month or so, but other than that we were all done moving the contents of our home around like tetras to get another project knocked out. Our roosters were becoming more and more, um, vocal, so we re-homed them to our friends who own a small homestead and I hear they are very happy there. It was hard to let them go but necessary. After a very rare, very cold, Christmas (we may or may not have had to take our dog to church with us on one of the most stressful Sunday's of the year) we needed to make arrangements for Berkley to stay warm in the winter when we are gone. Everyone in the family began putting our kitchen to good use as we rotated making dinner. Zeke got his permit (after the most frustrating of driver's ed and DMV experiences known to man!). The new floors made for an excellent ice rink for hockey. And Alethia and Zeke got braces.

Looking Back August 2022

 In the midst of the construction chaos with not only our own home but all around us in the field we dove head first into the school. I am so proud of the kids for trudging through this year with the multitude of interruptions we had. We had yet another wedding of some church friends that we played for. Rainy rode with her bestie to drop her off at college, we came home one day to a surprise chick, ha!, we lost our beloved tree to the construction in the field (Rainy found some comfort with some Berkley cuddles) and we were waist deep in painting, prepping, caulking and filling holes for the next stages of our house.

Looking Back June 2022

 June came in with a rush of activity! I got a front row seat as I watch my children serve the church in their gifted areas, another wedding, kid's camp for Jude, new (chickie) life, sledding down the massive dirt piles in the construction from the field, a bestie graduation,  Josh taking a mission trip to Guatemala, another step into our renovation, Zeke beginning his job at church and a visit from a college friend.