Talking about the weather makes me think fondly of my Dad.
He and I always talked about the weather – on the phone, or through e-mails.
I remember those conversations were most frequent when we lived on the farm.
My Dad loved hearing about all of our farm shenanigans!
The weather seems to be the topic most discussed in our neck of the woods in the past couple of weeks.
Because, REALLY.
It had been unseasonably cold. Very blustery. Cloudy. SO RAINY. SO WET.
Let me just say, though, that it makes the warm, sunny days so very sweet!
We have a lot of goals for Twin Oaks that are in need of some warm sunny days.
Thankful that summer seems to be here now!!
My last post was written on the day that we were getting our laying hens!
I named our new girls the day after they arrived, of course, of course.
Penelope, Henrietta, Matilda, and Genevieve.
I know! Adorable names, right?!
We are a little suspicious these last couple of days that Henrietta might actually be a Henry instead – based on her crowing she is doing every morning. Hmmm…… time will tell!
They have been SUPER fun!
This week I asked the boys to extend their run for me.
They drew a sketch, showed it to Blake, he brought home some stuff, and now the hen house looks like this!
Thanks, boys!
On Memorial Day weekend we had two beautiful sunny warm days!
The guys were off work, and so we started to work on projects right away that Saturday morning!
The boys built and hung the swing that I was given before we left the farm.
I LOVE where they put it – on the patio downstairs looking right at the morning sunrises.
While they were doing that, Kayla and I were going over the hills and through the woods to Deep Rooted – an organic green house!
We both got plants for our gardens there!
Isn’t it beautiful?
The guys also built a garden box for me that weekend so I had a place to put all those beautiful plants I bought!
It is a tiny garden compared to how we used to garden at the farm, but very manageable and still giving us some home grown goodness!
We planted the garden very early on Memorial Day before the rain started.
It was cold!
Two seconds after I took this photo Eliza ran back into the house saying it was way too windy and cold. Smart move, sweet baby!!
Everyone else got busy planting!
Tate helped out by playing with the dogs and cleaning up the empty trays!!
Here is how I was dressed. I told you it was freezing!
Thankfully we were able to work outside a lot on that Saturday when it was warm and dry.
The guys got a start on the base of the new pool.
This pool will not be taken down each year, so the set up requires a little bit more work!
The littles played and played and played that Saturday.
It was SUCH a great day!
I had to stop often and enjoy the new swing!
After dinner, someone climbed in my lap and took a little snooze!
Sundays are usually full of our favorite people!
David and Kay and their crew join us for snack dinner!
It was SO beautiful that day!
We had a great Memorial Day weekend, even though it poured rain the whole day that Monday.
I’m so thankful that we decided to use the yard as it is this year!
It will take A LOT of fill (and money) to make it a real yard – and we are enjoying it just as it is!!
Speaking of enjoying things – look what God did!
It never gets old.
Looking forward to summer and many more days on the land of our little nest!!
Happy summer, everyone!!!!
