Easter 2019

Easter blessings from our family to yours!

Easter Basket

The Easter Bunny hid Kiera's Easter Basket behind the basket under the entry way table this year! He brought new goggles, Oreos, hand lettering markers and more. 

Farm Updates - Spring 2019 Edition

The cabin door got fancied up! Kiera picked the door color which we love. She may or may not have picked it solely on the name..."spun honey."To finish the look off,  Dave installed a new door knob and a keyless "smart" lock and I found this durable metal wreath at Hobby Lobby. 

 This spring, we planned to get two new hives, to bring our total up to four. However, one of our hives didn't survive the winter so we now have three hives. Here's the queen bee, before she gets added to the hive. 

 The Kette Combs (Thanks for the punny name, Emily!)

 We finally found recliners for the cabin! It took some time to find just the right ones, as the space is so small. The recliners maybe small, but they are comfy.

Blue pillow or yellow pillow? We couldn't decide so we ended up

layering the pillows, the yellow in the back, the blue up front (not pictured).

The ramps are just budding out

 New rug from Costco. I don't love the way the pattern
looks in the cabin (I wish it was more natural looking) but
the rug is soooo soft and supple that we're keeping it!

Miscellaneous

Girls trip to Chicago to see Em and Paul's new house!

 Hazel knows how to relax

 Kiera's teachers are extra special this year...in addition to being amazing in the classroom, they scheduled a 5th Grade Girls Bowling outing to get the girls to bond and become closer friends and not succumb to the "mean girls" mentality. 

Kiera and the beloved Miss Welsh

 Kiera and I have a new favorite Starbucks drink... a "medicine ball"

Kiera painted a kindness rock at school

Bait Shack

We're getting a new outbuilding at the farm! Dave has dubbed it "The Bait Shack" and we plan to store the kayak, paddle boat and fishing poles.  Dave found the inspiration for the shack on a job site. We had unseasonably warm weather so Dave put on shorts and got right to work on the foundation.  The following weekend, Jacob, our carpenter friend did the framing.

Here's the inspiration pic...

Girl Scouts Ice Cream Outing

Since kindergarten, Kiera has been in Girl Scouts, and I have been the co-leader. We started strong with 14 girls and now in fifth grade are down to seven. We've had a blast over the years, but as the girls get older, they have other activities and commitments. Here are two recent events...ice cream social at Malley's and a tour of Marco's Pizza. At the tour, each girl got to make their own pizza. Yum!

First Beach Trip 2019

Kiera had a volleyball tournament this weekend. Because of her knee brace, she's not playing in the games, but we are going to the tournaments to support the team. It was such a beautiful day out, that on our way home from the tourney, we stopped at the beach for our first visit of the year...and it didn't disappoint!