Trimming the tree

    Dec 17, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Homesteading Life

    We went out Sunday to Hirzbacher Höfe in a little town called Hammersbach. It is one of the few places around here that seems to cut their own trees from their own lot. You can even go into the forest and cut a tree fresh if you don’t like anything in their...

    Getting festive

    Dec 15, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining

    We went to get our Christmas tree yesterday…and Stefan has been putting up lights and building yard decorations over the last couple of weekends. We were hoping that some more of our neighbors would find their holiday spirit…but so far they seem to be...

    The first Christmas market

    Dec 1, 2008 | Christmas, Entertaining, Family, The First Year

    Sunday we took our first outings with our Baby Trends Expedition LX jogging stroller. In the morning, we bundled Mackenzie up in her Eskimo outfit and went out to walk the dog. It was a bit of a bumpy ride, especially on the unpaved paths, and Stefan is already...

    On a lighter note…

    Jan 21, 2008 | Christmas

    How do you know you’ve done WAY too much business with your trash container company?You receive a Christmas card from them!I was just taking down some Christmas cards hanging in our kitchen and had to laugh to myself. Sure, we had about 10 containers last year...

    All I got for Christmas…

    Dec 30, 2007 | Christmas, Dog Training, The puppy years (1-2)

    We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that there were some very happy puppy faces in everyone’s homes. Ayla got a new cheetah stuffie that she seemed thrilled with and happily pranced around the house with for a few hours. She did chew a tiny hole in...