BACK AT IT

My last blog post was in January of 2017 and today its March 2020.  I felt that it was time to get back to documenting whats been going on in our lives  Five years and a lot has happened since then.  When i last posted, we lived in the cold, snowy climate of West Bend, Wisconsin and we decided to move to Justin, Texas to be back closer to our family.  While living in Justin for 3 years we purchased 10 acres of land in Ponder, Texas, mainly for investment and never thinking that we would actually live there. Since purchasing the land, we had a well dug, the property fenced, a barn built, a then finally a house built with a swimming pool, and moved in the first of August last year. One year prior to moving into our new home, we took a leap of faith and sold our house, moved into the camper on our land, and moved the kids into Krum schools.  

Addison is now 13 years old and in the 7th grade at Krum Middle School.  She plays select softball pretty much year around with Texas Fusion out of Grapevine and has been very successful as a pitcher.  She runs track at school and is involved with National Jr. Honor Society.  She was the lead role in One Act Play this year and finished second in the UIL Spelling competition.  She ran cross country and played baskeball this year.  She stays pretty busy with school activities and enjoys showing lambs through Krum FFA.  

Rhyder is 10 and is in the 4th grade at Hattie Dyer Elementary in Krum.  He is a cub scout with Pack   931 out of Justin and shows lambs also with Krum FFA.  He is learning to play the recorder and is actually really good at it.  He's always been musically talented.  He loves to swim and is a great writer.  He placed second in UIL Ready Writing this year and they got 1st overall as a team.  

The property that we're so blessed to have, doesn't really have any landscaping including trees.  It's kind of a blank slate.  We're working diligently to get things planted and looking nice around the property.  We planted several types of trees, including fig and redbud trees, blackberry bushes and have a lot of our vegetable and herbs planted.  We have a lot of plans for the property, but will take quite a bit of  time.  We've come along way since purchasing the property years ago and look forward to see what God has in store for our family over the next several years.