Distance may be 15 hours away but not even distance can stop Macy and Aaron from falling in love and making the distance shorter and starting a life together and making each others dreams come true.
Macy's dream came true when Aaron surprised her when they bought 10 acres and are building a western two story house with natural wood trusses and a wrap around porch, with a wooden swing as you walk up onto the porch. Macy wanted to spread the neutral western colors throughout the house, every room had a different neutral color to it with specific western decor. Macy knew that in order for her to get her dream house she needed to share the space with Aaron she gave him his own man room so that he could choose the theme and the color of it. Macy knew that the new house would finally all come together if she could decorate the kids bedroom as they all came into the family. Mckenzie was old enough to choose her princess and frozen themed room. While Aaron helped Macy pick Senith's Nursery as outer space and red themed room. This excited her when she got to thinking that she had options for the other four rooms as anything could happen.
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With 10 acres to fill Macy and Aaron knew that they needed some livestock to keep the country inspiration going so they managed to bring in:
8 cows with 4 being dairy
10 chickens
2 ducks
6 sheep
4 horses
1 bull
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They had an 8 stall barn for the cows, a 40 square foot chicken coop, 6 stall sheep barn, and a 4 stall barn for the horses, although most of the animals would spend their time out in the fresh Tennessee air they still needed shelters for them in case of any storms. It takes a lot of hard work to care for livestock no matter what you have planned for them, they can always change your plan.
Feeding and watering: Provide livestock with food and water multiple times a day. Make sure they have access to clean, fresh water.
Cleaning: Clean stalls, pens, or any building. Pick up trash in the pens and on the sidewalks, or even in the fields.
Grooming: Brushing horses or any animal and trimming their hooves every 6-8 weeks.
Milking: Milk cows by hand that need milking
Herding: Bringing cattle, or any animal back into their pastures with horses.
Land Tending: Keep the farmland in good condition for the livestock.
Building and Repairing: Build and repair fences and other facilities on the property.
Winter chores: Provide extra food and water for the larger animals, for smaller animals check the heaters.
Financial Planning: Catch up on paperwork, payments are up-to-date and plan for taxes, stay up to date on quantity of supplies and order more as needed.
Two months later they broke ground on the house along with the livestock shelters, Macy took it into her hands to plan a rough draft where the livestock animals would be placed on the 10 acres of land.
