Author Archives: Jenni

Entering a new era (aka “Life”)

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Jenni

First off I want to take a minute to applaud, myself. This is the third blog post I’ve done in less than 2 weeks. ;) Insert cheering…crowd going wild with excitement and a bow by yours truly.  ***Enter baby, crying … Continue reading →

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Life is just hard sometimes

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Jenni

Lately, I have had this knot in my stomach. It just doesn’t want to go away. Without going into all the details, it has to do with a leaky roof and the damage from that leaky roof. Eventually we will … Continue reading →

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Watercolor Paintings by Jenni

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Jenni

If you see something here that has already been sold and you are interested in a similar painting, please shoot me an email and I’d be glad to paint another for the same price. Just know that these are all … Continue reading →

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10 weeks – it’s a baby!!

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Jenni

  Today I had my first midwife appointment, great to talk to my wonderful midwife Michelle, chat with her about this pregnancy a bit, share my concerns with her about my 8th birth, 10th pregnancy. We also chatted about this … Continue reading →

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Rasar St Park…Oops

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Jenni

We just recently bought a fancy new trailer to haul the two littlest (growing heavier by the minute) children. We haven’t done very many bike rides this summer, probably mostly because it’s just been too darned hot! So this cooler … Continue reading →

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Games and Riddles

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Jenni

If you like riddles, here is a fun one we did with the kids. Can you figure it out? Sidenote for those of you who might be confused about the J – Jack picked J, there wasn’t a J in … Continue reading →

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Dandy Girl I am going to miss you dearly!

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Jenni

I bought Dandelion a couple summers ago and she was my favorite from the get go. When she was tiny I would sit on a pallet in their field and she would hop up on my lap and sprawl. She … Continue reading →

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An Era without a Stroller? Huh?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Jenni

I keep waiting for life to slow down a bit, then I will blog more. But it’s just not happening. In fact I feel as though we are picking up speed and moving forward…wait did I just say moving “FORWARD”? … Continue reading →

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A Snowman, Cowboy, Ladybug and a Cop

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Jenni

Kind of sounds like a movie. Not quite. I got some more wooden people to paint to sell, and I bought a few extra special pieces for the kid’s set. I made these last night. These guys were too much … Continue reading →

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Writers Block

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Jenni

At the beginning of last year I had decided I was going to blog more. We’ve had this blog for 13+ years and over the years I’ve done a pretty good job keeping up a chronicle of the days of … Continue reading →

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Whittling Away the final Minutes of 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Jenni

My last little endeavor of the year, making some furniture for the little painted dolls I made the kids for Christmas. They love them but lets be honest, I think I like them better than they do. ;) Here’s this … Continue reading →

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A Year in Retrospect-2014

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Jenni

I’m not going to lie, as years go, this was one of the more challenging ones since we got married. Without going into all the details lets just say I’m glad it’s over and we can move forward to 2015. … Continue reading →

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Just wait until they’re 15, your teen will be horrible!

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Jenni

What is it with people? The other day a guy came over to pick up something free I offered on freecycle. He was commenting on all the bikes in the yard and we were laughing about how they grow from … Continue reading →

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Winter…Spring…Summer…oops I forgot to blog

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Jenni

Life. It just doesn’t stop going 100 mph! I can’t believe I haven’t blogged since last December. I would like to stop time for a few weeks. Freeze my children and my animals and take a couple of weeks to … Continue reading →

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You’re ON babe!

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Jenni

So apparently my husband (some of you may remember him?) he actually started this blog before we got married 12 years ago, and um well, I think he hasn’t posted on this blog for nearly ages. But that’s okay, I … Continue reading →

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