I've never understood how people condense the whole story of their life into one little paragraph. So here goes failing at that. You'll get 2 paragraphs from me and you're gonna be okay with it.

That one didn't count cause it was just the intro. So I grew up in the jungle...and I loved every bit of it. My dad was doingBible translation work in a tiny village hidden in the middle of Papua New Guinea. So that explains a lot of the adventurous side of me; if you know me, you know that was a huge ...

Look at Tug being a good boy and actually staying inside the gate 👏🏻 I love that we have this fence up now- it's a visual boundary for the dog and the kids know their boundaries too- before it was "don't go past that tree and that bush and that ditch" haha. I can relax a bit now when I'm inside and the kids (aka Aubrie) are outside. And maybe now I won't find Tug across the street in the corn field anymore, lol. Also- I find it hilarious when he sits like that 😂

I found a new favorite shirt today- one day I hope we can bring this to life 🐴 That was my childhood dream!

Not gonna lie, lately I feel like this is the only time of the day that Aubrie isn't getting into trouble... they're just so GOOD when they're sleeping 😂 ⠀
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Basically every morning by 7am I'm praying "God please help me, I can't do this on my own... I need ALL THE THINGS (patience, sanity, space, wisdom, self control, motivation, encouragement... etc... which is a lot of things for 7am lol) And that's how I'm surviving 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 ⠀
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More to come on what I'm learning on raising a "strong-willed" child 💪🏼

We found a robin's nest and it's conveniently in a bush on the OTHER side of the fence so the girls run to check the pretty blue eggs like 10 times a day to see if they've hatched. Now we just hope Aubrie stays on THIS side of the fence, we know how she is with eggs... 😑

Look who lost her front tooth! She asked us to pull it twice and we failed 😬 Those didn't end well... but then the third time it was ready and just popped out! Not gonna lie, I've always been grossed out by the whole teeth losing process so you should see the look on my face of attempted excitement every time she shows me how wiggly it is or wants me to look at the hole where it was 🥴 "WOWWW You want me to see it again, okay... that's amazing...!"

Finally *hopefully* the frosts are over and we can buy PLANTS! I planned out an evergreen shrub design for our front door landscaping and we picked everything out today in this gorgeous and unfamiliar weather 🌱 My mom is a Master Gardener (as in, she has a degree) so she told me all the things I needed to know! I just walk around and point at things saying they look pretty and she tells me all about soil acidity, bloom time, it's hardiness for our region etc etc 👏🏻 Thanks ma! Tomorrow we PLANT!

This little guy isn't happy being bottle fed unless he's sitting on our lap, it's so cute 🥰

Thad and his dad have been building fences together as far back as he can remember... they've got this system down! (The tractor is pulling the goat fence to put tension on it so that it stays night and straight)

These little guys have captured everyone's hearts and have finally taken to the bottle! Feeding time every few hours is basically the girls' most exciting time of day- pretty sure they'd feel differently if they were up for the 6am and 10:30pm feedings that Thad and I drag ourselves out to every day tho lol.

The girls aren't usually up when Thad leaves for work in the morning so when they are he gets allllll the hugs before he goes in 🥰And then I'm over here like "hey! Where's my morning hugs Tessa?" "Oh yah" she'll say 😂