Clean Up. Day 1. March, 2014.

Finally, to the good stuff.  The first nice weather weekend, we were blown away by the amount of loving family and friend support we had in cleaning up.  Kate and Eric helped plan the whole thing.  Becca and company came and hugely helped.  The Butlers were amazing…Donnie, you rock!  Rocky and Mary helped with food and serious manual labor.  Lamberts, we love you guys to pieces and are so grateful for all of the weekends you give us to help us out.  Dawn, I hope I learn to feed as many people as easily as you seem to pull it off and still spare time and energy to pick up a rake and go to town.  The kids are amazing.  Matt, there are no words.  You are the best brother in law in the world!!! Thank you for all your help, energy, and enthusiasm.  You never cease to encourage us.  We are feeling very blessed as we are clearing the land for our special wedding weekend.  Needless to say, after one full day of work, this place was cleared.  The saying, "many hands make light work" is very true for us.  We love you all!!!  Thank you!!!!!!!!   Thank you!!!!!!  Thank you!!!!!!

Winter.Stinks.2014.

I'm terrible…yes, I am.  I have not updated this blog in forever.  My sincere apologies.  My measly excuses include stressful work situations and grad school (ugh….seriously, when will I be done, already?.  Hmmm…and I guess you can add trying to shovel us out every other day!  I used to treasure snow days.  No longer.  Presently, a "snow day", equates with a "real work day that involves significant manual labor".  I have been itching to update you all on the upstairs, wedding details, and winter clean up.  As I was sorting through pictures, I realized that I would be amiss if I didn't include the damage that Winter 2014 bestowed upon us.  We have lost electricity too many times to count.  Two times this year, our electrical and cable lines were sliced literally in half from the frozen pine branches.  I have to tell you that I have never been so scared in my life.  It was like a scene from Lord of the Rings with angry trees hurling their heavily iced branches at us.  It felt like an attack.  It was terrible.  Thankfully, I am able to post these saying that our roof stayed in tact.  Praise the Lord.  You all have a personal invitation to joining us in celebrating spring and the sun any time you have available….we will be cleaning up and working.  Miss you all.  Winter sucks.  Xoxo…B