Sparrow and Arrow

This past weekend was insane.  Our church and family threw a baby shower for me and Kurtis and we feel overwhelmed with blessings. I feel like we were caught up in a whirlwind and now we are sitting in a daze thinking "Did that really just  happen?" A room that was once cluttered and not payed much attention to is now the center of attention in our house and filled with gifts given out of the kindness of our family and friend's hearts. All for a little person they don't yet know. My family worked so hard decorating the fellowship hall at our church. It was all so beautiful and adorable. You can tell they put a lot of thought and planning into it and I can't thank them enough for all of their hard work and support. Kurtis' family made the cake and cupcakes. It turned out so pretty! (and delicious :) )  I love Kurtis' smile in this picture. This is a quilt my grandma made for our little one. My friend Hannah took all of these pictu...

First Snow of 2016! (does this past Sunday actually count?) This is our first winter with our little farm, and it has already been interesting. With freezing temperatures, it was tricky keeping enough water out there for them. You would be surprised how much water only two ducks need... I had one little pan I would change out every couple hours and the ducks would sit next to it and peck any chicken that came near it. They are water hogs. I think they are so cute in the snow. Nessie fluffs up her feathers and yeah... it's just pretty cute. They also eat the snow. Which is pretty cute too. So this changing and replacing of the water was just not going to work. We got an extension cord so we could put a light in the barn. We have it pointing at their water and a small pool so now my care for them can go back to as low maintenance as possible! (yay!) The chickens have been quite skeptical of the snow. They come out and peck around for a little bit, then back to...

It’s 2016! ...Now where do I start? How?…  Part of me wants to explain everything, part of me wants to ignore everything, but the dominant part of me, just wants to write. So here I go with no specific plan of how this will go, or goal to where this will end… 2015 was a great year. There may be many who disagree, but for me, I didn’t want it to end. There were times so low I didn’t even feel alive, just hovering in existence, and there were times so high I may have thought I was literally high. High on life. I’ve been learning, I still am, but in the process of a year I have learned that life is not bad. Life is good. Life is amazing. Through the ups and downs of it all, it may seem like we are all over the place, but if you be still and know, you will feel God holding you calmly in the middle. I am so thankful He has brought us through, and my feelings of reluctance toward 2016 now feel like acceptance, and almost like being handed my diploma of 2015. I’ve graduated, on...