Happy 11th Anniversary To Us!I haven't posted since Christmas time! Yikes! I guess nothing exciting has been happening around here. Well, except Jimmy and I celebrated our anniversary today. No trip to Mexico this year. We hung out at Barnes & Noble in Denver (and I walked out the door empty-handed, which is a miracle in itself) and used our two free coupons to Sweet Tomatoes for a delicious dinner where we had uninterrupted conversation! It was quite a relaxing day.
We're still planning on moving to Louisiana once our house here in Colorado sells. We've had two couples that seemed very interested, but we haven't received any offers yet. In the meantime we're casually looking at acreages in the Baton Rouge area where we could have a small hobby farm. I know it will be a TON of work, but I'm so looking forward to getting all my beef, chicken, turkey, pork, milk, eggs, and vegetables from our own land!
Owen is thriving in the homeschool environment. The only difficulty we're having is I just can't keep up with him. Studies that I've scheduled to take the whole week, Owen is devouring in one day. He loves to learn. Surprisingly one of his favorite things to study is composers! He also loves history.
Eli is full of energy and fun and growing like a weed. He's almost as tall as Owen and very, very fast! I think he's going to be a track star someday. He loves playing Legos with Owen and is learning to build very complex things that he dowloads from the Lego site.
Scout is pure sugar. She is so affectionate and sweet and loves to make new friends. She adores our neighbor Mrs. Mobley and always gives her hugs and kisses after our visits to her home. She also loves to be read to for hours.
Riley is growing like a weed as well - everyone thinks she's six years old, and she's four. She also is very affectionate and loves to cuddle with Mommy and Daddy.
Luke is thriving on his new gluten-free diet. He's been a new child since converting and he's talking up a storm! He gives us lots of laughs with the things he comes up with.
Carson is doing great and loves to taunt Luke. Actually they like to taunt each other. They got in their first "argument" last week while riding in our truck. They were arguing about who was going to ride on Daddy's back when we got home and went hiking. It was quite hilarious.
Jimmy is keeping busy with work, which we're sooooo thankful for. We feel so blessed to have him working from home so much!
I guess that's the update for now. I'll try to post some recent pics of the kids soon!
8 comments:
get goats and a donkey and im there
I kept asking Ted if he knew anything about you guys because I missed reading your blogs. But now that we're FB buddies I can certainly watch my favorite 6 kiddos growing up. Keep posting!
and, I almost forgot... Happy Anniversary!!!
Donna your energy level is just astounding!! I have 3 dogs and am overwhelmed with their care! I LOVE the idea of having everything come from your own land...I just couldn't do the "meat procurement" part of the deal! We are starting our own garden this season finally...I've hoped to do this for several years...happy anniversary and good luck with your house sale...where in Louisiana?
Thank you, Geo! Looking forward to keeping up with you and Ted's exciting adventures!
Pam, I don't have tons of energy - just tons of convictions. :) I do have six kids with tons of energy, though, and they will definitely be helping! I think raising animals for meat will be difficult - not so much chickens and turkeys, but a family pig and a family meat cow. But, that's a part of farm life, so I'll have to learn (and I'm sure I'll cry a lot). The thing that will help me is knowing that we've raised them in the pasture, loved them, and taken great care of them, as opposed to cows and pigs raised in muddy feed lots, crowded conditions, and given food they were never supposed to consume - the kind of meat that shows up at the grocery store. We buy all our meat from local farms that completely pasture their animals and care for them with the utmost respect. That is what we plan to do! So they'll have a happy life with us; just not a loooong life. :)
I am so glad to hear Luke is doing well, I have been so praying for him. Owen is going to be one smart boy. I knew it when it liked Froot Loops. Hehe. I am so excited that you are going back home to family in LA. I miss mine dearly, we are here in NC for 5 years at least. I think organic beef and poultry would be amazing. Are you going to be able to eat them ? We have a few
plants for veggies. But, my energy level is nowhere near yours. I think of you often. Darius' big surgery is tomorrow. 6 am should last 5 hours. The hopeful outcome is upright unassisted walking. God willing. Please pray for the dr.'s.
shirlie
nice update Donna! Thanks.
Hey Donna!
Thanks for the update!
From my personal experience with Maybelline, our pig, once a large muddy pig escapes repeatedly from her pen and chases you around the yard and destroys your clean laundry hanging on the line - bacon tastes good, real good...
Even with my father singing "Maybelline, why can't you be true?" tearfully in the background.
aarghhh! I check here all the time.
You need to update my friend
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