Last Thursday, Samuel turned ten – double digits! He was so excited about his new bow and arrow. We had a few tournaments and then Milly...

Milly has always wanted her own cow. Six weeks ago, we finally got a cull cow from a herd to train as a house cow. Milly was ecstatic....

Yesterday the trucks just kept on coming. They carried pallet after pallet of concrete blocks, thirty six in all. Now we have pallets of...

Last night after dinner, we had fun talking together as a family about creating a family mission statement – something that defines who...

The other day, we herded ten of our big bulls down into the new yards that Chris had made. They are normally so quiet, but there was a...

What do house foundations have in common with integrity?? Well…last week we began building our house in earnest! The digger came and dug...

Jacob cuddled beside me in bed, and we talked about his birthday. I could hardly believe that my baby was about to turn eight. He was so...

We’ve had a wet, windy week up here in the sunny north. But at least our water tanks are full now. The kids have been hoping the river...

I’ve just been given a beautiful little bouquet of daisies, buttercups and dandelions by Jacob, my 7 year old son.  He also handed me a...

I’ve just returned home to my family and life in the barn after two weeks in Colorado with my thriteen year old daughter, Eliza. We went...

Yesterday Sam, Jake and their friend , Aljoh, carried bamboo poles, an old tarpaulin and all sorts of tools onto Black Rabbit Island. I...

It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog, but you sure can’t do everything! We have spent the last few weeks working furiously on our...

“Be ruthless!” my husband tells me. And I am trying to be, but it’s hard to be ruthless when you’re packing up a family of eight after...