Hello Again!

A word of clarification:  This is a really long post because it is a compilation of several posts on my farm blog, hence the emphasis on farmy subjects.  Still, I hope it is fun to skim through the pictures and get an idea of what we've been up to.

Hi Everyone!

Sorry I have been away from blogging for so long.  It seems like over the course of the last few months I've been so busy doing things that I haven't had time to write about all I've been doing.  Well, it's good to stay busy, but it is also good to keep up with my blogs, so this week I have tried to focus on sewing and computer work.  So far, this is the first computer work I've done, except for a little writing on my current book, but hopefully I will be able to pile quite a few more languishing computer projects into the next few days.

If you have subscribed to my newsletter, you are already aware of what has been going on in our lives; it's been a lot!  Two siblings have been married, two calves have been born, one goat is due to kid soon, and Cleone is ready to be bred for her first litter of puppies, to name a few!  If you are not subscribed to the newsletter, you can sign up now via the form on the right hand side of this blog.

Below are a few pictures of life on the farm.  Enjoy the update!
Warning:  There are a ton of pictures in this blog post, so if you are not interested in looking at a long pictorial record of our year, then you may want to stop reading here.

If you are game for an update:  Welcome to January!

The sun rises on a new year...

Family trip to Old St. Augustine (December, 2015)

Back when we used to live in Palm Coast, we would go to old St. Augustine every winter and spend time touring the streets, and admiring the Christmas light displays.  We would usually eat at a pizza restaurant, and then finish off with ice cream before loading up to head home.  It was a fun tradition that was eagerly anticipated and enjoyed every year, until we moved from Palm Coast out to the country.  That was twelve years ago, and we didn't make it over to St. Augustine again...

That is, until this year.

Snapshots From Our Vacation~ Pt. 3: Trip to the Zoo!

On our last day in Kentucky, we were privileged to be able to visit the Louisville Zoo with PaPa and Grandmother, Aunt Diana, Aunt Joy, and cousins Max and Livy.  The weather was delightful, and we were able to see in person many animals that we would probably never have the opportunity to observe in the wild.

This Big Piggy Stayed Home...

Yesterday, we slaughtered our first pig on the farm.

We've sent a few pigs to the butcher before, but this time we decided to try it ourselves.  And it was worth it!

Visiting I-TEC and Saying Goodbye

Yesterday morning we were blessed with the opportunity to tour I-TEC, a missionary organization run by the Saint family.  We are friends with the Saints (as some of them attend our church), and wanted to take the tour with Grandmother and PaPa.

The replica of Nate Saint's airplane, used in the movie "End of the Spear".