I’ve just received an email from the lovely family I stayed with when I visited Colorado last year. They told me that they had three new...

We’ve just had the most glorious sunny day here in the north of New Zealand, after a very wet winter. The house building has continued...

I’ve been meaning to write here for ages now, and tell of the good things that have come out of my accident. I’ve had to be non-weight...

Last Thursday, Samuel turned ten – double digits! He was so excited about his new bow and arrow. We had a few tournaments and then Milly...

Yesterday the trucks just kept on coming. They carried pallet after pallet of concrete blocks, thirty six in all. Now we have pallets of...

Feel like I need to write something today. We’ve just heard the dreadful news of six teenagers and their teacher who drowned today in a...

Last night after dinner, we had fun talking together as a family about creating a family mission statement – something that defines who...

The other day, we herded ten of our big bulls down into the new yards that Chris had made. They are normally so quiet, but there was a...

What do house foundations have in common with integrity?? Well…last week we began building our house in earnest! The digger came and dug...

Jacob cuddled beside me in bed, and we talked about his birthday. I could hardly believe that my baby was about to turn eight. He was so...

We’ve had a wet, windy week up here in the sunny north. But at least our water tanks are full now. The kids have been hoping the river...

Yesterday we down by the river to collect more firewood. After gathering a trailor load, I jumped into the ute to drive it up to the...

I’ve just returned home to my family and life in the barn after two weeks in Colorado with my thriteen year old daughter, Eliza. We went...

My mother has just given me a copy of a letter written in 1870 by my great great grandfather, Richard Fitzsimons, shortly before he died...

Yesterday morning we enjoyed learning some facts about geese – how they fly in a V formation and change leadership when the leader gets...

We’ve had a couple of possum dramas here in the barn this last week. We got home late one night to find that one of the children had left...

Last week we made huge progress on our land with the help of our brother-in-law and his expertise with a digger. He rolled huge...

It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog, but you sure can’t do everything! We have spent the last few weeks working furiously on our...

Last week, we had a fantastic time with family, enjoying the sun and swimming, and hours of volleyball. The children were all in the...

It’s funny how often as I sit down to work on writing some of my next book, little things happen at very opportune times! This morning I...