There’s been a lot going on this week… so much that it’s been difficult to get any of it listed on here. Peanut – as she’ll be called going forward – is one week old today and still in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, so I spent all […]
After receiving a tip from a family friend, my wife and I ventured down a dusty road for the first time together in search of a house that was for sale by owner. The potential was there: wood floors buried beneath dated carpet, solid wood pocket doors surrounded by 100 year old trim, and a faded screen door leading to a covered porch complete with a white wooden swing. So, in July of 2011 my wife and I became only the third family to own this 100+ year old two-story farm house and surrounding acreage on a quiet dusty road in rural Iowa. What you’ll find on these pages is the story of what comes next.
