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Birdhouses for the Backyard

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Not going to lie – I’m having an amazing time kicking off a long-awaited springtime tradition this weekend. When we moved to the farm, Isai was 3 months old. It was the dead of winter – cold and snowy. When it wasn’t snowy, it was brown. The trees were bare. Everything looked pretty “meh.” That time of year, though, revealed one of …

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Splish Splash in the Springtime Puddles

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My sweet, sweet littlest love. While we spent the weekend in the sunshine, E found herself a puddle. She tried tirelessly to recruit people and pups to join her for puddle stomping – but couldn’t quite pull it off. That never stopped her though. Little lady returned to the puddle over and over and over again all weekend long. By the …

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Quick Bench Upgrade for the Backyard

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We had a seriously beautiful weekend. True to form, we squeezed in as many projects as were humanly possible – all outdoors. We power-washed a secondhand playhouse. We cut down trees and mowed some trails. I rolled up a bajillion walnuts and pokey balls from the ground. The star of the show, though, ended up being this super simple bench fix …

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Trail Riding with Cousins

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Chris, Taylor and the boys popped by this weekend and we were honestly just way too excited to have friends and family on the farm again. We’ve had a beautiful run of nice weather over the past week and seeing everyone out and about always serves to remind us of why we love having this land so much. While they …

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A Stolen Trailer to Add to the Chaos

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As if there’s never enough going on, our 16ft black utility trailer was stolen from one of the renovation properties last night. I’m telling you – when it rains it pours. The trailer was in great condition and had most recently been helping us to move fencing materials around the farm for new fences in the Goat Grove. We also use …

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The Best Small Town Park Ever

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Warmer weather this week is screaming for us to spend as much time outside as is humanly possible. Naturally, that meant we were hopping, skipping and jumping to the park with the kids. We lucked out beyond belief last summer by discovering an incredible park in Oskaloosa – just 15 minutes from our house. More often than not, we’d hit one …

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Kids’ Bedroom Update

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While it might feel like we only just finished the kids’ bedroom a couple of months ago – we’re already at it again. We knew it would only be a matter of time before we decided to swap out some of the furniture. Once we got the existing crib and toddler bed into the space – the play zone got a little …

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The Kids (or Goats) Snagged a Free Playhouse

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Aaron has been busy at work on a renovation property in Kansas City. In fact, the home was previously owned by his sister and her family – so it’s been a fun one to see transform. The kids and I went into KC with him over the weekend to check out the progress. Naturally, a few things needed to be done, …

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Tractor Rides are (Almost) Here Again

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Our Friday and Saturday was filled with some pretty great time with cousins. We don’t get to see everyone in our giant extended family often – and having a large group of us together on a bit of whim is even rarer. We kicked off the weekend, though, with some quality cousin time. For Isai, that included sitting in a tractor. …