… But it seems we can’t always find time to blog about it all! So sorry for the lack of posts around here! I hope to make up for it. We are staying busy and occupied with the House in most of our spare time It is coming along so lovely and so much progress is being made!(I will refer to our big house that is unfinished with a capital “H”) Daddy has been working on tile in the laundry room, pantry, mudroom, and guest bathroom, and it looks so good…… and Noah is working on putting up lights and such around the house… It is lots of fun seeing all the pretty things go up on our walls and ceilings! I just can’t wait to have guests over to our new Home! (ask any of my siblings, I am already writing our guest list! ) Oh, and we are all excited about being able to plug things right into the wall, Ethan is very good at putting outlets in, and is a big help to Noah. He even taught me (btw- I’m Grace J) how to wire outlets, and I think it is kinda fun J …bye,bye extension cords!!!! Well, enough about the House. Even though we spend much of our time at the big House, our normal (like as normal as it ever has been! J) life and routine still goes on in our little barn! J The little boys are as full as energy as ever, and spend much of their time outside, playing or doing chores, school, and helping Daddy in the House. They bring lots of smiles to our days.. and I really think every family should have a posse of little boys! (especially when they are as handsome as my brothers. J) We girls and Momma are busy with the stuff that keeps a house running, while also helping at the other House, taking care of the little boys, running errands, doing school, and the such. Momma is still diligently finding all the best prices on things such as countertops and light fixtures for the House. J The weather has been quite rainy and cold the last few days, but we enjoy the days of sunshine we get and look forward to the warmish/cool weather of spring…. I love seeing all the little greens things popping up and the flowers everywhere and the clothes on the clothesline whipping in the wind… spring is such a beautiful, hopeful time of the year. What a gift from God the seasons of the year are! Well, I had best finish up, and get on to other things. May your week be blessed as you thank the Lord for all his many, many, blessings towards us! Grace for everyone J
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Isn’t that gorgeous (even though it is just dead weeds on a log J)?! It is quite lovely to have a professional photographer as a sister, you take the pictures, I’ll write the text!
This is the color of the walls in the girls room… we hope to accent with brown. Once we add our furniture and stuff I’m sure it shall be quite lovely and cheerful! Momma liked the color so much she put it in the laundry room too. I told her that when you went in there you felt like you were in the washing machine!
A sconce I have looked forward to putting up since before drywall! Noah was kind enough to let me be the first to turn it on. J Oh, and this is the color of the walls in the loft area upstairs, though the coloring in this picture kinda makes it look orange-y, it really is a beautiful deep red!
A view from the kitchen into the living/dining/music room. (seriously, once we get our house finished no one is going to want to come see it, because they have seen the whole thing from start to finish on the blog! L )
In the loft upstairs- Abbi said this a sneak peek of the wood on the walls, didn’t Daddy do a great job? Oh, and those lovely sconces and ceiling fan are some of our light fixtures…just in case you were wondering… (maybe I get a little too excited about lights!).
Momma’s clock… she already brought it out to the House, and it is sitting in its place on the mantle. It has such a lovely, homey sound when it dongs!!
Bloom where you’re planted…. the Blakersly.
Our pretty little chickens. They have started supplying us with more eggs now that the days are a bit longer, much to the delight of our customers. The little boys faithfully feed, water, and collect the eggs everyday.. actually that is where they are right now!
See, I told you I had handsome brothers…. and this one is just plain cute!
Gib
“Ummm, I’m not sure I’m gonna like this picture Abbi.”
Lost in thought……
My leftover dough experiments after making pizza one evening….
Y’all come back please… there are many things that need posting about…. hopefully we will get them up soon! God Bless!
Looks like ya’ll had fun! Miss you!!!