Sterling has been bow hunting since the season opened, and when youth weekend opened, he took Pierce. Sterling got two nice does this year so far. We’ve really enjoyed the meat. He’s gone hunting many nights/mornings since and is attempting to fill the freezer. I keep encouraging him to get the does – they taste […]

Lachlan was walking through the thrift store with Charlotte and I and her asked her why it smelled a little bit good and a little bit bad in there. She said she didn’t know. He suggested maybe someone had tooted. In flowers. It did smell a little like an air freshener in a bathroom stall… […]

Sterling has been busy. He bought himself a little used Beaver tractor and set to making a bucket for it. He’s made many trips to town for steel and parts, and we’ve ordered hydraulic parts and pieces online that I have no idea what I was ordering when he found links to the perfect part. […]

I had a realization this morning. It made me tear up, and few things can make me cry. Brace yourself, and I’ll see if I can make this make sense. I’m not a hugger. My toddlers get oodles of snuggles. But as they get older, they snuggle less and I find days pass without hugs. […]

I went through my photos to upload to recap the weeks since I’ve last blogged and sense a theme. First, Stellan found this lovely critter in my house. Lovely. Now take him outdoors. Eww. A few weeks later, as Blaine tells the story, he heard Creed giggling and asked him what was funny. “There’s a […]

In my last post, I mentioned Pierce approaching admission to the hospital to begin a ketogenic diet. It didn’t happen. Four days before admission, the doc’s nurse called and expressed concerns. Nothing that was new was mentioned. All the reasons she gave existed when they approved us for the diet. But they didn’t want to […]

I completed my second luxury vinyl plank floor installation ever. I’m practically a professional now! Not even remotely. My thighs and back are protesting, but I started about 2:30 yesterday afternoon and finished just before midnight. The master bedroom, after almost two years of living on subfloor, has a floor. It was intimidating. And now […]

Renovations to the house continue. Slowly. I have a floor in the living room again, Sheetrock has started to go back up, and if temps cool enough, I’m going to try my hand at matching texture on the ceiling in the utility room and bathroom. The 92° in my house currently doesn’t have me thrilled […]

Sterling had a painful run in with a new lawn mower engine this week. He dropped the 130 pound engine on his foot and broke his fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot. He’s on crutches for three weeks, then likely a walking boot for another three. To say he’s feeling limited by this is […]

Eden and Kevin have a baby in their arms! Falcon Alfonso arrived Monday morning. He was 8 lbs 12 oz and arrived after an unmedicated birth that was quite the experience for this grandma. Ruby caught baby, I cut the cord, Charlotte took photos, and the hospital and midwife there were great at honoring Eden’s […]