Monthly Archives: May 2014

Say yes to the ….. car?

Have you ever seen the TV show where all these girls go to this one bridal shop and are looking for the perfect wedding dress? And when they find it, they all start crying and say that this is absolutely … Continue reading

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Grandpa Franzen’s tree

We have two special trees planted on our farm. The first one if for my Dad and the second one is for  Daryl’s parents. My dad always loved trees and knew just about everything that there was about them. Just … Continue reading

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Picking Rock

With the weather being nice that only means one thing for us to do. If you guessed picking rock.. well you guess right. Now honestly it’s not that bad of a job and I do it for exercise because I … Continue reading

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The long weekend is over

I can’t believe the long weekend is over all ready. I mean, weren’t we just getting off work on Friday and now it’s time to go back already?  But I guess we did get a lot done this weekend and … Continue reading

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Choose wisely…

When I woke up this morning I had a ton of things that I should be doing. Everything from planting the garden to washing the house windows. But guess what I did? I went kayaking. SCORE! I was talking about … Continue reading

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Outside stuff

Once again we were blessed with good weather and that makes it so nice to be outside. So after work I tilled up the garden again to see if I can rid of more of the crabgrass that’s growing in … Continue reading

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Yea! The beans are in!!

It’s always such a good sight when the planter is coming up the road and you know that the last of the crops are in for another year. Daryl was able to get the rest of the soybeans done tonight … Continue reading

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Music Practice – Roadhouse

Tonight was Daryl’s music group’s practice at our place. And where else would a good spot to practice at  our farm other than the Roadhouse? I just love it that the Roadhouse gets used as much as it does. The … Continue reading

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Kaiser’s initiation

Our trampoline has been something that not only the kids jump on,  it’s a place that when the kids were younger stories with their friends were told, and it’s also a place where the dogs and cats can share in … Continue reading

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Baby it’s warm outside

Today was a warm one.  Finally! I think it was only around 80 some degrees, but we went from using our furnace and fire place to trying NOT to turn on our air conditioner. Well, we didn’t cave and turn … Continue reading

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