I recently had the privilege- yes, I intend that word- to attend the funeral of a beautiful friend, whom I would never have the chance to meet. Her name was Sarah. She was a mom of three- her kid’s ages are similar to my three. She was a wife of 10 years- she passed just a few days shy of …
Who says you can’t go home?
The term ‘home’ is growing ever more diluted for me. I’ve called so many places ‘home’ over the years, that I can’t say I even could define it if I was pressed to tell you what that means to me. This isn’t meant to be a sad sentiment. Quite the opposite, actually. My friend Tori- a fellow Nevada to Tennessee …
Hit the road!
We took off from Minden Nevada, on our way to Summertown Tennessee, by way of a three week road trip, at the end of April! It was a blast. We saw and did A LOT and we want to invite you along for the ride, as we always do. The first leg of our journey was heavy on the driving. …
7 days
It took me 7 days to fall in love with my husband. May 30th was our 9 year wedding anniversary, so I thought I’d step away from the farm for a second and go back with you, Readers, to where this whole journey to the farm really began. Because there would be no ‘this’ without ‘us.’ And the ‘us’ here, …
The Thunder Rolls
The last few days have been hard days. I finally cried. But just for about a minute. I hit a small breaking point, and I’m sure it won’t be the last, but it’s not a comfortable thing- to break. Sometimes, just when you least expect it, life overwhelms. It all started when I decided to unpack boxes. We’re mostly done …
The adventure continues…
Don’t you just hate when spiders make you think they can think? I opened the front door the other night, and a huge black spider darted away from the welcome mat as if he was trying to sneak in and he had been caught red handed! He made it to the grass before I could kill him, but I almost …
The woes of moving
Most of you don’t realize this, but when Thomas left to take the uhaul across the country to our farm, he embarked on quite the adventure. He and his friend, also called Tom, ended up doing a three day trip in about 50 hours. It’s quite the story… check it out!
Packing…
It’s been absolutely crazy around here as we condense 4300 square feet into what will be ONE Uhaul load across the country to Tennessee. It’s emotional, it’s exciting, it’s freeing, it’s stressful, it’s all the things. On the one hand, it’s been really wonderful to purge a lot of things that I don’t need to have in my life anymore. …
We bought a farm!
So it’s official! Thomas flew out to Tennessee last week with his dad to sign papers on Shalom farm! With only ONE minor mishap (that almost made it impossible for us to close- thank you Wells Fargo for not knowing how to notarize a Power or Attorney properly), we were able to make it happen! Thomas did the final walk …
Transplants
About two years ago we put the first house we ever bought on the market. We have been so very blessed by God. Sometimes I don’t understand it. I often find myself just in awe of what He has done in my life… both before and since I’ve known Him. But alas, Thomas and I were ever so very blessed …










