The Project: Day 00

Our tiny little house on the meadow is about to get a little bigger. After six years of dreaming, two years of trying to find a builder willing to drive an hour out of town to tackle the construction, and months of anticipation after those builders were found, May 13th (Mother's Day) marked the last day our house looked like this: 

When I remarked as much to Nick that evening as we sat on the lawn, cracking crab legs in honor of his birthday, he looked over at the house for moment, then said, "Thank God."

A Future Farmer?

Let's try this again...

I really don't know how it happens. I think about blogging quite often. I just never sit down and do it. Then somehow, almost a year goes by since the last time I wrote anything. But I'm back now. Really. I mean it. For now.

Since my last post in July of 2011, quite a lot has happened. I'm not going to go back and catch up all those posts I've thought about along the way, but here's a run down of what I missed blogging about:

August/September - Nick's appendix exploded. I really do mean it exploded, the surgeon said so. And when it did, it also blew a hole in his colon. One life-flight to Rapid City Regional Hospital, nine days in Regional, and about a month of recovery later, he was pretty much as good as new. Just rather skinny.

November - Connor turned 1. That would have been a good blog. I'm sorry I missed it. He had fun though. You'll have to take my word for it.

December - the holidays. Also would have been a good blog. Bummer

January- family vacation to visit Nick's brother in Royse City, Texas and one of my bestest friends, Katie, in Fort Worth. Also lots of fun with lots of good pictures.

February - it was cold and windy. that's about it.

March - calving

April - weird weather and more calving.

May - see new blogs

There, that's the last year of our life in nutshell. Now, we're all caught up.

Welcome back to life at the end of Eli Road.

It's the Little Things

Isn't it funny how even the simplest of things can give you a chuckle?

'Chill-axin'

Too Small for Easter Eggs

While it may be that we'll have to wait at least another year before Connor can really enjoy a good, old-fashioned Easter Egg hunt, it's never too early, to enjoy an Easter Basket!

It did appear, at first, that he was much more interested in examining his feet than his basket, but after a little bit, he seemed to get the hang of it.

First, he had to test out the stuffed frog...


Then, he really got down to business, and very successfully managed to tear apart the rest of the basket!

A boy after my own heart.

HAPPY EASTER!

It's a big day!

You know that old song,

Ten little monkeys in the bed and the little one said, "roll over, roll over," So they all rolled over and one fell out?

That song has been playing through my head a lot today. It seems Connor has mastered the art of rolling over. Over night - literally.

I haven't yet caught it on camera, but here he is just after one of many successful attempts this morning