Wow, I have missed my blog. I wish I could have found the time to blog between July and August, because I would have had a lot to say. The last 2 months have been full of School shopping, planning, training, American Heritage Girls, and good family time. Here are some pictures from our summer. There is more writing after the picture show, so keep scrolling down. Enjoy!
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| These are pictures of our Back yard during a pop up thunderstorm at 5:30 am last Saturday |
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| These are of the front yard and street |
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| Found this guy at a park while we were taking a walk last week. |
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| My 5 year old...nuf said. He never got shocked. Praise God! |
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| Found this guy on our house |
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| This is near our house in the "bamboo forest" |
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| Found this Huge dragon fly on the way taking a walk with friends |
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| Spidey & Stella taking apart the old gateway PC |
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| Yummy canned tomatoes, I love canning tomatoes. |
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| The Blackberry picking crew |
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| Persimmons |
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| they're not ripe |
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| I can't feel my mouth, mommy. |
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| Super Spaghetti Squash from the garden |
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| Cat had kittens |
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| swimming |
School plans are being updated and finalized this week. I will re post the updates when we complete them. We are not officially in full swing for school yet. We have worked on just the morning routine last week. This week we have done Phonics & Math lessons with Red (5), Spidey(7), and Stella(8). It has been a roller coaster! This has been a learning experience though. We have found that no one can come to the house before 2pm. Otherwise, we lose the whole day. Not only time wise, but also mentally. Do not let mental disruptions blindside your day.
Also, 7:30 am my 'mommy time' is over, whether I like it or not! That is throw the laundry in, clean the counters and start breakfast. The kids are waking up around 7:15 on their own so I need to be moving by 7:30. I think my new wake up time is 5:30 am because I really like the 2 hour early, alone, morning! Our newest activity is up and out by 6:45 am to go to the local track to do conditioning and running for about 1.5 hours, Mon/Wed/Fri. It is not easy to get out of the house this early even though I'm up, but the kids drag me out and I need it! There are 6 or so families of fellow Field Hockey players and siblings that we meet there. The young ones run/walk over 1.5 miles each time we go. The moms walk/run about the same. Though Wednesday we walked 3 miles, Whoa. That hurt a bit the next day. Love it though!
We have been planning, training, planning and more training for our new American Heritage Girls Troop. I can't wait till this transition period is over! Woo Hoo! Our first meeting is in 2ish weeks and we are so ready! Stella has completed a lap book on American Heritage Girls this week. It goes over the History, Oath, Creed and some other things that she needs to know for her Joining Award.
The garden is ready to be turned into the winter garden. I am a little scared to be doing this myself. I do need to read a little more on caring for the garden and such before I spill money into another garden. The chickens are doing great! They love all the rain we are getting, NOT! They do feast on the worms though. The rabbits are ready to be processed. The freezer is ready and waiting for them....yum! The first batch was yummy too. I think the two mommas are pregnant again. One more batch of rabbit before winter.
School is creeping along these last few weeks for JoJo. She asked for all her schoolwork on Monday to get a move on it, but then ran into a rough patch at the end of the week. Today she is plowing through though. I am proud of the work she is doing today. Laying down those Rails early! They really work!
Cleaned out the pantry during the crazy storm last weekend! I can find everything! No critters here!
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| Top Shelf Before |
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| Bottom Shelves Before |
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| Bottom Shelves After |
One last thing, I am starting to put recipes up on the blog. I waited because I wasn't sure how I was going to do post them. These recipes are universal for your family and mine. They can be used with short cut ingredients or with homemade ingredients. The choice is yours. Enjoy!
School plans are being updated and finalized this week. I will re post the updates when we complete them. We are not officially in full swing for school yet. We have worked on just the morning routine last week. This week we have done Phonics & Math lessons with Red (5), Spidey(7), and Stella(8). It has been a roller coaster! This has been a learning experience though. We have found that no one can come to the house before 2pm. Otherwise, we lose the whole day. Not only time wise, but also mentally. Do not let mental disruptions blindside your day. 
The garden is ready to be turned into the winter garden. I am a little scared to be doing this myself. I do need to read a little more on caring for the garden and such before I spill money into another garden. The chickens are doing great! They love all the rain we are getting, NOT! They do feast on the worms though. The rabbits are ready to be processed. The freezer is ready and waiting for them....yum! The first batch was yummy too. I think the two mommas are pregnant again. One more batch of rabbit before winter.
