Homestead Happenings

The Lord has provided our family a rental house in the country! We had enjoyed the temporary rental but were excited to get out to the country where the kids could run around outside again and we could have a bit more privacy. We have determined that we are just too loud for the city! :-) Our new landlords are gems. The rental has been in the wife's family for 100 years and was her family's old homestead. It does put a bit of pressure on us in regard to keeping it kept up and well managed but we try and do that anyhow with any home we live in. They allowed us to pay a little over the (very reasonable) rent in order to use their barn and acreage for farm animals.

                                    

With Grady being gone so much, the kids and I pretty much had to move us from this house which was the one located in Halsey and right next to the train track. Thankfully we didn't have much stuff so loading up the trailer didn't take too long.



         

Happy packers!



         

 

All loaded up!

 

The next morning we had tons of help which made the job of unloading and unpacking at the new house go very quickly

We really are enjoying this new home. It was built in 1952 and has all the charm of an old house

Willow and Ash put the food away in the fridge

'The twins' are looking less like twins now that Mandy isn't wearing glasses as often. They are still best of friends though!

Hanging out in the new living room

Meadow gets the job of babysitting the children while we unpacked and cleaned

Stephanie finishes up the dinner that they and the Pages were so sweet to bring us.

We all gathered for prayer and a blessing over the home and then it was time to eat!

The back yard

Our living room. I love the red wall, don't you! And a free piano from CL! Really, looking at this picture, we have almost all of the colors of the rainbow represented! Very cheery!

Home sweet home, at least for now! :-)

The neighbors brought us these lovely fall flowers. We are very blessed!