A little about us...

I guess I really should tell you a little about us. There are 6 humans that call our house home. Besides Dave and I, there are 4 children ages 5, 7, 11, and 16. Technically, we are not one family and Dave and I don't have any children together (and there won't be any either) - but both of us each have 2 children from previous marriages.

We have known each other for a long time as friends and one day figured out that we are pretty much soul mates. Funny how that works! So basically we are starting our lives over, creating a home, a farm, and a wonderful place for the kids to grow up. We both wanted to be out in the country so it works perfectly for us.

We live in the rural part of Northern KY, about 45 minutes south of Cincinnati. We only have a few acres, but it's a start. As time goes on, we plan on buying more land as we can.

We currently are also the "parents" to some animals. Animals are a huge part of my life and I am so incredibly happy to be able to finally have what I want and have the room for them! Currently we have 7 chickens, 10 guinea hens, 2 horses, 3 cats, and 2 puppies. We don't have the heart to eat our chickens, so basically they have a forever home with us and provide us with eggs in exchange. The guinea hen numbers keep dropping, less than a year ago we started with 18. I have lost 1 to a hawk, several have been hit on the road, and 2 disappeared and I have no idea what happened to them. But on a bright note - I currently have about 36 guinea eggs in the incubator and also have a hen sitting on a nest with about 20 more. I really don't plan on keeping all those keets if they all hatch, so I will most likely sell them.
All of our poultry is free range. They have food in their house which this time of year they only eat at night before bed. The eggs are SO much better with free range and the animals are healthier.
The 2 horses are Star and Daily. OK technically it's a horse and a pony. Star is an American Saddlebred and Daily is a Welsh Pony. Daily is just 3 this year, so sometime soon that little guy gets to learn about riding. Star is 10 this year and we are thinking about maybe breeding her this summer, but I said that last summer too. We would like to breed her to a Friesian to get a Georgian Grande.
The 3 cats are Riley, Socks, and Stitch. They mostly live in the house and when the weather is nice, they are free to go outside. Stitch is our hunter and she is always bringing us presents.
The puppies are Zeus and Naciye (pronounced like Nacy). They are Anatolian Shepherds, which are livestock guardian dogs. They are currently almost 14 weeks old. At last weight check at 12 weeks Zeus was 36 pounds and Naciye was 26. Zeus will most likely be about 150 pounds and Naciye around 100.
We are currently in the process of dismantling a 90 year old barn and moving it to our house to rebuild. It's a gorgeous barn and we are really excited. It is TONS of work though. I will post more about the barn soon and some pictures of the dismantling progress.

So there is a little bit about us so you have the basics of our lives at home. Pictures to come soon...