First we have our collection of royalty. I am sure these Disney princesses were happy to meet our lovely ones. They better watch out as we learned we have a Jasmine, Snow White, Cinderella, and Tinkerbell ready to take their...

The first stage of the timber frame construction is complete! We are now going to be getting ready to work on the conventional construction and the timber frame tower will be placed at a later date! It’s looking...

Happy Birthday, Noah!

We safely arrived in Orlando and have been welcomed by thunderstorms and rain. None of our luggage made it, however. We are being told that it will arrive sometime ofter dinner tonight so hopefully we will have clean clothes to...

Michaela and Lavinia decided to make a movie for an English project class that they share. The purpose was to use any format that they chose to better portray the Puritans as the came to America. I’m not sure how...

A few weeks ago the kids had a day off of school and I decided to take them for a flight up to Door County. Luke and Emily joined me for the adventure. Here Emily is getting her head gear on for the trip!We had to fly over our...

The start date has been pushed back a week. They will start on the 22nd with the on site construction. We have a floor on the lodge and are anxiously awaiting our shipment from Montana!

I just received these pictures from the owner of Bearcreek Timberwrights! They are working on completing our timberframe and they plan on loading it up this weekend for the long drive from Montana to Wisconsin. They will spend...

Our home has become even more hectic with the the recent construction going on 50 feet away. We have torn out our driveway and rerouted it so we can gain access to our garage and the lodge foundation has been poured. Below are a...

We told Lavinia we were going to go camping in Iowa for Labor Day Weekend. She was so excited for this new experience, her first time camping.Lavinia decided to sport a Milano X’S dress for collecting firewood and her...