Stone sanctuary

The buttresses along both sides of the big stone barn provide support and create the illusion from the front that the barn slants upwards. Each buttress is 3 feet wide at the base.

"We have just about everything -- spring beauties, hepaticas, Dutchman's-breeches, and wild columbine," says Debra. Family members of all ages enjoy time spent exploring the timbered land. Debra adds that she particularly enjoys taking the little ones on nature hikes to pick up fall acorns or to discover wildflowers each spring.

Each Easter weekend is the scene of another Berberich family tradition: the Eggstreme Easter Hunt. Approximately 200 friends, coworkers, and church members gather at the acreaget. Stan chooses the path and hiding places for the adults' Easter egg hunt, where grown-ups become kids again as they forage through woods.

A neighboring farmer brings little lambs for the children to pet. And everyone enjoy a potluck dinner.

Stan, Debra, their children, spouses, and grandchildren fill the old stone barn with laughter and love -- all things that truly makes any dwelling a home.