Gunnar meets Lane, Sadness & Excitement!

We had visitors last weekend! :) Our friends, Megan and Justin Vostad, along with their adorable 9 month old, Lane, came to visit us! They got here on Saturday morning, and left Sunday afternoon. Swimming, playing with toys, eating yummy food and desserts, along with riding horses were just a few of the fun things we did together! We have known the Vostads for 5 years now, have went camping 2 times with them, and now this year, they came to visit us in Iowa! The boys had fun together, the little and BIG boys I should say :)

The boys at breakfast! Touching toes, so cute!

Riding the rocking horse!

Daddies and their boys

Lane's 1st ride! Megan got to ride Rex awhile too!

After they left on Sunday, we had bible class from 6-8 on Sunday night over at Galva. It's been an educational class with Pastor, who is amazing at teaching by the way! This is the church I was baptized in, and have went to my whole life. Gunnar also got baptized here, and we were married in it too, so it only seems natural for Nathan to take instruction to become Lutheran! We can't wait until he is a member of our church!

Wednesday came, and it was a sad sad day :( My parents big chocolate lab, named George, got hit on the highway. He was going over to say Hi to the neighbor who was on his four wheeler across the road, and a pickup didn't see him, hit him going full speed. It was terrible. It's one thing to find out your dog got hit, it's another to see it, and Mom and I saw it. After picking the 130 lb brute of a dog up, and laying him by the tree, Dad and I started digging his grave. He's buried where our German Shepard is buried, and Roger, our neighbor, built a wooden cross for us to put outside. Such a hard couple days without George :(

On the brighter side of things, we have found our acreage!! I've hesitated writing this for SO long now! Since the beginning of May we've known that THIS is THE place that we're going to spend the rest of our lives. It's perfect. 6 acres, the only place on the whole section. It's on a few miles of gravel, and we'll be in our own little world again! We cannot wait! August 2nd is our closing date. The gal who lives there now, has 3 kids, with one being in college. She is so sweet and we have all done this privately, so it's been a learning experience to say the least. Thankfully my husband is patient and good with these sorts of deals, and had taken care of most of it. From talking with our lawyer, to the banker, to FSA, we've been put to the test, with much more paper work and all that fun stuff to come I'm sure! It is an old farmhouse, with 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and a large living area and kitchen. It needs work, but that will be the fun part! There is one big barn, corn crib, and 4-5 other small barns. The plan is to start with 10-15 sheep, and build from there. We also have our 10 head of cattle which are with my dads, 2 horses, and 2 dogs. SO, we'll be filling our new place up with our love, and critters! Pictures to come, after Shelley (the gal living there) gets moved to town. I'm sure most of my posts will be about the acreage, since it's a huge step in our life! OH, and we have chickens too! I almost forgot, 7 or 8 chickens! It's so Martha-Stewartish there, with a garden and chickens, and soon to be sheep, along with farm fresh eggs daily! My Aunt who is a master-gardener, is going to help me get the place landscaped as well! So many exciting things! Like I said, pictures to come! No one had seen the place, until the other night, I called Shelley and asked if we could come for a visit. So my parents, along with our good friend, Mike Modrell, got to see the place. The weekend before, Vostads got to visit it, and they were the 1st people we got to show! Wish us luck, I'm sure our stresses are just beginning with all of this "closing" business in the next week!

This post was full of emotion this week! I'm glad people are checking in with us, keep continuing our journey with us!