I feel like an official caterer after this past weekends event!  My sister planned a reception for her son, (who was married in Florida this past February) here in Arizona.  What a beautiful occasion it was.   We prepared for 250 people.  My sister had never planned an event on this scale before (who really has :)??).  Three days before the reception, work commenced. Things like rolling the silverware in a napkin… Everyone was a help.  We were able to accomplish so much with all the helping hands.  It was so special to work on everything as a family.  A memory I will cherish. I bought these wonderful stainless steel…

Our little farm is growing!  We have now added 3 more goats – Boer meat goats.  This breed is originally from South Africa.  I’m planning to start a little business venture selling the kids.  At first I want to keep my does and sell only the bucks until we have all the does we need.  Since the goats are free ranging on all the brush that’s around us feed costs are very minimal.  At evening time they come back to their pen where they are rewarded with some grain.  We then lock them up for the night to help keep them safe from predators (i.e. mountain lions & coyotes). My…

A few weekends ago we had a  Civil War Reenactment here at our place.  The boys have really enjoyed being a part of this.  They are issued uniforms, taught how to follow orders and to shoot muskets and then are involved in two battles.  To be fair, the South wins one battle and the North the other one. My 3 boys as well as my 2 nephews. My dh with his favorite “toy”. 🙂 If you want to see more pictures of this battle you can go to We Make History.  They have some really nice photos.