From the farm…
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Baby in a Pumpkin
Who doesn’t love a baby in a pumpkin? I can’t get enough of these cute Halloween pictures. Pinterest is killing me! We decided to give it a try. Harrison was definitely curious about the pumpkin and his patience didn’t last too long, but we got some great pictures. We started out with his Halloween
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Halloween Pictures
This time last year we were announcing our pregnancy, but this year we have a wonderful little boy to stare at all day long! I am far from a photographer, but it isn’t hard to get some cute shots with a handsome baby boy, a couple of pumpkins, and a bale of straw. Check out
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Our New Roof
We have been working for about a year on getting a new roof put on the house. We did the back part of the house last fall and finished up just a month or so ago. We debated doing the front of the house ourselves, but the height and angle worried us a bit. So,
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Outdoor Updates
With winter closing in on us, we worked hard this weekend to finish some outdoor projects. Ryan and my dad put siding on the chicken coop, which makes a huge difference compared to one year ago. While the boys worked on that, I painted the garage trim and started on the garage door. Paint
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3 Years Ago
3 years ago today we closed on our house. We had a huge project ahead of us and we were in over our heads. I am so happy to say, we finally have a handle on it and have done something in every single room. We have come a long way and are proud of
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Fireplace Before and After
When we bought this house, our favorite thing about it was the fireplace mantel that had seen better days. We started out by giving removing the mantel and stripping the many layers of paint off. Then we stained it to match the other furniture and wood floors in our house. But the most notable
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Chicken Run Door
Last fall we built a chicken run attached to our chicken coop. Unfortunately, we didn’t have enough time before the snow got too deep to add our door. Ryan ended up crawling through our chicken door to get into the run to shovel during the winter months. Keep in mind that door is 12″x12″.
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Chicken Tractor Modification
When we initially built the $40 Chicken Coop in May of last year, we thought about putting wheels on it to help with moving it around the yard. Like most projects we get into, however, we were racing to get the coop built before our meat birds were ready to go outside and just didn’t have
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Baby Chicken Update
We have been so busy with our new addition that I haven’t been able to update the blog about our new chickens! We have 25 meat birds and 10 new layers. We ordered a wide variety of egg layers this time and you can read about their breeds here. Our meat birds are now
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Introducing Harrison Andrew
On May 15th, we welcomed a sweet little addition into our family. Harrison Andrew was born after 20 long hours of labor and 2 1/2 hours of pushing! He weighed 8lbs 10.5oz and was 20 1/2 inches. We are so in love! Here are a few pictures, but I’m sure he will appear often on
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