We’re… baaack!

I know. I know. Two years. That’s a long time for us to have skipped out on you without so much as a postcard.

We’re sorry.

But, now we’re back and it’s going to be even better than before! Okay, probably more of the same, but work with me here.

What you’ve missed:

We’ve moved! We left the valley and my grandmother’s farm and headed for the hills. Literal hills just thirty minutes west in my dad’s old stomping grounds. There was a lot of reasons we moved and really, they’re not worth sharing. We just knew it wasn’t right for our family to stay. Thankfully, the opportunity to move here, to my great-great grandfather’s farm presented itself. Now, here we are!

The second big change was the birth of our sixth child. Another happy, baby girl, she entered the world with much fanfare and a mother pleading for her to stay put another 4.5 weeks so we could deliver get at home, like #4 and #5. Unfortunately, some of the family willfulness was past to her and she was born early. Someday soon, as we now approach her first birthday, I’ll share get birth story here.

So, what prompted this return? It certainly isn’t that I’ve found some spare time. In truth, it was because work asked for a bio to accompany my photo on their new website. In it, I included the links to our farm Facebook page and this blog. Only… oops! Someone hadn’t updated in forever. So, here we are.

(nervous chuckle)

“(Mama Hen) has been a reporter since 2008. No awards to date, but her mother finds her articles riveting. She enjoys shining a light on the great people and events in the county and had aspirations to someday write a about them.

When not writing, she happily spends her time raising a family alongside Joel, her husband of 18 years. She homeschools their six children and does her best to ensure domestic bliss. She is an advocate for conservation and homesteading and operates Liten Dal Farm, where the family raises dairy goats, pastured poultry and hogs, alpacas, a few steers, and horses. Hobbies other than juggling include the outdoors, reading, vegetable gardening, cheesemaking, fermenting various things Ball jars, and making everything from scratch despite the fact that it pobably costs more.”

People will finally see what a collosial dork I am, but it’s likely no longer a secret anyway. Besides, I’m hoping writing here will also get me back on track on finding more joy in the simple things of our lives.

Mama Hen