Farm Life Is For Us!

Life for the Dandurands' has been busy to say the least! We moved to the farm the middle of August (a few days shy from a whole month). Life out here is great! It is so peaceful and private! I love just being outside and enjoying the little simplicities like gardening, mowing, pulling weeds, taking care of the puppies and the chickens, and watching Peighton enjoy farm life. These times are my therapy from all the business going on in the house and in our lives!

Brad has been really busy with the business and trying to keep up with work, the house, the grove, etc. There is a lot to do on the farm both with the house and the outbuildings, but it is so rewarding getting the opportunity to completely make it our own! Brad's parents have been such Godsends to us! They are always lending a helping hand. It is so nice to be around family again!

The boys have started school again and that has been a wonderful thing for both of them. The summer was getting to be too long! Now they seem to have a purpose again.

Preston got in with a wrong crowd over the summer and it is nice to see him off that path and unto a more straighter one! He is now hanging out with a great group of guys that enjoy fishing and just hanging out! We were really starting to worry about him and the path he was going down! Thank you, Jesus for bringing him back to where he needs to be! It is so nice to see the boys enjoying the farm, too. They go out and shoot their guns, ride dirt bike, mow the lawn, enjoy bonfires, etc. They enjoy being boys with a lot of room to move.

Paxton has had an eventful first few weeks of farm life....he was climbing our big maple in the front yard and fell out of it breaking his wrist, requiring surgery and 3 pins (see my next blog entry for the continued story)!

And then there is Peighton...to watch farm life through her eyes is priceless! She loves to play with the puppies, always making sure they have plenty of water and usually a bath or two while replenishing their water. She loves her chickens and looks forward to collecting eggs each day, 10 times a day she is checking to see how they are doing and if they have laid more eggs. When they do provide eggs she says" Thank you chickens for the eggs!" She stays so busy on the farm from morning until night! She rides her four wheeler around, plays with the puppies, collects eggs and hangs out in the chicken coop with them, picks produce from the garden, and her latest adventure is picking up "walmarts" from the ground of our walnut trees. She is so happy out here that nothing else seems to matter! I love seeing life in her way!

Well, my update entry of farm life must be cut short as the laundry room is calling my name...must paint and add the final touches so we can finally do laundry at our house...another simplicity that I will no longer take for granted!