Eden’s been working at the cafe I worked at in high school, but not getting the hours she wanted. She was hired on at a nursing home and has completed training online to become a CNA before she starts work for them. She’s super excited. All she has left is her test and she’ll be […]

Eden, Sterling, Ruby, and Charlotte went to Bible camp earlier this month. Eden drove them the six hours across South Dakota, with some minor detours because her map reader fell asleep and her sister got car sick… fun times. They had a great week and made it home in one piece with only one horrific […]

Grandpa: “You should try playing croquet with your heads.” I’m pretty sure he never thought they’d take him up on it. Pierce and Charlotte gave it their best go… and walked away deciding it was not that fun. It provided some funny entertainment for several minutes though! In the midst of hot summer days, the […]

My oldest turned 18 last week. I asked her if it feels any different. She told me it doesn’t. Her siblings keep telling her how behind the curve she is. I got married at 18. She reminds them I also met Blaine three months after I turned 18. Bought herself a squeak of time. She […]

Creed got a buzz cut. It started out as a scissor trim, but wiggly boy just wouldn’t sit still, and the results were less than thrilling. Off it all came. He grew up several years just that fast. Add to that he’s crawling everywhere and pulling to stand and he’s becoming a full blown toddler […]

In what’s been one of the longer weeks of life… Blaine headed back to Missouri on Tuesday to pack/clean up the barn and garage and bring the last things back. He’s still there, planning to come back tonight. They sound exhausted. Several kids have been stung by wasps multiple times. It’s hot, humid, and everyone […]

We left Missouri at 8pm Saturday. What followed was one of the longer nights of my life, but traffic was light through Kansas City at midnight so… small mercies. We stopped and slept in a truck pull off area for a couple hours at 3am and made it to my parents about 2pm Sunday. No […]

We’re still packing. Still loading the truck. So. Much. Work. The house is empty and clean. The garage is on its way. The barn is started but not finished. The shop is barely touched. This is the first of two trips. Blaine will come back with the horse trailer for another. But we’d planned to […]

We get the moving truck at 10am. Going to be a long day. We’ll head north likely Friday, giving us two days to pack it. And the horse trailer. And the camper. Liberty gets to pull the horse trailer. I’ll pull the camper… or drive the moving truck with the pickup on a trailer behind […]