the studio

Here it is!  I have some tweaking to do – painting the rocking chairs and sewing up some seat cushions for them, maybe a rug for the winter months, finishing the chalkboard paint on the stairs, repainting the old dressers that I’ll be using for storage,  finding a cheap bookcase for all of my books [...]

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a day in the life

With school in full swing, and the boys involved in sports we don’t often have a day to just spend meandering.  Sunday was a gift as Nate, Everett and I spent three hours exploring the neighbors pasture. 

We were so excited to discover this on top of one of the hay bales.  It is an owl [...]

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The gift of time.

A couple of weeks ago before school started back up this boy and I found ourselves home alone.  I had plenty of the usual chores that needed to be done, but instead I asked him if he wanted to go for a bike ride with me.  So that’s just what we did.  A bike ride [...]

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Oh, and one more thing…..

Marshall’s band competed in a Battle of the Bands – AND THEY WON!!!  They won a three hour professional recording session.  Once they’ve had their session this proud mama will be allowed to link to their music.  Stay tuned.  Please note Marshall, that we still expect you to finish highschool and get a college degree, [...]

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Boys of Summer

I can not speak for girls, but these are the things the boys of summer do:

catch tadpoles

play baseball

camp out
read, read, read
tape the spray nozzle at the kitchen sink into the on position so that when their mama turns on the kitchen tap she gets sprayed – bwahahaha
eat, and eat, and eat, and eat some more 
hang [...]

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Dutch Oven

For Father’s Day Brian got a Dutch oven.  The real deal, cast iron, heavy duty, 6 quart Dutch oven.  I’m certain we are going to be spoiled rotten with some campsite gourmet cooking now!  The best part – I’m not the cook!  The other night he decided to give it a trial run on the [...]

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