Well its been several months since I posted. Out here in goat ville, the internet is so slow, it wasn't even worth it, so we cancelled it. And I've had a super fun smart phone ( Droid incredible II) for a couple months and had to download a Blogger app and even that was confusing. So anyway, hopefully I can do our little life up here some justice.
I guess before I get into the farm life of it all, here is an update on us:
COLT: He is in 1st grade and such an easy kid. I mean, he does what he's told, he loves learning. He is a concerned, loving older brother. He makes friends so easily at school. I tell him that other kids like him because he's nice and he's happy like Jesus. Colt has no problem helping me out around the house and farm, IF he is asked. Other than that, he'd rather be watching calliou, or curious George in his underwear. Colt loves playing with stuffed animals. He says he doesn't know which ones to love. He let's himself express love to things very easily, like his daddy. They both have big open hearts. On another note, Colt is also very feminine. He always wants to wear my lady shoes, womanly sweaters, bras.. he also always picks out pink and purple for coloring things, and whenever he is picking out a character for a board game or computer game, he picks the girl character every time. So I'm just sayin...
Colt is also very confident and independent. Every day, he wants me to just drop him off at the curb for school. While most moms park, then walk their kids in to the classroom, colt never wants me to. I ask him every morning if he wants me to drop him off or park and walk him in. And every morning, he says "just drop me off". I'm so proud of him.
Charley: my little thing. That's what I call him. It's so weird how different my relationship is with charley than with colt. Charley definately plays me. He is the baby that gets away with everything. I am wrapped around his little finger. I have cuteness attacks on him all the time. He totally gets his way with being snooty. Really, typical spoiled 3yr old. But he's cute and he gets a lot of attention. He is generally happy. And he is super loving. He loves giving hugs and kisses, and he loves hank too. He will lay on hank and let out this loving sigh and tell me to look at him. He loves bananas and gling gleeze (string cheese) and ga Baas (granola bars) charley is so easy with being told what to do. He sits up to eat for meals when he is asked. He has no problem brushing his teeth, getting his pj's on and going to bed.. most of the time!
Nathan: Ahhh, where do I even begin with talking about my honey? He is everything to me. He loves being with us. I know that when he walks in the door after a long day, and he gets down on the floor and takes those boys into his arms with the biggest smile ever, I know there is no place in the world he'd rather be. He has a way, and he has always had a way of making me feel like a million bucks. Proof that its not about things, or stuff in this life. Nathan loves working on projects around the farm. Cold, windy, snowy, any weather, he just gets stuff done if it needs to be done. And hello world, we are NOT floating in the pool all summer long anymore! But Nathan and I were both prepared for that and we wouldn't have things any other way now. Well, Nathan loves serving in church too. He has taught me how real the Savior's love is. Nathan is kind to people that I normally wouldn't care to be kind to. He gives people a second chance, over and over again. In a good way, with pure charity. He likes making people feel good about themselves and he is never quick to judge. As for being a dad, Nathan has a calm authority about him. A loving authority that the boys respect. Nathan brings a calm spirit into the home. He teaches the boys to have respect for me as their mother. Nathan never ever brings the stresses of work into our home. Just being married to such a gentle, confident, brave, amazing man makes me automatically a better person. You are just better when you associate with someone of his stature. I crawled into bed one night last week and Nathan was already in bed. I snuggled way up to him to get warm and I found a cozy little spot, just draped myself over his warm body. I let out a big sigh and thought to myslef, "this is the safest place on earth." That's how Nathan makes me feel.
Me: I like our change of life here. I like that we don't have to worry about what the neighbors are thinking. I like the slow pace of life. I like that my boys aren't scared to come in the house totally muddy after playing in the mud puddles. I like that I don't have to look a certain way. I love that I can have the boys pee on the side of a building or in a bush if we are out and about and nobody is gonna look at me like I'm a gross inapropriate mom. I like that other moms are the same dang way out here! It's a small friendly town and people aren't so stuck up in their own superficial lives that they can't be nice to you. Everybody here is nice and they don't mind saying hi just because. I am falling more in love with the women from church. We don't have very many members that come to church, but we really are a church family. The women have been so kind and loving and have accepted me as one of their own. Up here, when church gets out, everyone sticks around just to hang out and chat, because we are a little family here. I've met moms from school and t ball and the park, and we have play dates with the boys. As for me, I've never been eager to have big fancy things, so this small town life has been a breath of fresh air. People are just people up here. It's real life. They've all been skinning rabbits and eating their own turkeys most of their lives. I have loved this experience. I do keep in touch with my city friends and I do like seeing them for movies and girls nights occasionally. I am eager to find a home to settle into for Long term up here. It's been fun learning the life of homesteading and its only been fun because Nathan and I have gone into it with a fun attitude of adventure and learning. Okay that's enough writing. I guess I'll get to the animal adventures on my next post!
