1920s Wedding

Farmer Joel's family put on another beautiful and creative wedding. Paper lanterns hung from strings of white lights above and glorious garden flowers surrounded us. Every detail was perfect from beverages served in Mason jars out of an old bathtub to a silver fringed flapper (Joel's little sister) singing into an old time microphone. It felt like we had traveled back in a time machine.

The beautiful couple

Dancing lessons from a very cool Uncle (drum lessons were also included)!Amazing food from the Co op Instead of a wedding cake, the happy couples' friends made pies!
Here we are in our 1920s costumes. It was so much fun to dress up!

Farewell to Summer...

Outdoor Tea Parties & Fashion Shows

Trampoline + Sprinkler = Giggles!

Wonderful memories with Grands and Great-Grands

Adventures on the Palouse

“How sweet I roamed from field to field, and tasted all the summer's pride.”
~William Blake~

Berry Picking Bliss

We took a trip to the Berry Ranch yesterday and enjoyed a hayride and all the berries we could handle! Many of the berries will be divided up for delivery to our CSA customers. It's our first delivery of the season with so much leafy green goodness to enjoy: kale, head lettuce, rainbow swiss chard, spinach, turnips, and radishes!

Another Great Kitten Rescue

We don't need anymore cats, we don't need anymore cats, we don't need anymore cats...

Oh! Excuse me, just reciting my mantra for the week...

Yes we have rescued three more kittens who seem to have lost their mommy.

We'll try to give them away (any takers?) or get them fixed and make them our rough, tough, mouse-wrangling barn cats.

That is if Zach will allow it. He looooves the kitties. Especially the grey one he named Hot Rod. He plays, sings and dances with the kitties by the hour. Poor things. There is such a thing as too much love, I think.

We tentatively named the other two Peaches and Tiger.

Oh and news update on our Christmas kitty... ummm, gender mix-up, not a girl. Also no longer named Libby Cutie. He shall henceforth be named Mario. After Mario Kart Wii, that is.

Easter

High Flying Adventures

We're thinking spring here at Hilty Farm! Bring on the kite flying weather!

Happenings

Life is busy but good...

Birthday Party for a sweet 7 year old

Guess who's the life of the party?

So cute how her friend is trying to blow out the candles too!

Couldn't resist this photo! So funny and sweet!

Big guy had indoor soccer. He LOVED it while I was a wee bit ambivalent about the whole soccer mom scene. Then a few weeks later we bought our first minivan. There must be a direct correlation...

Just plain ol' fun with friends. Poor Zach, he needs more dudes to hang out with! Not that he's complaining!

Best Friends!

New Friends