The holiday season typically comes with a barrage of overly sentimental traditions. This totally happens on the farm, too. While Aaron and I are relatively minimalist in most ways, these traditions are where we, too, cave to some abundance and enjoy creating special memories together. A Real Christmas Tree During our very first holiday together, I created a Christmas tree …
A Year for the Books
December is a bit of a landmark for us. As we creep in on the arrival of 2021, we also celebrate our official 1-year anniversary of living on the farm. Holy cow, guys. We freaking made it. This year – 2020 – we could very well say we’ve been in survival mode. We’ve: Chased a now 1-year-old pretty much everywhere Moved our …
Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
These Sunrises Tho
Aaron let the dogs out for their morning jaunt with a mild freak-out today. “YOU GUYS HAVE TO SEE THIS SUNRISE!” He grabbed his phone and sprinted around snapping photos. Naturally, by the time I rolled out of bed and gathered baby, the view was not at all what he had managed to capture. It was still really pretty, to …
Play Forts in the Living Room
We’ve repeatedly reaped the rewards of not actually having a living room where our living room is supposed to be. This week, Aaron’s newest acquisition for playtime finally arrived and we shockingly had the perfect place for it: the living room. Now – a two-story kid-sized cardboard fort fills the space. It’s an absolute hit with the kiddo. Honestly, I can’t …