A Day On The Farm

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Saturdays spent working the farm are the BEST!

We had a BIG cleaning day planned for today.

The weather was PERFECT!

David and Kayla joined us!

And Grant was home all day too!

Eliza was SO happy! (So was I!!) All of her people were in one place!

We worked hard and we had a BLAST!

I officially set our start time as 7:30 a.m. – when I served a big, yummy breakfast!

Then it was out into the cold to get to work!

The littles and I weeded some!

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We were being talked to while we worked!

Hello to you too, turkeys!

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Then it was time for the first big job – getting the pole shed cleaned and ready for all of our winter renters!

David and the littles drove us all up there!

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All of the above photos were taken in just a few minutes.

We quickly realized this was not a place for the littles, or for working without masks!

Addie Mae took the littles back to the house.

And we put on masks!

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Tate and I had a photo bomber! At least you smiled nicely, honey!

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All done! Ready for all those campers and boats!

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Pretty soon it was snack time!

Apple cookies all around!

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The landscape is changing all around us these days!

I LOVE hearing the hum of those combines!

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Next up was the hayloft.

We usually clean the hayloft in the spring and in the fall.

It did not get done this spring, so it needed a lot of cleaning!

We had a good crew!

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Almost finished! It looks amazing, guys!

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While the hayloft crew was working, Kayla and her amazing helper Tate were washing things up!

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I was inside with Eliza finishing up lunch!

Addie Mae and I had made most of lunch yesterday.

Red chili and white chili soup!

Muffins!

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Chopped salad!

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And fruit salad!

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It was yummy and warmed our cold bones!

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After lunch, I napped the littles and hung out with Lane inside.

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The crew headed out to the lower barn and got back to work!

It looks amazing out there!

They also put our new babies out in the sunshine for awhile!

Bronzer and Ruger, you are too cute!

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There is always a vehicle that needs worked on!

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While the littles slept, I made a treat for everyone!

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Pretty soon Grant and Chad were working on the shop.

It was a disaster!

Now it is spotless!

It don’t have an after photo!

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While they were doing that, David was working on their car, us girls were finishing weeding, and Blake and Lane were hanging swings in the hayloft for the littles to swing on this winter!

Eliza needs this vestibular movement!

Thank you honey! They are perfect!

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We finished the day with some hot apple cider!

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And, of course, a yummy dinner that my sweet hubby grilled for us!

What a great day of getting things ready for winter here on the farm.

Thank you SO MUCH, David and Kayla, for your help today!!

Hope you had a great day too, everyone!!

It Is What It Is

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I can’t help but think of that favorite saying of my sweet hubby – “It is what it is.”

We got a call yesterday from UW Madison that Tate’s spinal cord is indeed tethered and he needs surgery.

He is scheduled for surgery in Madison next Friday, October 9th, and will be hospitalized for four days if all goes as planned.

Sweet boy, your smile fills our days with so much joy!
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I feel a little sick as I think about carrying Tate into that operating room and holding him until he is asleep – which is what I did with Eliza for her surgery last year.

It is definitely the most overwhelming thing I have ever done.

I am thankful that Blake saw the need for it to be me to have that honor.

And I know he will see the need for it to be me again – for those many same reasons that were there last year.

Here’s the thing about life with Jesus though.

He will meet us there.

In that operating room.

Right when we need Him – not before.

And I am going to rest in that as we prepare for next Friday.

A Flood and Other Happenings

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Earlier today I set a quart jar on the kitchen counter under our reverse osmosis faucet, turned on the faucet to fill the jar, and walked away.

Please tell me some of you have flooded your counter and your floor underneath your refrigerator before?

Three times in one year?

And you have a floating wood floor over top of the old floor? That water can seep through?

Well, just asking you all made me feel a little better!!

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Here’s a quick post of what’s happening around here!

Tate had an eye doctor’s appointment last week.

We took a cute helper.

Tate was amazing during the whole thing.

And he does not need glasses! Praise, praise!

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Last week was appointments, appointments, appointments!

But we still finished all of our schooling and kept up with the house and farm too!

Depending on how you look at the words “kept up” that is!

We visited Blake at work after Chad’s orthodontist appointment last week!

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Someone very young (ahem!) (and very underserving of all the pampering and gifts she received) had a birthday!

David made some amazing salmon on the grill and we had fish tacos!

Kayla made a grain-free brownie dessert!

We all enjoyed that yummy lunch and good fellowship on Sunday!

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The littles loved the tacos and the brownies!

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David and Kayla gave me a huge mum and some pumpkins and decorated the porch for my birthday!

Here’s a good tip for you all – write what you are hoping to get done on your chalk board in your kitchen!

Your to do list may just turn into a birthday present!

The porch is my all time favorite spot!

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We received this card in the mail from a good farm customer this week.

Cracked us all up!

Inside it says “It tasted surprised.” Hilarious!

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The middles filled an afternoon with fun by pulling the littles around on a sled.

Why not?!!

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Addie Mae filled the house with yummy smells making these pumpkin scones one afternoon!

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I have been rowing my personal favorite book so far with the littles and Lane during school!

The Giraffe That Walked To Paris.

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It is a true story.

We will be rowing this book for weeks, I am sure!

There is SO much to run with!

The giraffe is taken by boat from Egypt to France. And then walks from Marseilles to Paris.

We are learning about wind power, the seven continents, the four seasons, Egypt and its flag, its pyramids, and its language.

About France, its flag and its language, roman numerals, measuring, how to draw, the character trait patience, and of course about giraffes!

Check out the littles coloring abilities!

Tate’s is on the left and Eliza’s on the right!

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We made pinwheels when talking about wind power.

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Lane watched and participated in a drawing tutorial and has another one to do too.

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The last four days have been amazing. AMAZING!

Grant said to me today, “Wow, Mom, Tate has only been here seven weeks and look at him!”

I agreed! And I added my own wow to how well Eliza is doing again!

Can you imagine what the next seven weeks could hold for our dimply cherub and our sweet baby?!!

Hope you all are having amazing days too!!

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