Troyer Addition: Week 57-58

March 30, 2024

Week 57-58

So much trim to build and sand and paint.  Some days we can't see the light at the end of the tunnel but we will get there.

We also sold some goats today.  Kinda sad but they really do need a little more space and they're about to kid again so when we were contacted by a friend of a friend and he was willing to take some older goats we decided it was probably for the best.  Today we said goodbye to Baby, PeeWee, Cutie, and Vanilla.

Sunday was Easter.  It was an in-law year which meant a smaller gathering but still so much fun and such a great day remembering our great hope.

Love these moments when our big kids still feel just a little bit little.

Daddy and Baby Jo

Grammy makes the most amazing cookies.

Wouldn't be an Easter on the farm without some cow herding.  

In all seriousness we felt bad having to call Uncle Ryan who wasn't feeling well to tell him the cows were out but we made a memory herding them all back in together.

CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!!!

April 6, 2024

We spent the weekend painting like crazy to get ready for the carpet which was installed on Monday.  Yay!!!

Tuesday I went on a field trip to the Willamette Heritage Center with Hazel and her class.

Hazel and Everly

Ainsley, Lily, Hazel, Everly, Mila

Wednesday was Wyatt's first scrimmage against Salem Academy.  We lost but it was a close game.  Grammy had our 4 youngest girls so we took Mason.

Thursday Sadie and Wyatt got braces and Sadie ran in her first track meet where she took 1st in the hurdles.

Add to this all the practices and batting lessons and date night and the regular old stuff of work and making dinner and what not, and you can see why it's been slow going on the house lately and why we're generally tired.

Robert and Amanda's Wedding

I still can't hardly believe that the one and only Uncle Robert is married.   To me he'll always be the silly little brother hiding grasshoppers in his pockets and putting his clothes on wrong to make people laugh and teasing us every chance he got.  He'll always be the little brother with the biggest, softest heart who grew up to support us all in so many ways.  He's the one who walked miles with me and drank castor oil with me to induce labor with Wyatt.  He's also one who I could always call and who would show up when things were hard.  AND he's the one who wished twins on us!!!  He's given countless rides, babysat countless times, helped us with a million things, sat through sooo many sporting events, fed us MANY MANY MANY times, made my kids scream enough times to drive the most sane person crazy, and he's also the reason we know we can clap to get a free carwash.  In all seriousness however he has supported me and our family in ways he'll never fully know, lending his strength and steady joy even when he probably didn't feel he had it to give.  I would not have survived the little years with all my littles nearly so well with out him.  He's an Uncle to many, a friend to many, a brother to a few, and now a husband and a daddy and we couldn't be happier for him.

Our most heartfelt congratulations to Robert and Amanda!!!

Aubrey, Maddie, and Hadley

Just chatting about politics or whatever...

Baby Jo and Hazel

Baby Jo and Sadie

Saturday Ashley graciously hosted a lunch for our family so that we could spend a little more time with them.

Saturday afternoon Amanda's family rented the Albany Carousel and we spent a little more time with both families before Robert and Amanda left for their honeymoon.

Only Uncle Robert

CONGRATULATIONS