After the holidays and travels it was back to the farm, and the birth of lots and lots of puppies. A wonderful blessing of golden joy and the fun of meeting new families as they choose which puppy will go home with them. THen there was the crazy weather, making it a challenge to know which way to go, what to concentrate on. Plowing and more plowing. Planning for the next year and seminars to teach and encourage us. Spring finally rolled around, with much tree work to catch up on, seedlings to plant, and trees to dig, and plenty of water to go around, rain and more rain… June brought camp week, receptions or parties on every weekend and the start of tree shearing that goes on for months and months. Quick vacations squeezed in, not to mention another family wedding in August, with Brad (the oldest fourth generation to get married) and Elisenda’s (Eli’s) beautiful ceremony in the wedding garden. In the midst of all that were projects and fixing equipment. Then the realization of Michelle being a senior and Jennifer getting her license, where does the time go? The end of summer meant a quick trip back to Kenya for a few of us and then time to put things together for the fall and Christmas season. We had beautiful weather this fall and enjoyed watching families come for a visit. We also had lots and lots of extra company during the fall, with scout groups, school tours, tour buses and more. On to Christmas with wreaths and roping to make, trees to cut, new fudge flavors to try and to make, also delicious soups, apple pie, roasted nuts, yum!!!
What a Year!
After the holidays and travels it was back to the farm, and the birth of lots and lots of puppies. A wonderful blessing of golden joy and the fun of meeting new families as they choose which puppy will go home with them. THen there was the crazy weather, making it a challenge to know which way to go, what to concentrate on. Plowing and more plowing. Planning for the next year and seminars to teach and encourage us. Spring finally rolled around, with much tree work to catch up on, seedlings to plant, and trees to dig, and plenty of water to go around, rain and more rain… June brought camp week, receptions or parties on every weekend and the start of tree shearing that goes on for months and months. Quick vacations squeezed in, not to mention another family wedding in August, with Brad (the oldest fourth generation to get married) and Elisenda’s (Eli’s) beautiful ceremony in the wedding garden. In the midst of all that were projects and fixing equipment. Then the realization of Michelle being a senior and Jennifer getting her license, where does the time go? The end of summer meant a quick trip back to Kenya for a few of us and then time to put things together for the fall and Christmas season. We had beautiful weather this fall and enjoyed watching families come for a visit. We also had lots and lots of extra company during the fall, with scout groups, school tours, tour buses and more. On to Christmas with wreaths and roping to make, trees to cut, new fudge flavors to try and to make, also delicious soups, apple pie, roasted nuts, yum!!!