Homesteading has been a dream long in coming for us. It started with just a wish, then an opportunity which launched a vision, and now we are having to see it through with hard work and much patience.

We are a blended family with 2 married sons and 3 teenage daughters. One son is a musician and music teacher, the other is a minister. Our oldest daughter started college this past fall, and our two youngest are students at a small Christian school.  Roy is from the mountains of Kentucky and was a minister for almost 30 years. I am from Alabama, and although I have held many odd jobs to make ends meet, homemaker is the job I have put my life into.

We are Christians above all else. Within the pages of this site, we hope to share with others the things we are learning and have accomplished and learn from others also.

UPDATE:Since beginning this adventure, time has brought a few changes. We have graduated a second daughter, who will begin college in the fall. The oldest has only one year left in college, and the youngest will begin her sophomore year in high school. We have finished our cabin and moved in this past fall of 2012, but we still have the camper as a “guest house, hatchery, office” of sorts.

Roy has entered ministry again, so has less time to devote to the property, but we are still at it as if he did! I am working full time in town now, so we each put in long hours by the time we get everything done.

UPDATE 2019: The oldest son, still a music teacher, has a 4 year old daughter, our only granddaughter. The younger son is still a minister, but the father of 2 boys, 4 and almost 2. The oldest daughter is married with a new son, the middle daughter has a degree in art and is actually gainfully employed using it, and the youngest has a year left of college. And we have grandbaby number 5 on the way! Roy’s parents live with us now in the house he built out of the burned out house that was on the property when we bought it. Roy is semi-retired, but works daylight to bedtime taking care of everything.  He is currently roofing a storage building, fixing a Terramite tractor so we can build a barn and so some major landscaping, and dreaming of building a gas or wood fired hot tub for me and the parents. I am running my own cleaning business for a few years for extra income, so most of my to-dos and want-tos are on hold as I only have time for small projects and helping Roy as I can.

Update2023: We now have 5 grown children and 7 grandchildren. Our oldest son’s daughter is now 8, our second son has three boys 8, 5, 2, and a second granddaughter arriving in February, and our oldest daughter has two boys now. Roy retired fully, and was finally able to start the barn (and will hopefully have it finished this year), and I sold my cleaning business and am home full time now. Roy’s parents are still with us at 90 and 86 and doing well. We are finding that we are slowing down physically, so projects go slower, but we are grateful for our good health and just do things as we can.