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Building our dream life & sharing it with you.
U-pick flower farm, farm stand & sourdough treats in Johnstown, OH
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What do you and your mom friends do for fun? 😂 by @ourdutchdream

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My love language is acts of service and I will 1) always let you braid my hair and 2) always braid your hair.

PS take me back to the Caribbean 🌴☀️ by @ourdutchdream

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Last week is what dreams are made of. We had a quality time we haven’t had in 11+ years. Kid free. Husband free. Grad school free. Work schedule free. No dishes to wash or meals to make. I will forever cherish the hard convos and the giggles just the same. by @ourdutchdream

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Kid free vacation = so much room for activities 😆

#jet2holidays #jet2challenge #puntacana #bestfriend taken in Punta Cana, República Dominicana by @ourdutchdream

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Moms night… but make it Ashley crashes our work trip to the Dominican Republic ✈️🌴☀️

Shout out to HubsBen holding the fort down now that the kids are all in school.. Presidents Club cruise in 24 days 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇫🇷🛳️✈️ so we had to save our childcare, grateful @ourdutchdream / @ashleybober was able to be my plus one. by @ourdutchdream

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Honestly that was the best worst idea we ever had 😂😂

Our monthly moms night out hasn’t happened in a couple months so we made do while still doing life 🤍

Punta Cana in 46 days ✈️ taken in Costco by @ourdutchdream

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Pulling weeds in the garden clears more than just the soil — it quiets the noise in my head, grounds my spirit, and brings a peace only God & nature can provide.

I’m happier than a cricket pulling weeds. The repetitive movement of pulling out what doesn’t belong in my garden allows more room and resources for my vegetables to thrive.

What about our own thoughts and lives? What “weeds” do we need to pull in order to free up space, resources and allow for something beautiful to grow?

My garden has been a source of so many conversations with God and life lessons over the last several years. I’m going to start sharing more of what I’m hearing from God in the garden.

#GrowYourOwn #FallPlanting #garlic #growinggarlic #garlicgrower #farmfreshgarlic #womenwhofarm #organicgarlic #homestead #holistichealing #selfsufficient #ourdutchdream #Godinthegarden #Gardentherapy taken in Johnstown, Ohio by @ourdutchdream

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My heart is still overflowing from our time in Florida.. counting down the days until our Michigan trip 🏕️ by @ourdutchdream

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Everyone deserves to re-live this moment more often… there might just be breast pumps and Alani nu where there use to be four lokos and shot glasses.

Here’s to more adult sleepovers!! by @ourdutchdream

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Two girls meeting at a boxing gym in 2012…

Fast forward 12 years and we’re driving to Florida in a fifteen passenger van with our husbands and kids.

Are we crazy?

In the name of CORE MEMS.

say a prayer 🤡 by @ourdutchdream

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Happy 37th birthday to my better half, the workhorse behind Our Dutch Dream. People ask me how I do all that I do. My answer is always the same, my husband. I couldn’t do any of it without him.

God has always spoken to me through visions. Everything we’ve pursued on our property was because God gave me a vision for it and showed me what we were supposed to do with it. Throwing all of these ideas out at Christian most likely overwhelmed him in the beginning because— time, money and how? We were beginners, we didn’t have fancy equipment or the knowledge yet to do all of the things…but you don’t know my husband.

I’ll never forget the day he looked at me and said “your dreams have become my dreams” and I knew he meant it. Since that moment, he organized a controlled burn of the old house on our property with 3 fire departments, hand planted more than 300 trees (pine, hardwoods and fruit trees) on our property, cutdown more dead trees than I can recall, poured his blood, sweat and tears into building our barndo by being the GC, learning new trades along the way (electric, building our cabinets, laying our floors, painting, tile, etc) helped me prepare 4 gardens, tackled dahlias our first year, built me a raised bed and farm stand last year, became a beekeeper with me and our bees successfully survived winter after 3 failed winters, tilled an entire acre and planted wildflowers, became a chicken and a duck dad, continues cleaning up our woods, and always finds another project to improve our property… this is just a small list of what he has accomplished in 7 years.

Christian is an incredible husband, father, friend, leader, cook, teammate, firefighter, example to others, and still gives me heart shaped pupils. The best part? He’s mine. Thank you for everything you do for us. Thank you for being mine. I love you forever, I love you for always.

#ourdutchdream #barndo #happybirthday #homestead #happyhomestead #workhorse #homesteadlife #farmstand #dahlias #treeplanting by @ourdutchdream

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Our Ducks don’t give a quack about the frozen pond, nothing is stopping their pretty girl walk. However, we collectively agree that we are OVER winter!!

#homesteadlife #hobbyfarm #quack #pekinducks #petducks #ducksofinstagram #minifarm #backyardflock #prettygirlswalklikethis #ducksonice by @ourdutchdream

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