A few Pics from my Camera...

Last week we had a warm snap where inside our unheated and uninsluted greenhouse it reached 80'.


The kids took the opportunity to give all the horses their mid winter hoof trim.


Nice job, Steve!


(Handmade hat and gloves, Stephen has.)


 Then, this week, it got cold again...

...but this is sort of an exaggeration. ;)


Here's my most recent creation that I mentioned in my last post...

I really enjoyed how freestyle I allowed myself to go with this project. No patterns, tracing or nothing, just snipping and sewing. I told Donna I was going to put a bear in the tree and she said, "oh, but not a scary one." So I agreed, and then she came back later to say "Mary, that's not a scary bear." :)

Annie working on a big coaster order...


A lot of spare time in these long winter days goes to practicing music. We have the main room of our mobile equipped with a fireplace so we can warm it up to use as a rec/play/music room. We have our Foosball table out there, as well as all our musical instruments. Lizzy is joining the band this year on keyboard and adding great sound! So fun to make a fun noise together, everyone contributing something. :) We were also gifted with a mixing board/sound system over Christmas which enables us all to plug into the same amplifier units and has greatly improved our sound (that big box on the table).

 

Winter is our creative/crafting time, and also the best opportunity to restock the shops. I've been adding new items daily, if you want to see what we've been up to there.

 

We've also had a guest here this week, which makes for extra rowdy outdoor play and staying up extra late playing games. ...It's been a fun week. :) 

Until next time! :)