It’s good for me to discipline myself to show you photos of the front of our house, because then, when I post pictures of other parts, like the boys’ room and our bedroom, you’ll know that there are spaces that need plenty of work. Case in point: Currently we don’t have any sort of a driveway or a front lawn. Our addition was finished in May 1017, so basically we’ve lived with a big sand pit for an entire year (well longer if you count the building process). I’m very thankful to live in a neighborhood where no one much cares what we do or don’t do to our front…

Four years ago, we had eight pine trees removed from our yard. David planted a garden and built Judah and Amie a magical play house in the corner. Less than two years later, Gabe and Noah arrived on the scene to help enjoy it. As cute as it’s always looked in our backyard, the playhouse has always been a bit of a sore subject in our family. And by that I mean, No one really played in it. It’s true. David spent hours buying lumber and building and painting this totally unique clubhouse for the kids, and then one day some neighbors gave us their tattered old trampoline, and it’s…

Before we left for our beach vacation, it was time to say good-bye to two of our girls. All along we planned for six hens; David built a coop and a run for six hens. But then when they all lived and all turned out to be females, our emotions got in the way and we wanted to keep them. But the chickens started getting aggressive towards each other and David wondered if they were feeling overcrowded. So we decided to give away the two who were getting picked on by the others. Sadly, that meant they were also our sweetest-natured girls: Goose and Penny. But that’s the way life…