Gudrun and George paid us a visit along with their friends David, Shari and Kalen.  Thank you Gudrun for being so good to us....   In WA near their home they have a pick-your-own farm and Gudrun stocked us up and we are so grateful!!  How good it tasted to have some...

Well this post is for Julie....  Julie was concerned 🙂  because I was not in many pictures that Glen had me tied up somewhere!!!  🙂   Nope - I am alive and well and rope free... 🙂 Julie - thanks for the WONDERFUL note and the AWESOME news!!!  Sending you hugs and...

With the rainy Fall upon us, the bad winter ahead and the muddy Spring to follow, I believe we are all set with our propane. Behind my boys you can see the 3 - 500 gallon tanks ready to get us thru from now to May or June.....   It is a great feeling to have it all...

Progress...  Oh how SWEET!! This man works SO hard....  Our home will be such a wonderful, comforting place.....    I am the luckiest woman on the planet.... 🙂

After a lot of fun, a lot of hard work and a LOT accomplished the men are heading back to PA.   It was a wonderful visit and we hated to see them all go, but were extremely grateful for the extra man hands...    I couldn't thank them enough for helping Glen set the...

The boy with many smiles....   I am excited for him, but hate to see him go - especially for SO long..  🙂   My prayer for this young man is that he will never forget 2010 and have the most fond memories of his experiences from PA to ID.... What a year he has...

Well Glen and I ran for materials on the 3rd of August to Spokane while Dennis and Galen worked on clearing the area a bit more and then cutting fire wood for us....  Oh - their help is so appreciated... I haven't gotten them yet - but I understand there were some...

Well since our last meeting with the State - I had to let them know that we were not going to just roll over and that we would do and go as high as we had to in order to look out for our well being. I got in contact with the next highest person in the Department of...

We picked up Glen's father and his uncle today from the airport in Spokane, WA.    It is about a 2 hour drive to Spokane - YUCK the city...  🙂  Glen and I twitch anymore when we head into town....  There are just tooooo many people..... 🙂 What perfect timing for...

Our well driller arrived at 8am today and went to town....  We told him we were going to hit water at 80 ft and it would be crystal clear and in abundance.   Out here most wells are 250 ft or better - some even 400 ft and there is a very high iron content in the water...