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.  

 

Spring Happenings

Hi!!

I've got a load of pictures for you this evening. They aren't really in chronological order. Oops. I don't have time for that this evening.  Enjoy! Love you all. Oh and btw, chickening slaughtering experience near the end. If you've got a weak stomach, maybe skip that part. We are invited to a branding day at ranch this coming Saturday. If we make it, I'll try to get some pictures. 

First pictures are in Helena in April. Basil spent a week at a class in Helena. We joined up with him for the weekend. 

Sage was at the rental taking a math test. Diligent fellow. 

While in Helena, we visited some old friends from Spokane. Since we saw them last they had five more kids, moved to Helena, and bought a farm. Ambitious people! 

Basil's class picture with the governor. Basil is in the back row by the blue flag. 

American history simulation at co-op. This is a cabinet meeting with FDR. 

I usually teach geography, but for the last day we had a South African lady from our parish come and tell the kids about her country. They were riveted! 

Some of the kids like to "fly" to the country we are studying for the day. It's fun. 

Water fight with the soccer team at the coach's house. 

Servers at our parish. Mace just started. 

Little hands-on history. 

For Doug's birthday we had hibachi. 

Nutmeg is making kombucha these days. 

Mother's Day at Scheels. 

Chicken Slaughtering at the llama farm on Memorial Day weekend. 

The devices of torture.  

Getting the scoop on how the job is done. 

"It was warm. . . 120 chickens is a lot of blood. I'm not used to this manual labor thing." Lol. 

Sure. . . he looks innocent now . . 

 

The regulars were pretty disappointed that they were so small this year.
Apparently, they are usually 10 pounds. I guess there was issue with the food and 
also the chicks had to sit an extra day at the post office. We weren't able to reschedule due to the busyness of life. Still, we had a great time and will most likely join in again next year. Meanwhile we have 19 chickens in the freezer.