Farm Mom Blog

 Looking back over the pictures I took during the month of November not much happened this past month. I'm okay with that because sometimes a slow and boring month is a nice peaceful refreshing time especially since this next month is going to be quite hectic! The guys finished up harvest a few days before Thanksgiving. I'm so glad they were able to finish at a decently early time and thankful that all went safely and smoothly! The kids love every opportunity to ride with their daddy! Baby has not made its appearance yet! Looks like we will be having a December baby!!! We are so excited and now that I have made it to 37 weeks baby can come any time! Christmas is in full swing around our house. We have our real tree put up and decorated and this year I had Charles do most of the Christmas decorating in the living room. He really enjoyed it and he did a great job! Next on the list of Christmas things to do is, making sugar cookies, picking out a yearly ornament, all the Christmas...

The month of October went by really fast, at least it seemed that way for me! I am really grateful since that means baby time is getting close!  October is for harvest on the farm. When harvest season comes around I have to mentally prepare myself for the lonely season ahead. Long days and one day weekends can grow wearisome but it is only for a season and then I will get my husband back at normal times, yay!  As my husband has been in the field I have been taking things easy and trying out a few new things as well!  I've been busy sewing items for my booth at the local antique shop. My mom found a lot of old cutter quilts for me to cut up and reuse. I've made some beautiful tree skirts, stockings, and ornaments from the quilts. I am excited to drop those off on Sunday! I have also been busy with Christmas present prep. This year I am working on some self-care items to gift. One of my favorites that I am working on at the moment is a rose hip infused oil for fine lines an...

 September for us normally means the start of Harvest season, warm days and cool nights, getting back into the groove of things after the end of Summer. I love the change in the weather in our area. The hot humid days are behind us and cool evenings are a nice relief. The different smells that Fall and harvest bring to the country along with the changing colors to the trees. Fall is one of my favorite seasons. This September started off different from the rest and has forced me to slow down by quite a bit. I had been feeling more contractions around the beginning/middle of September but kept putting them off since I have grown used to Braxton Hicks in all of my pregnancies. After this continued off and on for a week I decided it was time to call my doctors and make sure everything was fine, better safe than sorry. I expected them to say all looks good it's just your normal wear and tear but that was not the case. My cervix was funneling and my contractions were coming pretty regula...

 August always goes by super fast for our family.   We celebrated 3 birthdays in August (Mine, Clay's, and Alice's). We had a good time celebrating all three! Alice had a purple and horse theme party, she's been obsessed with purple lately haha!  We also had a great trip to Gatlinburg TN. We saw a bear at Cades Cove, played in the mountain streams, and ate some good food! Paula Deen's in Pigeon Forge and Mamas Chicken Kitchen were our favorites. We stayed at the cutest and cleanest motel in downtown Gatlinburg called Marshalls Creek, I highly recommend! Very reasonable prices and easy to walk to downtown Gatlinburg.  Back home, the garden has now been taken over by weeds :( but the produce is starting to dwindle anyways so I guess it's not too big of a deal. I finished with 41 quarts of canned green beans, 19 quarts of canned tomatoes, 5 quarts of canned pickles, lots of frozen green peppers and even more coming on, and the okra is coming on strong as well, whic...

                               July 2023 recap for our farm family July was a typical month for us meaning nothing overly exciting. Life around here is pretty chill during the Summer months. The kids enjoy playing outside and on the hot days, downstairs in the cool basement.  We had a fun time at our County Fair! The kids aren't in 4-H this year but we did enter some items into the open class building. The two older kids took pictures in and they both one 1st place ribbons! I enjoy trying out for a lot of the baking contests. I entered the cookie baking contest and the yeast bread contest. It's so fun to go in later to see if you have won any prizes! I also entered a few other open class projects. It's more for enjoyment than the actual competition. I would encourage anyone who enjoys the fair and a friendly competition to enter a few of the contests or open class projects! Get outside your comfort zone...

 Move in day had come and gone and the young family of four was beginning to get nice and settled in to the beautiful ranch style farmhouse.  First the carpet had to be torn up and replaced. Then the walls had to be repainted in all the rooms. The wooden walls in the living and dining rooms were freshened up with a few coats of white paint that really gave the place a clean and bright look. The ceilings were still the plain brown wood which gave the place a great contrast with the white walls.  Putting her own mark on her own home was a great deal of fun for Hope. Making this home her space, a place to unwind and be at peace, their own little safe haven from all the dramas of the world.  The kids loved the location, with a large front and back yard and room to roam in the back woods, it was a perfect place to explore. There was a run down pasture next to the home that would be a wonderful place for some animals.  A lot of living, dreaming, and promise came with ...