Grandmother's Hats

I was named after my Grandmother. I have her middle and first name in that order. When my daughter was born we gave her my Grandmother's name (in its proper order). So she is the third child to have her name! I inherited a lot of things from my Grandmother. These hats are just some of those things I wanted to post for show and tell.

The picture and frame is one that she gave to my Grandfather after they became engaged. She is 18. The gloves are also hers.

Acelia loves and wears a couple of these hats. When she is not wearing them they are displayed on her wall.

Acelia loves this hat because it goes with most of her dresses. She loves to wear these on any given day not just to church.

I'm not sure what type of feathers this is made of . This hat is off limits because the netting is coming apart and the feathers are falling out.

Thank you for checking out my show and tell!!

The Aviator

Welcome to David's room!! He enjoys flying model airplanes and loves anything to do with airplanes. He is also very patriotic. Notice the checker table? My dad built that in high school. My sister-in-law gave it to me when we moved in. It is very dear to us because my dad passed away in '98. I used to play checkers on this as a child and now my children play chess and checkers on it.

David loves this mural! (Of course) Our pastor painted the background scene, then cut out the huge airplane and painted it , and then attached it to the wall! The wings of the airplane from tip to tip is 71/2 ft. !! I love the three dimensional effect!

I found this ceiling fan at Lows and thought it would be perfect for David's room! It has that aviation look to it!

Tomorrow is Timothy's turn to show his room off!

Our Living and Dining Room

Today I'm showing you our living room and dining room. We enjoy talking about the days events when Scott gets home from work and the open floor plan is great. While I'm cooking dinner, they can talk to me while they are in the living room or the dining room!

This is one of our favorite spots in the house. The children and I have a fire going almost everyday. They enjoy reading here and doing most of their school work.

Our mantle was made by our cabinet maker. The fireplace is 32 feet high from the cellar to the roof and is 7 feet wide with a 4 foot opening for a fire. It puts out alot of heat!

I hope you are enjoying the tour and will stop by tomorrow to see the boys rooms. They can't wait for me to post them !

The Library

Today is library day for the kids and I, so I thought it would be fitting to show you our library next.

Our cabinet maker built in a computer center for us. Everything stays tucked away and out of sight. I fell in love with this picture at the furniture store. The title is "The Bookworm" .

Sorry for the glare spot on the cabinets! The lighting was difficult with my camera! This chair is so comfortable! It fits two people, great for snuggling up with a good book!


My husband did a great job on this compass. He did all the tile floors in the house.

Welcome To Our Home!

I thought I would take you on a tour of our new log home. I posted some pictures of the outside of our home earlier this week. Lets start in the mudroom. Upon entering our mudroom you will see a bathroom to your right, and our kitchen straight ahead! My husband almost deleted this bathroom from the original plans, but thinking things over we decided to keep it. With the four kids running in and out all the time for the bathroom, this was a wise decision!! No more tracking all thru the house!

This is my favorite piece in our mudroom. It was a thank you gift from the furniture shop we purchased our furniture and pictures from!! I was decorating our home in an Italian/European style and loved this!
I love cooking in my kitchen. The kids sit right up at the bar and talk to me while I cook. It is also a great place to set up a buffet at Christmas and Thanksgiving. My husband made sure I had plenty of counter space to do all my baking on!! Our cabinets were custom made by a local shop 2 miles from here. They are so beautiful and not as pricey as you may think!

Well, I smell the chicken in that crock pot on the counter! I need to get the potatoes on and some vegetables. Scott will be home soon! Tomorrow I will post some more of the tour! Just wait till you see the retreat in the master bedroom ;o).

A Beautiful Day

It was a beautiful day here yesterday! The kids went out front and went snowboarding and sliding. Timothy and Acelia had a race and David did all the photos for me. You can see Penne in the background waiting for them to go down the hill again so she can chase them. Temperatures were around 10-15 degrees. The kids didn't seem to mind. It's all part of living in New England.

David's bunny, Lucky, was thankful for some sunshine too. David received Lucky as a birthday gift last year. Lucky stays outside all year round, with some extra hay and his house facing the south side, he stays warm and happy. David wants to train him to come to him when he taps the ground or his side. He will need plenty of carrots for that!!!

Our German Shepard, Macy, loves to be outside.

Log Home Living!!!

This is our new Log home. We have been here for almost a year. It is a very cozy home complete with a fire place for those chilly winter days . We have a fire going most of the time and the tea kettle on. (coffee pot for Scott ;)

The view from our front porch. It is absolutely beautiful all year round, anytime of day!!

My husband brought me to this lot to check it out before we bought it. I could hardly make my way through the thick growth of trees. The view was in no way visible (unless you climbed the trees!!) I thought he was crazy but it turns out he wasn't!! We started to harvest the trees on the property and this is the view that I saw!!! The area right in front of our house is about 5 acres. We are going to have our work cut out for us turning this into a field .




Here is the chicken coop Scott and the boy's built last summer. Right now it houses our 7 layers and one rooster. They are just starting to pick up egg production. We are collecting 4-5 eggs a day. It seems the warmer the days are, the more eggs we get.




Our rooster is a Bantam named Mr. Slippers. He has been behaving himself so far. (with certain members of the family) David had an encounter with him two day's ago. He tried to go out again today and make friends with Mr. Slippers but Mr. Slippers just ruffled his feathers and looked at him cockeyed!! David decided to stay out of the coop for good!!!

Penne

This is Penne, she is Timothy's pup. Penne is part German Shorthair and part Italian Spinone. I had not heard of the Italian Spinone breed until we found her. One of the Spinone features is that they have human like eyes. They are very loving and tend to be very cautious with people they are unfamiliar with. He had been asking for a pup of his own fo quite some time so we figured this would be a great homeschooling project for him. Tim will be training her this spring to hunt birds. He has already aquired some video's and book's to help him train her. Scott and the boys can't wait to hunt with her. Maybe by fall boys!!!

First Post!!

Well here we go this is our first post. We are going to be starting a big project for our farm this spring. We need to wait for some warmer weather before we begin. Our goal is to take down and number the pieces of this barn and get it into storage this spring. The barn is located about a mile down the road from us and we will be reconstructing it at a later time on our property. Scott and the boys will be undertaking this huge project with some help from a few friends. We have other projects that need to take a front row seat on the farm and that is why we will need to put off rebuilding it for a year or two. Building a garage is second on the list after this barn comes down. Scott and the boys need the room to store various supplies and projects they are working on. They are avid hunters, fishers, and trappers, and the supplies for these hobbies require a lot of room!