Its a start.

We finally did it!  After 10 years of marriage, and 6 kids, we finally bought our first "country" home!  36 Acres of bliss *happy sigh*.

 Having their first meal in the new house

Well Ok, so it isn't too blissful yet.  As a matter of fact, it is simply a small house placed in the middle of a big, dry field.

 See that yellow rectangle? yup, that is our land!

Front of house

I think there used to be grass around the immediate house, but now there is only a small patch where the downspouts of the gutter have kept it watered enough to survive.  The kiddos are sad that there is no basement, though they are sure we will be digging one out this summer just for them to play in, with shovels! LOL.

There is a "lean to" but it is in desperate need of some fixing up and a new coat of paint.

 But you know what, it doesn't matter.  It doesn't matter that all the kids have to sleep in one room so that we can use the third bedroom for other things,

 it doesn't matter that I can't have my chickens right away because there is no place to house them yet, and it doesn't matter that there are no tree in sight and we live in windy WY (did i mention that the wind almost tipped over our camper trailer the other day!), or that we now live 30min from any "real" town (having a post office doesn't make Carpenter a town, just say'in) This is OUR place. The place we have prayed about for years. The place God has blessed our family with, and I for one am EXCITED about our new adventure!  Bring on the farm life, we are ready!

Sunset from our living room window - breathtaking