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Hunters.

November 27, 2020 by Adrienne

Sterling has been hunting almost daily for a month it seems. When bow season opened, he was there. Then firearms season started, and out he went. He went often with the neighbor. He ended up with a nice buck. Eden has gone with him some. She works a lot and sleeps past 6am enough that […]

Thanksgiving 2020

November 26, 2020 by Adrienne

Happy thanksgiving! Our plans included just the eleven of us, sticky buns for breakfast, appetizers through the day and fried turkey with all the fixings late afternoon. I got a stove off of Craigslist earlier in the week. My commercial stove has had a few minor frustrations… more on that later. We decided to switch […]

She totally deserved it.

October 29, 2020 by Adrienne

Eden wears a leather string on her belt. She claims it’s to tie the excess belt down because the retaining loop broke, but it’s become her trademark. It hangs a good nine inches down from her belt. Cue little brother and his shenanigans. Eden was sitting on a chair at co-op during the meeting before […]

Foot surgery and boredom. Such boredom.

October 28, 2020 by Adrienne

Monday, I had foot surgery. And now I’m bored. I had a bunionectomy and first toe straightened. I’ve been laying with my foot elevated above my heart for three days now. I took prescription pain meds for a day, ibuprofen for one and a half more, and I’ve done fine without anything for much of […]

Change. Again.

October 11, 2020 by Adrienne

I took my oldest off the chore list this month. It felt like a moment. She’s working full time, 40-50 hours a week. She’s taking a full course load, 17 credits at the local college. She’s rarely here and when she is she holed up for hours in the camper on her laptop doing school. […]

Promotions, deer hunting, and duct taped alarms.

September 15, 2020 by Adrienne

Getting up at 6:00 am is a privilege around here. Don’t you dare tell my children otherwise. Once you hit 4th grade, you may rise early and begin school alone. This year, Pierce hit the coveted milestone. He’s been frustrated that he’s slept through all attempts to rouse him early. I found him like this […]

Date Night

August 31, 2020 by Adrienne

Two weeks ago tonight, I was in the boys room. Purging. Because it’s a constant battle – one I feel like I’m always losing. So I was elbow deep in throwing away papers from the school bins when Eden called me into the kitchen. Then she disappeared. She and Liberty, with much help from all […]

School begins. Here we go!

August 30, 2020 by Adrienne

We went back to co-op this week. It was mostly normal. Temps taken and no sniffles policy but so far so good. Elliot was super worried that she’d coughed twice at co-op. What a strange world. I took back to school photos – and Liberty, graduated and all grown up – was at work already. […]

Vacation 2020

August 12, 2020 by Adrienne

About 1500 miles, two trips to the ER, a lot of marshmallows, and eleven days later, we are home. It was a lot of driving, a lot of family, and a few moments I could have done without. Overall it was a great trip though. We spent seven days with Blaine’s family in Michigan, a […]

South Dakota: July 2020

July 21, 2020 by Adrienne

The kids and I are in South Dakota at my parent’s house this week. Creed traveled like a champ and has changed a lot this week. All of the sudden he’s making eye contact so much more and smiling and cooing. He’s taken longer than the others to do that. I was starting to wonder […]

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