They Have Moved

Hi everyone,

I feel like I start every single post by promising to post more - and that hasn't happened yet. I started this blog as something fun to do and a great creative outlet for myself, as well as a great documentation for our family - I am really focusing on keeping it just that.

BUT with that being said - I really do plan to post a lot more in the coming months. In the past 2 weeks I have quit my job, got married and started a new job... In the next few weeks we will break ground on our new home... WOW that's a lot of change... They're good changes, it's all very exciting new changes headed our way, which in turn are headed to this blog.

Back to the reason for my post today. My sister and her beautiful boys (Samuel 18 months, William 18 months and Grant 5 months) are moving. It's only 45 minutes away but they are currently 7.5 minutes away. I must say that 37.5 minute difference has been a tough one.

She's my very best friend.... There's a lot of things that I can say about her, but to keep it simple, she is just a much better version of myself-she is everything I want to be.

This is one of my favorite pictures.

They have an awesome new home, beautiful subdivision with tree lined streets, and a great fenced in back yard for those sweet boys to run free.. It's a good thing, I know that they are all going to be so happy there...

It was tough saying "goodbye" to their old home. So many wonderful memories there. 

Take a look at all of the growing up they have done at that sweet home on a corner lot... 

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE ...

Lots of sleeping... Just not always at night...

Lots and Lots of stroller and wagon rides...

Lots of crazy hair (Will)

AND.... the occasional mess

While the home that you raise you kids in will always be a part of you.... In the end its just 4 walls.... The people that you share it with that will always be the most important thing.  And let me tell you, with the three of them (and her sweet husband) she is blessed no matter where she lives. 

God's Blessings to the Krause Family on your new adventure. 

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Memorial Day.... And Those That We Remember

Peonies are one of my very favorite flowers. Huge, beautiful, fragrant blooms....

Just as I did last year- I, I clipped a bunch of peonies, put them into a little jar, added a small flag and took them to the cemetery to put on the graves of both our grandpas.

 I love how our Church Cemetery has all of the flags flying. It is so beautiful.

They were both tough visits. We get married in two weeks and these two men should be here for that...They should dance embarassingly at our wedding, meet all of the little babies that have since been named after them both, they should see what we have done with the farm and the family business.

 We miss them every single day, but we do this tradition in remembering them every Memorial day.

What traditions do you and your family do to remember those that you love.?

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Spring Tulips on the Farm

Last Fall I spent a small fortune on tulip bulbs.... I was literally hiding my Home Depot receipt from my farmer, because really, who spends that kind of money on tulips.

Fast forward about 7 months and our farm was full of beautiful blooms. I planted an assortment of early, mid and late Spring bulbs. That way they last a little longer (about a full month.)

Luckily i snapped these pics one evening before we got a big storm. I couldn't wait to share with you all. Next year at this time we should be in our new farmhouse, so i can already see sidewalks lined with tulips...

I love red and yellow, so very classic.... 

I like tulips around the trees in the Spring, in the summer I

 plant pansies and in the fall its mums and pumpkins. 

I am addicted to these boots, but refuse to do actual work in them. 

The look that my farmer gave me when I told him that they were not for work, they were for "good", was very similar to the look that he gave me when I told him the total amount I had spent on tulip bulbs...Lets just hope he forgot how much these boots cost. (I hope he isn't reading this)... 

I love this tree and the swing in it. Right behind that swing is where 

construction will begin to take place (hopefully soon)... 

Soft yellow and pink tulips are another great color combination. 

Ignore all of the gravel (and dirty knees)... This is taken near our mailbox at the road. 

Another place that gets a festive decor and plants depending on the season,

 i.e pumpkins, mums, American flags and Christmas wreathes, just to name a few.. 

I hope you all have been having a fabulous Spring. It is going by fast. Our wedding is exactly one month from today and my farmer has been busy in the fields (minus the past couple of much needed rain days) so we have lots going on. But i will try to keep everything documented and share with you. 

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