FRESH the movie

One of our favorite good food documentary's is Fresh and it is available to watch online only through Wednesday, February 1st.  We wanted to share this with y'all to help explain why we do what we do.  It explains America's food situation so well and in understandable terms.  It opened our eyes in many ways and effected the way we see food and the way we eat.  Learning what we did stirred something in us which had a part in bringing us to Sunset Farms in the first place, to give farming a try and to learn more.  And now we have a desire to have our own farm so that we can provide good food for people and their families which gets us so excited! You cannot find Fresh on netflix or anything so this is a pretty sweet opportunity. Please share this with anyone you think would be interested. You can get to the movie by clicking the link below.  Let me know what you think of it!

http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=6608

Anniversary Cake

I wanted to share how our anniversary cake turned out.  Honestly I don't remember what our wedding cake tasted like (there was kind of a lot going on) but I know this one was delicious!  I also know I could never make wedding cakes for a living, how do they do that, like literally make a cake that big?!  And there is no need to worry we shared about half of this with some friends.  Thanks Barefoot Contessa for your lovely recipe!

Slow Down Baby Girl

Just this week Adah has been working so hard to roll over and she is getting so close! Even though I know it will be a while I still feel like she will be crawling before we know it.  She gets great joy from spending time on her belly. She will just lay there, lift her head and look from side to side, taking it all in like a little beautiful prairie dog child.  The new best thing in our life is Adah's laugh.  Her new favorite hobby is singing along with Kyle when he plays the hammered dulcimer.  She smiles and oohs and ahhs along with the music.  There was a day this week where it seemed she had become more mature in the course of hours. Mere hours.  I thought I had my daughter figured out but I now realize that I am just getting to know her and that this is only the beginning of it all!  I cannot imagine what is to come!  I am thankful for God's promise in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Thank you Lord.

3 Months Old

I cannot believe our Adah Lynn is already three months old today (that is so old!) but at the same time I am shocked she is only three months old.  Really?! That's all? She has only been around for three months?

She is all gummy, wide-mouthed smiles these days and she has giggled for us a few times!  I am constantly trying to do things to make her laugh and I end up cracking myself up in the process.  Her eyes have gotten darker to a deep gray but have yet to turn brown like her mommy's and daddy's eyes.  She went to the doctor last Monday and weighed 15 pounds and 5 ounces and measured 25 inches long!  She is producing WAY too much saliva and is constantly covered in drool.  She loves having her whole fist in her mouth and if she can't manage that then two or three fingers work or on occasion her thumb is just the thing.  Kyle and I are truly blessed by her and are amazed by the deep love we have for her.  It has us thinking how much greater God's love is for us.  Happy 3 months Adah, we love you sweet child! These are an assortment of recent photos that give a glimpse into Adah's day-to-day life.

(As a side note: I love that with babies every week and every month is something to celebrate. This has made ordinary days into something to be celebrated, as they should be!)

Two Years Ago

Today is our second wedding anniversary!  Kyle and I are thankful for the many joys that come with marriage and the continual refining that the Lord is doing in us.  It is an undeserving gift that Kyle and I get to share our life together and it is a beautiful display of God's goodness and love.

In the last two years God brought us through college, to Sunset Farms and He gave us a daughter! His blessings are beyond comparison.  I would have laughed if you told me that today Kyle and I would be farmers and that we would want to have our own farm one day! I also would have given you quite a look if you told me that we would be parents this soon! At the time, we figured we would have our first child somewhere around three to five years after being married.  God changed our hearts and I am thankful He did.

Today I am recreating our wedding cake which was chocolate with chocolate icing and raspberry filling!  I plan to put a "2" on the top in some form or fashion. This is by far my favorite type of cake and I haven't had it since our wedding so I am pretty pumped! I am dreaming of it becoming an anniversary tradition. It's perfect: I love to bake, Kyle loves to eat cake, and in the years to come I'm thinking Adah and her siblings won't mind eating it either! But before I go and get too crazy and commit to opening a bakery or something I will attempt this one cake and see how it goes. 

 

Farmer's Market

 Until yesterday I hadn't been to the Saturday Farmer's Market with Kyle since September due to being majorly pregnant and then having a newborn baby to care for.  I have missed going and seeing the other vendors and customers I have gotten to know and I've missed getting to sell the beautiful produce Kyle and Chris have grown for Sunset Farms.  Market is a lot of work but it is also a lot of fun and it is so rewarding and such a blessing to be able to provide the best food for people and their families.  I have also missed just getting to go with Kyle and setting up, selling things and taking down our stand together.  Now the winter market is going on and it runs from 10-12 on Saturday mornings with set up starting at 9.  Due to the beautiful, warm weather yesterday Adah and I decided to make an appearance at the last market of 2011.  It was so great to be there!  Everyone was excited to meet Adah and I enjoyed getting to catch up with people I hadn't seen in a while.  We weren't so much help with setting up and such (Kyle basically did everything) but we were able to walk around and visit with people and Kyle and I both enjoyed getting to be at market as a family again.  Our pork sales were particularly high.  Maybe it was because eating pork brings luck for the new year or maybe it was because people were attracted to the cute baby at our stand, I don't know?!  Adah wore a hat her Great-Nana made her and an outfit made by Mike who owns Terra Clotha and sells at the market.  You can find some of his stuff on etsy at http://www.etsy.com/shop/terraclotha but he has a greater variety of items at the market.

I'm Back!

It has been a while since I've been able to post some pictures due to Kyle's computer acting up and I finally took the time to download the right software to my computer! This is the start of me writing updates more regularly!

We had a lovely week celebrating Christmas with our family in Wilmington.  We were able to spend time with both Kyle's parents and mine along with my sister, her husband and our niece, Eva! It was such sweet time of being together and getting to enjoy the sweet babes.  Adah is now in her 10th week and Eva is in her 7th. Adah is also wearing size 6 month clothes and she is "talking" back and forth with us.  Last night she reached a new high note.  Kyle is convinced that she is going to be a beautiful singer due to the beautiful keys she reaches with her "ooo's" and "goo's."  She still doesn't enjoy her baths but tolerates them more and screams less with each one.  She had given us a few nights of 6, 7, and even one night of 8 hours of sleep!  Most nights she still gets up once to feed.  I don't have her on a set schedule so each night can be different from the previous one.  I have been really gentle on myself with starting the cloth diapering.  I wanted to give myself time to get used to all the changes of having a newborn and breastfeeding and such before I dove into the unknown of cloth diapers.  I had actually completely forgotten that cloth diapers even existed until one day near the end of the first month I remember them and realized "Oh yeah! I was gonna do that..." Yesterday was my fifth time washing the diaper inserts so they were ready to go.  Adah is currently wearing her first beautiful "blackberry" cloth diaper that I snapped to hopefully the right size.  I will see what happens at the next diaper change.  I have barely an idea of what I'm doing so I will let you know how it goes. I hope you had a Merry Christmas! Here are some pictures.