New Adventures

June 2018
This month we moved into a new home, ready for new adventures.
We have cleaned, painted, packed, moved, un-packed, planned, mowed, weeded, planted, weeded some more, mudded, sanded, repaired, built, stacked, sorted, learned... and the adventure is just beginning.

Bunny Hutch

One of the first things we promised our daughter is a bunny. She wanted a pet of her own and though she would have chosen a dog, my sweetheart and I are just not really dog people. We like a few dogs of our friends and family but do not want one ourselves.

This past week we built the hutch from a second hand cabinet we found. That was an adventure. I had never built anything like it, but it was fun to play with tools and imagination.

Nutmeg was the first addition to our new life.

Nutmeg

I imagine our place as becoming "West of Eden". Not a lush weedless garden like Eden, but with the goal of something that we love as much as the Garden of Eden. Plants, animals, family. Working together.... 

My husband imagines it more of "Eden Westside". To me that sounds almost rebellious in nature. I guess that fits my nature, though I wish I was a little less rebellious at this point in my life.  

My Dad said it sounds more like "Garden of Weedin'" I guess that may be true too.

Whatever the name, I am loving the adventure so far. Work is hard, but it feels so good to stand back and see what we are accomplishing. I love to feel tired from honest labor. It is a lot of fun to try new things. Even if we mess up, we are still learning. Our children may say they hate it at times, but I love working side by side with them and my sweetheart.