After months of stop and go progress, and nothing VISIBLE happening with our home construction, there is finally visible progress. The well-drillers dropped off their rigs yesterday and got to work ...Read More
A Yorkie puppy! He is so stinkin’ cute – we all love him already! He doesn’t have a name yet, we’re still working on it. Actually, that’s another part of this post;...Read More
This weekend, we spent our free time at the property preparing for construction – again – go figure. Saturday, Aaron & I took down over 300′ of fence, burned weeds, and cleane...Read More
This past weekend while Aaron’s brother, Pat, and his family were out of town, I fed their animals in the morning, Aaron’s step-dad, Tom fed them in the evening, and one of their friends f...Read More
My baby girl hanging out under the catalpa tree at our property earlier today while we were there. It’s her – by herself, exploring, playing, imagining, living. I love all that about h...Read More
So the reason I was in Heppner at all today was because Emma was being given an award. We knew it had something to do with Math, but we didn’t know anything specific. She has really struggle...Read More
Well, not really mutton, but lamb anyway. Today, Emma had an awards assembly at school, and after it was over she and I came back to Irrigon so she could pick out her lambs for the summer. She has...Read More
This is Luna. She is my parents’ dog theoretically, but she thinks she only belongs to my mom. ANYWAY, when my parents move their camp trailer over here to live on our property and build our...Read More
These marks mean the utility companies have been out and marked their lines so we can start digging. Fortunately, we only have two lines on our property – electric and phone. Luckily for us,...Read More
Heppner’s Eighth Grade Graduation was today. The Seventh Grade class served dinner, and then they were invited to attend the semi-formal dance afterward. Emma has been so excited for today, ...Read More
Like many families around here, we’ve been running from one practice to another, one game to another. I thank God every day that Harley & Katelyn are on the same team, I cannot imagine hav...Read More