I guess before I get into the farm life of it all, here is an update on us:
COLT: He is in 1st grade and such an easy kid. I mean, he does what he's told, he loves learning. He is a concerned, loving older brother. He makes friends so easily at school. I tell him that other kids like him because he's nice and he's happy like Jesus. Colt has no problem helping me out around the house and farm, IF he is asked. Other than that, he'd rather be watching calliou, or curious George in his underwear. Colt loves playing with stuffed animals. He says he doesn't know which ones to love. He let's himself express love to things very easily, like his daddy. They both have big open hearts. On another note, Colt is also very feminine. He always wants to wear my lady shoes, womanly sweaters, bras.. he also always picks out pink and purple for coloring things, and whenever he is picking out a character for a board game or computer game, he picks the girl character every time. So I'm just sayin...
Colt is also very confident and independent. Every day, he wants me to just drop him off at the curb for school. While most moms park, then walk their kids in to the classroom, colt never wants me to. I ask him every morning if he wants me to drop him off or park and walk him in. And every morning, he says "just drop me off". I'm so proud of him.
Charley: my little thing. That's what I call him. It's so weird how different my relationship is with charley than with colt. Charley definately plays me. He is the baby that gets away with everything. I am wrapped around his little finger. I have cuteness attacks on him all the time. He totally gets his way with being snooty. Really, typical spoiled 3yr old. But he's cute and he gets a lot of attention. He is generally happy. And he is super loving. He loves giving hugs and kisses, and he loves hank too. He will lay on hank and let out this loving sigh and tell me to look at him. He loves bananas and gling gleeze (string cheese) and ga Baas (granola bars) charley is so easy with being told what to do. He sits up to eat for meals when he is asked. He has no problem brushing his teeth, getting his pj's on and going to bed.. most of the time!
Nathan: Ahhh, where do I even begin with talking about my honey? He is everything to me. He loves being with us. I know that when he walks in the door after a long day, and he gets down on the floor and takes those boys into his arms with the biggest smile ever, I know there is no place in the world he'd rather be. He has a way, and he has always had a way of making me feel like a million bucks. Proof that its not about things, or stuff in this life. Nathan loves working on projects around the farm. Cold, windy, snowy, any weather, he just gets stuff done if it needs to be done. And hello world, we are NOT floating in the pool all summer long anymore! But Nathan and I were both prepared for that and we wouldn't have things any other way now. Well, Nathan loves serving in church too. He has taught me how real the Savior's love is. Nathan is kind to people that I normally wouldn't care to be kind to. He gives people a second chance, over and over again. In a good way, with pure charity. He likes making people feel good about themselves and he is never quick to judge. As for being a dad, Nathan has a calm authority about him. A loving authority that the boys respect. Nathan brings a calm spirit into the home. He teaches the boys to have respect for me as their mother. Nathan never ever brings the stresses of work into our home. Just being married to such a gentle, confident, brave, amazing man makes me automatically a better person. You are just better when you associate with someone of his stature. I crawled into bed one night last week and Nathan was already in bed. I snuggled way up to him to get warm and I found a cozy little spot, just draped myself over his warm body. I let out a big sigh and thought to myslef, "this is the safest place on earth." That's how Nathan makes me feel.
Me: I like our change of life here. I like that we don't have to worry about what the neighbors are thinking. I like the slow pace of life. I like that my boys aren't scared to come in the house totally muddy after playing in the mud puddles. I like that I don't have to look a certain way. I love that I can have the boys pee on the side of a building or in a bush if we are out and about and nobody is gonna look at me like I'm a gross inapropriate mom. I like that other moms are the same dang way out here! It's a small friendly town and people aren't so stuck up in their own superficial lives that they can't be nice to you. Everybody here is nice and they don't mind saying hi just because. I am falling more in love with the women from church. We don't have very many members that come to church, but we really are a church family. The women have been so kind and loving and have accepted me as one of their own. Up here, when church gets out, everyone sticks around just to hang out and chat, because we are a little family here. I've met moms from school and t ball and the park, and we have play dates with the boys. As for me, I've never been eager to have big fancy things, so this small town life has been a breath of fresh air. People are just people up here. It's real life. They've all been skinning rabbits and eating their own turkeys most of their lives. I have loved this experience. I do keep in touch with my city friends and I do like seeing them for movies and girls nights occasionally. I am eager to find a home to settle into for Long term up here. It's been fun learning the life of homesteading and its only been fun because Nathan and I have gone into it with a fun attitude of adventure and learning. Okay that's enough writing. I guess I'll get to the animal adventures on my next post!
Nice Pics. I just felt bad for the pigs and cows that were slaughtered. I miss Coltie and would LOVE to see Charley for the first time. I would also LOVE to ride Diamond sometime. Maybe I'll come out there with Bama sometime! Your horse was beautiful. The fluffy chickens were so cute and made me want to say my favorite word..."POOF!" I would like to hold them sometime and play with Hurricane Hank and my cousins! Love you so much and miss you guys!
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My cousins look familiar... Coltie looks like Carter a little, Charley looks kind of like Noah and Nate looks and sounds like Blake Shelton... the country singer and you look like a girl in my POMS class. :)
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