Fall Fun!!

Hello!!!

So I was thinking back to the old days of how I'd write a nice long posts and then insert my pictures into the post. I tried for about 3 minutes to arrange the pics and then gave up. Mama doesn't have time for this!!  So I'll just write a bit here and post the pics all boring-like.  :)  Maybe whenever I retire from this position I can go back to the more creative blogging. 

It's been a good year. I suppose every year is good in its own way. I was scrolling through all the pictures used from this blog. Wow, lots of amazing memories, even if simple. We are truly blessed. 

Alright, so the pics. You'll see a boatload of tomatoes. These are leftovers that I had to get off the tomatoes plants before they froze. It was a much better gardening year. I guess I am figuring out how to work with this climate and being back to container gardening. It was so nice to be growing things again. My farmer buddy enjoyed it too. 

For Halloween we had a knight, which is cool because we are studying the Middle Ages this year. We also had a referee.  She had some other, much more creative ideas, but alas, the time and available materials, meh. We'll try again next year.  She had a fun time out with all her friends anyhow and came home with an obscene amount of candy.  The younger crowd was at the All Saints Day festival at our parish. That was a sweet time!   

Oh yeah and we had a very early dump of snow. 

This weekend we had a busy weekend while Doug was away in Wisconsin visiting family. The Fall Ball. So. Much. Fun.  400 dancers, spots filled up in two days. Lots didn't get in. Safe to say that homeschooling is exploding these days. 

Doug ran into dear family friends while dropping by the cemetery in Wisconsin. 

Isn't our girl gorgeous?  She's becoming more so inside and out. I love her so! 

The group we sent to the ball. 

The girls. 

This fall we had girls basketball, boys soccer, karate, and swimming going on all at the same time. It was nuts, but we survived. Phew! 

Mace got some quality bleacher time. I have fond memories of plenty of bleacher time myself. 

The pictures are all out of order. It's a pain to move them. Not going to do it. Sorry. 

The bow tie boys. 

The poor boys were kept outside waiting for the girls FOREVER! 

Some of the moms of the dance attendees. 

Um, yeah, so we adopted a furry playmate on Sunday. Doug still wants a dog, but that will be a much more complicated process.  

Coach with some of her basketball players. Middle school and high school.  

 

Good-bye to Summer and Hello to Fall . . .

 

Near the end of summer we got together with a group of friends at the outdoor pool. Aaah, the good life. 

Assumption Floats! 

Somebody got his wisdom teeth out. He recovered
very well. He is pleased that he kept his dignity and didn't do 
anything silly those first several hours. His only communication was a sleepy fist bump. 
He doesn't remember a bit of that. 

During the last days of summer, I assigned Nutmeg some sort of an art project. So she chose one that she had her eye on from Pinterest. Beautiful, we say!! 

Just before Labor Day some wonderful friends of ours stopped by for a visit. Part of the gang is playing a fun, silly game at a restaurant. 

Hanging out in Red Lodge. 

"First" day back to school pic. Not our best picture ever, but it's in the books anyhow. Can't believe how quickly time is flying!!  

Nutmeg is enjoying this new activity this year! Fun team! 
This weekend they are having a pizza party. 

A couple weeks ago Mace and I took a little time out to go for a nature walk at some gardens in town. Wish I would have taken my mom here when she was in town. 

Mace and I are reading The Wind in the Willows right now, so this was a fun find. 

Nutmeg's first week of basketball practice, we had to wait around downtown 
for a couple hours. So Mace and I had a date. Ice cream and sequence. 

Back at soccer again this fall! We have three sports going on right now: swimming, basketball, and soccer. 

I am teaching again this year in our co-op, although I am pleased that I think it will be more manageable this time around. Instead of teaching eight subjects, I'll only have 2-3 subjects. One of them is my personal favorite: geography. I'm excited to be sharing this subject with the kids! Last year I was in Nutmeg's classroom. This year she is in the middle school class, reading the Aeneid and practicing public speaking. This year I get to be in Mace's class. I was nervous to be working with the younger kids, but I am relishing their enthusiasm!