Spring has sprung!!

So I have to say, as usual, we've had alot (sorry, I know it is not technically a word but it is in my book, lol) going on at the H household! Last week hubs had the week off, so we got in some quality family time!  We went through and did a deep cleaning of the house, and lots of laundry (which I am sorry to say, our laundry room doesn't seem to recall that happening at all....). We worked on our garden of potted veggies and hubs and his brother destroyed the dead hedges in the front yard. We watched some movies with the kids.  We had Terminex come and spray for the spiders (shudder). We took the kiddos to my friend's farm...(pics below) and the dentist (again, pics below). I think that day was by far the highlight of the week. We ran lots of errands, garage saled, and did a little consignment shopping for Hannie. All in all it was a great week, but it went way too fast.  It just confirmed to both Jacob and I that if we can ever get ourselves to that point, we would love to have some kind of a farm life in the country with some land, and having Jacob home every day.  Not realistic for where we are right now unfortunately, but hey, we can dream though right?

 My friends Linz and Collin, who I have known since I was a teenager, invited us out to their farm quite a while ago, and we finally made it out there! Of course, being a rare week off and wanting to make use of our time every moment, I scheduled Hannah and Bubs' first dentist appointment at Happy Smiles!  I was a little nervous as to how it would go, but they both did great. The dentist office staff was wonderful as well. They explained everything they did in kid friendly terms, and even had movies playing from Tv's mounted to the ceiling to help them feel relaxed and comfortable. All in all, they were great, and I would recommend it to anyone.

See! No cavities!!!! After that, we loaded up and headed down the road for our mini road trip (an hour and half either way) to the farm.

Here are some pics of the kids at the farm. They had both been on a horse before, when we went to Cedar Hill Farms in the Fall on the kiddie pony rides, but never like this. Hannah would love to ride more, and if we had more time, money, and a 2nd vehicle, I would consider signing her up for lessons.  They had a few goats too, some adult and some babies, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't think about taking one home with us. We do have a large backyard, but it just isn't big enough in my opinion, and I know  I'd want more space and to not be in a neighborhood before we start getting more animals. They also had several chickens that laid eggs, and although my next door neighbor has chickens, I don't know that we would be able to handle them here. Sugar, our beloved dog, killed and ate one of our neighbors chickens that got through the fence, and needless to say, there were feathers everywhere. Jonah loved being able to roam around though, fenced in where he could just explore to his hearts content! Hannah chased the goats till she was exhausted, and Josh just took it all in.

I have to admit I am slightly jealous. If we were in the position to buy a house, I think I'd have to look for a farmhouse with enough room to get some animals. That would be living the dream. Of course, then we'd probably get a few more dogs and a couple cats as well as chickens, horses, and goats. Hopefully, one day we will get to that point!!