We had a great time Saturday swimming with our friends.  It was a hot day, but the water felt nice.  It was even nicer to just spend the day relaxing and not worrying about anything but having fun with our kids.  

The deck around the pool was built by my husband, Brian.  I think he did an excellent job, don’t you?  Anyway, here’s some pics of our fun day!

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It has been brought to my attention that I have yet to post some pics of our country haven, so, without further ado, here is our home. It’s nothing fancy, and still needs LOTS of outside work done (as well as inside), but it’s home and we love it. We’re slowly but surely taking care of the things that need done, but only as money allows – nothing on credit at ALL. It slows us down, but we’re perfectly okay with that.

The pics you’ll see are of our front 5 acres. We have 23.5 acres total, but the rest are wooded.

The pictures start with view from our front porch and go around the house. I also took a few of the chicken coops (Please excuse the big coop – we’re in the process of fixing it up. It was a storage building.) and the storage building/work shop. It had a woodshed on the back that collapsed the first winter we were here. We’re planning to paint the building this fall so It’ll all match then, plus we’ll finish fixing up behind it at that time.

Just remember – it needs lots of TLC and we’re giving it to it, just slowly.

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The fall colors on the ridges are amazing! I’ll have to show you later on this year when the leaves start to change!

I hope you enjoyed seeing our little haven. We’re not rich, but God has truly blessed us with this land and much, much more, and for that I am very, very thankful.