Where did "TheFarmers" come from?

If you are wondering why we call ourselves "the Farmers," here is the story. When we first moved to Utah, we moved a home that had been vacant for about a year, it is also in the country. Our first weeks were quite the experience, including little critters living in our fireplace chiminey, birds nests in our dryer vent and a house the was in desperate need of some work. We are huge fans of Chevy Chase and the movie "Funny Farm" where they move to the country from the city and every crazy thing than can happen does happen. When we got our cell phones in Utah, Zack put in an automatic signature that put "the Farmers" at the end of every text message we sent and so in a crazy way we now refer to ourselves as the Farmers.

I didn't even realize how it had caught on until Christmas when my sister Amy made us a cute home decoration of blocks, spelling out The Farmers. I cracked up! So, I guess it is official! We are still having crazy things happen with critters, chickens, dogs, me falling on my face in the snow chasing dogs and losing my shoes while in my PJs at 7am in the snow kicking a rooster away from killing me (yeah, that must have been a sight)! In the summer it is jumping out windows to save baby chicks from the jaws of the cats in the area and opening the chiminey flu in our bedroom fireplace to let the trapped birds escape through the windows while the cats are safely locked in the hall (try it sometime). I am sure we will have many more adventures on the farm this year, I hope you get a laugh out of them!

Happy Farming!