What is 'Coleman Acres'?
This is our place. Our spot of land out in the country. Our own acres. Plural. Not a little tiny piece of a plot in the big city anymore. Nope. 7.5 acres that we can say is ours. Our dream coming to reality. Or, shall I say 'our dream that IS our reality now'.
My South Dakota loving husband has always wanted to get back to his South Dakota roots. And after spending the first 6 years of our marriage enjoying life in Nebraska and making life long friends there we packed up and headed to Denver, CO. Our kids were nearly 4, 2 1/2, and 7 months at that time. We enjoyed...no...we LOVED living in Denver. It was what we call our 6 year adventure in the city. And it was so good to us. And for us.
But our hearts were being called to the country. South Dakota country. We prayed, we looked, we prayed, we looked. And this beautiful place in eastern SD came up for sale. In the perfect spot near the perfect little town. And so we moved. We sold our new build home in Denver for our 1910 home with acres. And not only did we move our three kids here but in the midst of packing and selling and packing some more we found out that we would be having another little turkey. Child number 4 and this baby was a surprise. The best kind of surprise, though, right!?! Maybe not the 'best time' in our way of thinking but God knows best and we are so thankful for our 'Little Turkey' (that's what we named baby before we knew that 'little turkey' was a boy and he was named Ty.
So here we are. Halfway through our 4th year of being on this place we call Coleman Acres. 4 kids, some chickens (ok...more chickens than I even want to admit. It's a bit embarrassing), cats (for mice hunting), and eagerly awaiting our cattle and sheep to come back this Spring. They are dispersed between 3 different places while we get our fence finished for them to be here permanently. And pigs. We love our fresh pork. Bacon especially. And our fresh chicken meat and eggs. I am already asking my daughter, Tayler, if we can purchase a sheep from her for meat. She's our second daughter. We have two daughters (Bailey is 14 and Tayler is 13...yes, 18 months apart). And two boys (Jake is 11 and Ty is 4...yes, all boy and that's all I have to say).
Who raises what around here? Jason, I and Bailey raise cattle (she is starting her own herd), Tayler is starting her sheep herd. Or is it flock? I think it's flock. I think... Jake raises pigs. Ty raises both meat chickens and layer chickens. And he is ready to get some more baby chicks going.
Well...this is a lot of information for you to read. And a lot for me to type so I'm going to stop here. You just keep coming back to find out what's happening on Coleman Acres. Both the Adventures and the MIS Adventures. Cuz there are both.
'Til Next Time...!
P.S. The sun rises and sunsets are AMAZING here!
