With our basement fireplace update complete, it’s looking much more like the holidays around here. We finally decorated our Fulk Farms tree last weekend. All the good vintage ornaments came out of storage for the occasion. I’ve got to admit – it’s felt great seeing a little piece of “us” in this house. We’ve left plenty of marks, but this …
Fort Night with the Cousins
Let’s be real – there is nothing better than having an entire main room of your house dedicated to fort-building. Aaron’s latest “toy” purchase continues to be a hit. This time, Rhett, Tanner and Mason came over to play the action got really real. We’re talking birthday party-level destruction. It was epic. While Taylor and I worked on some dinner and …
The Cows are Free to Roam – Kind of
This week, Aaron has been working his butt off to get the cows out of the corral and onto the pasture. While we’ve planned a more permanent fence for the front pasture in the near future, he is making the most of his time with a temporary electric fence to give the cows some freedom now. With the new temporary …
A Dreary Day of Sun
A day of sunshine in December would typically be a day worth celebrating. We would ditch the heavy coats and do anything and everything to absorb those amazing rays before they dip back behind the clouds for the season. Today, though, it’s hard to be excited by the weather. Last week, we found Bragg with a gnarly bite and puncture …
The Plan for Change
As of November, we officially completed our plans for the renovation. To say that took a whole lot longer than anticipated would be an understatement. We really thought we would have had this show on the road a year ago. Now, we’re in the phase of finding our contractors. Luckily, Aaron has a bajillion connections from his work in real …
The Ornament Tradition – 2020 Edition
With our tree chopped, I’ve been more than thrilled to continue our annual tradition of adding a handful of over-the-top blown glass ornaments to our collection. Each year, we find a few new baubles that tell the story of big things that happened. Sometimes, we buy them mid-year. Sometimes, I place a bajillion Amazon orders and we collect boxes for …
Getting Ready for Goat Babies
“Any day now” is the general story behind when we’ll finally see our goat babies arrive. Brian has given us a more insightful “few weeks” to work with – but I’m sticking with the excitement that we could literally have new babes at any possible minute. Apparently, the promise of goat babies comes with quite a bit of butt checking. Aaron …
A Fresh Look for the Fireplace
While the upstairs remodel makes slow but steady progress toward a ground-breaking, I finally convinced Aaron to let me do a bit of nesting in the basement. More specifically, to let me refinish the fireplace. Our designers recommended keeping all the natural stone in the house. In the basement, though, the fireplace was planned to get a bit of a …
Cutting the First Crossley Farms Christmas Tree
For the past 3 years, we’ve ventured to Fulk Farms in Platte City, Missouri, to chop a spectacular tree for celebrating the season. Last year, we hadn’t quite moved yet, so our Hyde Park house was our holiday home. That means that 2020 will officially be out first Christmas on the farm. As we do, we loaded up the truck …
Thanksgiving Chores
When all of our other jobs go on vacation, we can fully rely on the farm to keep us busy. Thanksgiving morning arrived with a blast of chilly, frosty air. Despite the holiday and very much in spite of the cold – the chores still needed to be done. Aaron jumped on the side-by-side to get fresh water to the …