by Marissa | Jan 2, 2016 | 2016, Faith, Home, Image-Update, Life, MakingHome, Parenting, Uncategorised
I admit, by the time mid December finished the steamroll that began flattening me in November, I was ready to find a cave and hibernate until Spring. But I didn’t. I love traditions and I love all the festivity around Christmas but this year many things were...
by Marissa | Jul 10, 2014 | 2014, Farm, Home, Image-Update, JoiningCommunity, Life, Uncategorised
Friday night we celebrated the opening of the coffee bar that is now sharing the Dan Froese Photography studio space and the weather cooperated in giving us a perfect evening. Saturday morning however, we awoke to high winds and power outage. We’re somewhat used...
by Marissa | Jul 1, 2014 | 2014, Farm, Gardening, Home, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Uncategorised
I had this post ready to go last night and then my iPad closed it before I could save it. An incredibly frustrating thing at 11:30 at night when I should have been sleeping. The above picture is my weedy tomato and pepper patch. I’m fighting a bit of a losing...
by Marissa | May 13, 2014 | 2014, Home, Image-Update, MakingHome, Renovations, Sewing, Uncategorised
When we first moved here, I had my sewing room in a larger room upstairs. Well, actually it was simply a room that held messy piles of all my stuff. Dan was using this small room as his office for teaching violin until this fall when he began teaching at his studio in...
by Marissa | May 12, 2014 | 2014, Farm, Home, Image-Update, MakingHome, Uncategorised
Yesterday was Mother’s Day and after my breakfast in bed and sweet cards from my girls, we spent the day around home. I cleaned and did some fresh decorating along with reading stories, chatting, napping, cuddling, and eating meals made by Dan. At ten pm...
by Marissa | May 3, 2014 | 2014, Farm, Gardening, GrowingFamily, Home, Image-Update, Play, Sewing, Uncategorised
Sometimes it’s sunny and warm so we pile outdoors in our bare feet to play in the dirt. Three crazy girls have even played in the sprinkler. Penny has released Molly from her duties as the girls faithful companion; in fact she has taken to it in a way that Molly...