We've Spent a Month Straight at Holiday House

The question that’s been on my mind lately: are we ever going home?

To be clear, we’ve been to our house in town many times over the last 30 days, but we’ve not actually spent the night there in more than a month. How wild is that? I can honestly say I never pictured that I would enjoy living in a half-torn apart trailer in the country more than living in our fully-renovated house in the middle of the city. Isn’t it funny how life changes your priorities so quickly? Isn’t it funny how having kids changes your priorities so quickly?

We know how important the farm is for the kiddos during this time in their lives, which is a huge reason we’re spending more time out here lately. They have the space and freedom to run around and climb trees and get dirty and play with animals and explore. It’s perfect for them. And guess what? It’s perfect for us, too.

PJ has been getting a new animal every week (like he did when he was little growing up on his family’s farm 😂), so with that comes many firsts for the kids, and, to be honest, for me too. I didn’t grow up on a farm or around sheep and geese and cows like PJ did, so it’s been just as exciting for me to see how cute and fun they can be. Spoiler alert: pretty darn cute and fun.

Life is different here, in a good way. Every day is something new and there’s always work to be done. I am hoping I feel as enthusiastic about spending time on the farm this summer as I do now, because while the weather has been somewhat mild lately (making it easy to be outside for long periods of time), this week it’s supposed to be in the 80’s a lot, which will lead into a mostly in-the-90’s-every-day kind of summer here in Tennessee. It can be unbearable, truly, to be outside unless you’re in shade or around some type of water to cool you off. We’re working on the water situation as we speak. Will we have something by summer? TBD.