Hey there!I have to admit, I am a little afraid to say this, but we're starting to get into the swing of unexpectedly milking twice a day. No, life hasn't smoothed out perfectly, but there are fewer late nights and less chaos as a result of the new m...

Hey there!One of these emails I will be able to start with something other than 'more surprises'! The one this week was both exciting and immensely overwhelming. A couple Saturdays ago, my sons and I were walking out to move Lucy (our pregnant milk c...

Hey there!This time of year is always pretty busy, and a lot of that comes down to growing and managing a set of meat chickens. For context, we only grow them for eight weeks before they get put in the freezer, but those weeks are long and very very...

Hey there!When we first ventured out to our property in Idaho, we had the dream of being able to get our acreage of pasture alive and well again, enough to feed a cow or two. This year we've been able to see that come to fruition to some degree. They...

Hey there!You may have noticed that I somehow managed to miss my last email (you'll see why in just a minute). Now that I'm back, I'll try to not get too crazy with the updates. The biggest update, in lieu of Ginger dying, is that we miraculously fou...

Hey there!Sometimes I wish life could always be positive and happy, but as we all know, life has its ups and downs. This week happens to be one of the down ones. There isn't much to say this week, other than the hearts of the Kenner home are a bit he...

Hey there!Life threw some pretty unexpected curve balls at our home and family this last couple of weeks! From our boiler and heating system breaking for a week, to being evacuated from our home due to a natural gas mainline break just outside our ho...

Hey there!I can't believe we're already to the point where we need to prepare for baby animals. Spring was sprung on us much faster than years past. I'm going to blame that on getting older. All the more reason to push myself to get more books out! F...

Hey there!It's been an interesting couple of weeks since my last update. In that time, the weather took a huge turn, shifting to be so warm that the kids have been spending endless time outside getting dirty, wet, and exhausted as they play in the mu...

Hey there!Now that spring is feeling right around the corner we are making preparations for all the spring work. Somehow, despite feeling busy and overwhelmed some days, we manage to keep adding things to our homestead. This year is looking to be qui...