Dreams Come True

I wanted to share with you today a most amazing dream come true for a darling young friend of ours.  Alina Sayre is a long time friend of my children and like a daughter to me, and she WROTE A BOOK!!!  It is sometimes so hard to grasp that our children and their friends grow up and off they go into life making their dreams come true!! We of course are so proud of her!  So read on to hear what this amazing young lady and graduate of Seattle Pacific did with her English degree! Bravo and loud cheering......

Synopsis: 

The Illuminator's Gift is a family-friendly fantasy novel for ages 9-14 (and the young at heart). Here's what it's about: 

Ellie is a twelve-year-old orphan who desperately wants a family. She just doesn’t expect to find one when she joins the crew of the Legend, a flying ship in a secret rescue fleet. On board, she meets a boy with a pet tarantula, a bully with eyes like mirrors, and a librarian who can read eighteen languages. Unexpectedly, Ellie also discovers a powerful gift that only she can wield. But when the Legend is called to a dangerous rescue mission, Ellie risks losing everyone she loves. Will her mysterious gift be enough to save her and her friends from a deadly enemy bent on destroying their world?

Links: Both paperback and Kindle versions of the book are available on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1494226227/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER, and my author website is alinasayre.com. 

Oliver and Ivy Grow Up

I wanted to update you on Oliver and Ivy.  These are my two goats that we bottle fed all summer and they grew up into the sweetest pair of siblings you could imagine!  They still love to frolick in the field and are so happy and sweet.  I swore to my family that I would NOT become a crazy goat lady however, they are so amazing. I am very surprised at how attached to them I have become. Fun on the farm!!

1948 International

 This 1948 International truck was a gift from my husband for Mother's day.  For me it is the coolest thing he could have given me and I was over the moon with joy!! Pictured here is my totally cool neighbor who sold it to my husband and one of my boys who we need to move it!

Here are my two boys and their best buddy who tried to push it out of the spot it has sat in since 1983. We thought we would tow it home with our truck. Mmmm...maybe not........

 We thought it was safest to call a tow truck. Out this professional came very quickly and hauled it over to our house.

 Here it is headed down our barn road.

Lastly here it sits, probably until all the kids get out of college waiting to be restored!   A few of our neighbors let us know right away they thought it looked totally cool sitting on our barn road!  One called it a great accessory! YEAH!!  Happy Mother's Day!! It is my mother's day assessory! Fun!!!

Direction Arrows

These arrows were so easy to make!  I wanted to share with you how fun they looked and how the goats enjoy them! My oldest son picked up some smooth pine at Home Depot, cut the points and used scrap for the ends.  My daughter primed them, and then painted them with chalkboard paint.  We then screwed them in four directions on this random post that is by our barn.  As you can sort of see, they are pointing toward the garden, chickens, goats and barn.  Just a little girlie fun around the farm!!

Flea Market Patriot

 I wanted to share with you how cool and patriotic our barn looked on the 4th of July! This flag I picked up at the De Anza flea market for $20. So simple and  loved how it looked!

Baby Goats

Goats have been our plan since we began our journey to the country and this week they were born!! The mom Moonlight gave birth on Monday to two kids, a doe (female) and a buck (male). The breeder is five minutes from my house.  So I scooted over and got to take these pictures when they were only one hour old.  So cute..... the male which we have named Oliver is the black and brown one and the female which we named Ivy is the lighter colored one.  Ivy looks more like her mom.  They have adorable long floppy ears.  We are so excited!!

Sink by the Greenhouse

My handy husband put irrigation into the garden this year so I can install a drip system this summer. As well as irrigation he built a sink for me outside the greenhouse for rinsing veggies and some counter space.  The sink is built with scrap lumber and some 100 year old barn wood from my neighbor.