Country Living

It has long been my desire to start a blog for our family. The big hang-up has been the unreliable internet access at our house. We have lived on our little one-acre place in the mountains for almost a year and we really truly LOVE living in the country. But, like anywhere, there are a few drawbacks. With a chuckle I can list that we have experienced things like having a bat fly around our bedroom twice in the middle of the night, deer devouring just about everything we plant, our dog daily bringing pieces of a deer skeleton home to our front porch, and poor Elias getting stung by yellowjackets twice this summer (see picture below)! The things I love about this place (see other photo of us camping in our front yard!) far outweigh these "country challenges" but the one thing that has greatly frustrated me is our internet access (or sometimes the lack thereof). I don't need to explain in today's world how the internet just seems to be a vital part of everyday existence. Some really important things like following my nephew's transplant progress are done on the internet. Anyways...all this to say that I really am super thankful that we even HAVE internet access and I've decided to try to start a blog even if it takes me a little longer and the process of posting is a little bit frustrating. The best things in life take a little bit of dedication, right?