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Sharpie Siblings

Sharpie Siblings

While Grant & I were away, there was a plan concocted to have “angry eyebrows” drawn on Ellie. That plan turned into this:

Time with Grandparents

Time with Grandparents

My parents came to visit last week and stayed with the kids while Grant & I were out of town. We, of course, played a lot of games…

Our Anniversary Trip, Part 3

Our Anniversary Trip, Part 3

If you missed them, you can read Part 1 here: https://applehurst.com/our-anniversary-trip-part-1/ And Part 2 here: https://applehurst.com/our-anniversary-trip-part-2/ A few more pictures…we had originally wanted to get a picture of us at each place we went, but kept forgetting. 🙂 Wednesday evenings they have a free public 

Eggs, eggs, glorious eggs….

Eggs, eggs, glorious eggs….

We love having our chickens & yes, that means fresh eggs. We haven’t bought eggs in a long time. We purchased chicks 2 years ago, & it took a full year to start getting eggs, but for the past year we’ve enjoyed collecting fresh eggs 

Our Anniversary Trip, Part 2

Our Anniversary Trip, Part 2

If you haven’t read Part 1, you can read it here: https://applehurst.com/our-anniversary-trip-part-1/ We ate at several new restaurants this week to celebrate our 20th anniversary. There are not very many “fine dining” restaurants near us, so (especially for our anniversary) we enjoy experiencing different restaurant 

Our anniversary trip, Part 1

Our anniversary trip, Part 1

In case you haven’t noticed by our silence, we were out of town this week! (We had hoped to schedule a few posts for while we were gone, you can see how that worked)…. 🙂 Grant & I enjoyed a few days away this week 

Front Garden Transformation

Front Garden Transformation

Hi, this is Lizzy. =) Xanna and I worked together to turn this front garden area…….. (sorry, we don’t have a before picture — see the bottom for the final result).

4H Sewing 2019

4H Sewing 2019

Today was the judging for 4H sewing. Keira & Lizzy both made pillowcases. This is our first year of 4H & it has been such a learning curve with SOO much to learn. We look forward to starting sooner for next year & planning some 

Baby chicks part 2

Baby chicks part 2

A few more baby chick pictures…

Working on 4H projects

Working on 4H projects

We are busy around here working on our 4H projects…sewing, baking, painting, writing. Chickens & rabbits & eggs, oh my!