Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Where we live

Our Home:
This picture was taken a few months ago, so no we don't still have snow. However, the mud situation is exactly the same. It seems like the mud hardly has the chance to dry up before it rains again! North Dakota is already reaching a record high for rainfall this year, and it is only June! I can't wait for summer to really kick in and dry all of this slop up so that I can take the girls outside to play! As you can see... there isn't really any where for the girls to play outside of the camper, but the guy that runs the place mentioned to me that he would like to put a swingset up by the wash house sometime (hopefully soon). There are a lot of parks here that I have been taking the girls to, but with all the rain we have been getting, this lovely Dutchman is where we have been spending the majority of our time. When I first moved out here, everyone was telling me that the land is flat with no trees. The no trees part is pretty accurate, but the land where we are is definitely not flat. There is a national park a few minutes away from here where there are some really cool looking hills. There are a lot of buffalo that live at the park and Teija loves going to see the "effalopes" :)



Trying to figure this out...

So, I have never kept a blog before, but after looking through different blogs last night, I decided that maybe it is something I should do. A month ago the girls and I moved out to the oil fields to be with Tony. I wasn't sure what to expect, being that this is a completely new and strange place to me. Coming from an area I have lived in for just about my entire life, I wasn't sure what to expect. Will I miss my family and friends? Will there be anything to do? And stupid, I know, but this did also cross my mind: What if I get bitten by a rattle snake or big spider? Coming out here however has made me realize that home is where you make it. Sure, I do miss my friends and family, and the U.P. will always be a part of me (hopefully permanently within a few years), but it hasn't taken us long to feel like our little camper is home. Home is where the heart is. We went 5, almost 6 months apart, and it feels so great to be back together again. I love that I wake up in the morning, and Tony is there. I love how when he gets home from work every day, the girls rush over to cover him in hugs and kisses. My point is that you can be in a completely foreign place, and as long as you have love, you are home.
Anyway, the point of this blog is to keep everyone up to date on our lives out here in Oil Country, and of course to share pictures of the girls :) And no I have not been bitten..... yet