Our Beloved Twin Oaks

I am sure you all know that we call our little nest here where we live “Twin Oaks”.

You can read a sweet story about the name of our home here.

The two oak trees that prompted the name of our home were on the original farm stead that was on our land before this new home was built here.

They are old, old trees.

Maybe not as beautiful as other trees, but they are beautiful to us!

We had a storm blow up out of no where the evening of June 2nd.

Blake and Addie Mae were running around outside trying to save things like our basketball pole, our swimming pool cover, and our patio chairs, while the rest of us watched from the windows inside!

I saw Blake pointing and telling us to go look at something….and when we did, this is what we saw.

I said, “No, no!” and sweet Eliza started crying!

We were and still are sad that one of our Twin Oaks had been split in two because of the severe straight line winds of that storm.

Since that evening we have asked around and done some research of our own.

We are not sure if the half that is standing will recover and survive, but we sure hope that it will!

We are hoping to use the half that is on the ground to make something for our home.

The ideas have been flowing around – a beam for the ceiling peak in our great room? A table? A bench?

Time will tell!

Yes, we are keeping our name.

Twin Oaks is the sweetest nest for us, and Twin Oaks it will always be.

Friday Night Fun

The Friday evening before last just our trio (Lane, Tate, and Eliza) were at home, as the big kiddos all had plans.

In the afternoon I texted Blake to come up with a plan for the evening, and he texted back “how about a bike ride?”

PERFECT IDEA!

I added the idea of root beer floats afterward, so Blake stopped on the way home and grabbed the supplies for our surprise treat!

My hubby works twelve hours every day and still always comes home ready to jump into our crazy!!

We let the dinner dishes sit and loaded up the bikes and headed to the bike trail!

I rode Lane’s new bike, he rode his old one, and Blake rode Chad’s new bike.

We had a BLAST.

And can I just mention our two precious cherubs and how much strength and mobility the Lord has allowed for them??!

We enjoyed the fresh air and sunshine so much!

It was a chilly evening, but absolutely gorgeous!!

We rode for several miles – away from where we parked and then back again.

Then we went home, grabbed our surprise treat, and headed over to Briar’s place to share our root beer floats and hug and kiss our grand babies!

It was the perfect start to the weekend!

Now I want my own bike, ha, ha!

Life with our trio is super, duper sweet.

They are SO fun and keep us laughing and young!!

Stick around summer!!

We are loving all that you bring!!

Pool’s Open!

Great news, friends!!

Twin Oaks pool is OPEN!!

The guys worked tirelessly to re-build the foundation for our pool, and not only made it a solid, firm foundation but a beautiful one as well!

When the pool was first set up, we had to wait a few days for the water truck to arrive.

In the meantime, we did fill the pool almost half-way full with the garden hose just to keep it in place on a windy day.

These three kiddos just could not wait for it to be all the way full…or warm!

Their first swim was more like wading around in freezing cold garden hose water!

Crazy kids!

Since then, we have had some BEAUTIFUL, HOT summer like days which has had us enjoying our pool to the fullest!

I am sure you will see a lot more photos like these ones over the next few months, Lord willing!

SUMMER IS HERE!

And we have three fish that live with us!

Who love to swim!

And eat lots of snacks when their Mama makes them take a break from the water!

I’m sure looking forward to many more days watching these kiddos enjoy that beautiful pool!

We have had our grand babies and several friends join us for a swim already because it is just way too good not to share!!

Having Twin Oaks full of people is our favorite thing….and now having that pool full of people is too!

Here’s to a great start to summer!