House O' Sullivans

After harvesting our 6 chickens (due to advancing age and overt egg under-production), we needed another pet, especially since Sophie's bunny, Elphwin, ran off. Again . Our friend Catherine tipped us off to a man with a backyard full of bunnies and after a wild chase involving a net, Casey and the kids came home with this little guy: Introducing Peter Rabbit. Luckily, Hallee's rabbit Hey Hey likes him and they are fast friends, sharing the same backyard hutch like old pals. They are both males, so some backyard procedures are forthcoming. Zeke just finished up his fall soccer season last Saturday. He spends hours every day kicking a ball around and fine tuning his footwork. It amazes me how much he loves the game. He doesn't seem to care so much about winning, he is just truly dedicated to developing his skills and finds joy in it. The fans on the sidelines: Lindy sustained that chin injury right before Zeke's games started. Hallee was pus...

That's what we did. We just went and found winter. It's been such a long hot summer, that two weeks ago we went to Idaho (and Montana and Wyoming) and found us some winter. We have some friends that graciously let us stay at their cabin (again) in Island Park near Yellowstone for a few days. The cabin is a stone's throw from the Henry's Fork--a spring fed river that feeds into the Snake. It is an incredibly beautiful area. We last stayed three years ago, during the same time of year, and the weather was gorgeous --sunny and in the 70s. Ideal. This time, we were hoping for more of the same, but the forecast was for rain and snow nearly the whole time we'd be there. So we prepared to greet Winter in all of her glory, packing our warmest coats, mittens, hats, and waterproof boots, ready to embrace what was. We drove up on a Thursday afternoon and spent the first couple of days with the Bachands. Friday, after a leisurely start (when it's cold and rainy and...