My dream

I have a goal in life, and that goal is to one day own a homestead or a farm. I am a city girl and I have an ok life here in Calgary, Alberta, but my husband and I feel like we are working to pay bills and we don’t like it. When I was looking into alternative lifestyles one thing always came up, self-reliance. The definition of self-reliance is to supply ones needs without external supply. To me that sounds ideal. So I am making the changes now in my home to prepare to be self-suffient. Marvin J. Ashton said, “Planting and harvesting a garden annually is helpful to families in many ways, including the food budget.” I drive school bus, and I love my job. However I don’t work during the summertime, and as much as I love that, I don’t like that I don’t earn a paycheck. Every year my husband and I plan for this loss of income, by stocking up on supplies we need for those 2 months. However we cannot stock up on fresh vegetables. In order to fill this gap we plant a garden. I find a lot of joy watching my vegies grow and even more joy when we harvest and enjoy the fruits of our labor. I love teaching my kids to grow as well and delight in seeing their happy faces as they check their plants progress. I feel peace and serenity as I weed and stake up plants. I love the buzzing bees that make my garden flourish, and spend hours watching them fly around. Not only do I see the financial benefits of a garden but as the years go by, I am realizing the mental benefits planting a garden brings. It is a place where I can release my stress. To you this may just be a seed packet, but to me I see hope. Hope that one day I can live a life that is completely self-suffient. I truly believe that life has become too complicated. We have become programmed to buy the next best thing, or to have the fancy houses and cars. I know there has to be another way. Although my plans to own a homestead may seem outrageous to you. I know that the little steps to being self-reliant can bring happiness and peace to you in your life.

It's been a while

Hi Ya'll! It's been a bit since I was last on and a lot has changed. For one we have 3 kids. They have all grown into amazing little people. Marley is not 11, Ryker is 8, and Silas is 5. We are so busy. I am currently in school at BYU-I doing my Bachelors in Business Management. It is a lot especially with family, and work responsibilities. Part of this weeks school was to start a blog. It was easy for me as I already have one, but clearly it was outdated. I'll be happy after this week because then we get to go to BC for Thanksgiving. It's always great to be out there but this trip will be especially sad because we will be closing up the cabin for the season. Man summers go by way too fast. This summer seemed especially short because the weather was so terrible. It rained a lot. However because of this we didn't have a fire ban and smoke like we have been having the last few years. That has been pretty crappy. It's not the same when we can't have campfires. We tried the propane pit but it is not the same. Even cooking on them is different. Well that's all for now see you later. PS I added in the last family photos that we got done, clearly we need to update that as well.

8 Months Old

So ryker is now 8 months now and man I love him to peices. Hes so grown up now and is on the move. Yup he is crawling and if he had his way hed be walking. I really dont know what else to say he is perfect and is an amazing addition to our family. The only thing i would change is him sleeping through the night its not happening yet but hopefully soon. I really love how well Marley and Ryker get along they play so great together. Marley loves making Ryker laugh and Ryker thinks Marley is awesome it truely makes my heart melt. I couldnt add photos cause my internet isnt hooking up on my laptop but i did add some on facebook so check them out. Hes a keeper!