We've had most of our Christmas decorations up since before Thanksgiving. I just couldn't wait!  But we did wait to get our tree until afterwards, mostly because we knew we'd be out of town a few days and it's bad enough asking my neighbor friends to feed my chickens and my dog and my cat and my fish without also asking them to...Read More

We love our Golden Retriever. Even though sometimes I want to kill her. Like when she repeatedly chews through the sprinkler wires or digs up my plants or tracks mud in my kitchen. But mostly I love her.  She's a beautiful cuddle bug of a dog. And she would prefer nothing more in life than to be just like this in the lap...Read More

Rene came home for Thanksgiving, and the kids were all over him. He's like their older brother home from  college. Which, he sort of is.  We consider him part of our family, that's for sure. And since his sister and brother are back in Rwanda, and his parents have passed away, we're honored and blessed to be his American family.  In the picture...Read More