A dream come true

This baby had double yolks.

our little chickens

Some teeny carrots

farmers market goodness

We like to go down to our local farmers market on Saturday mornings for meet with folks and buy the goods all around us. I haven't really gotten a full grasp on eating local,( I love Costco) or organic.


Don't get me wrong, I love getting our milk eggs bread and produce and even body care locally, but there are still a few staples that I get elsewhere. I'm very happy with the balance. And so are our bodies and wallets.


Do you guys go for organics? How about local goods?

Happy Weekend!

I hope to get outside and enjoy some warmth and sunshine. I plan on buying some more plants and donuts and out farmers market tomorrow morning. But not before making some homemade bagels with my mom for breakfast. Wish us luck we have to start very early!

picture courtesy of my 4 year old

we plant flowers

Indoors. Because the kids can't wait for spring.

Happy Februray!

We've been having such mild weather for northern Idaho. It put a spring in our step and a smile on the faces of everyone we know. I'm making backyard plans of all shapes and sizes. We are all very excited.

summer bounty

We spent the day picking fresh produce at the Jones farm today. It was awesome fun. I"m pretty sure it will taste awesome too.

so good

We have wonderful neighbors. They picked and hand delivered two bowls of bing cherries straight from their tree, to our backdoor. I keep running across yummy looking recipes to use them in, but they never stick around long enough. Oh well.

oregon blueberries

We were blessed enough to pick free berries from a new friends backyard gardens two weeks ago. I've never had blueberries this good. They have been going into everything. Pancakes, muffins crisps, ( I've never had blueberry crisp before but I highly recommend it) and drinks.

thinking this might be the best pet

I really like animals. This is a genetic trait gained from my father. I would have loved to live in a zoo as a child. But now that house keeping, and child rearing are some of my main focuses, a menagerie to clean and care for is a lot less appealing. We have been thinking about keeping chickens for a bit now and I stumbled upon this wonderful website Omlet. They make it look oh so easy. And fun yeah?

in the backyard

I'm so excited to be living in the new house. Not so excited to pack and actually move. I'm also excited about outdoor living. Since we will have our own backyard. And boy, its been a while. Here are some goodies I found that might be worth purchasing now and bring with us.




I think most of you know that there is no ikea near Moscow. Its sad but true. I'm going to need to stock up.

flats and veggies

Sorry for almost a week of no posts. For those of you who read here. We've been to lots of doctors. Between the four of us, well visits alone can take up a week. But, today was Sam's first swim lesson! I have a good friend who is a professional instructor. She offered to teach Sam and his little buddy from church. So of course I had to say yes.
I was all excited when I got up this morning only to find a flat tire on the van. I'm sure Mavis tire moved as quickly as they could, but it wasn't fast enough. We had to reschedule for next week. Bummer.

We are listening to and heartily enjoying the newish type Coldplay CD.
We hesitated to purchase and listen to it because we were feeling eehh, about the first single. The rest of the tracks are pretty nice though.

On to some better news, We have visible vegetables growing in the garden! Zucchinis and tomatoes! I can almost taste them now.