books!

i was OBSESSED with this book. i found it at the thrift store. i had no idea how great it was! its now my most fav book that ive read. of all time!  i read it, re read parts of it, then spent hours on google learning about the area, the history and have decided that im taking my kids and a friend with her kids to burnt church/marimichi area to re trace the foot steps. this book has everything! with out giving it away read the back review!

it was so great that i would text my friend with updates from the book as i read it. it read like a soap. ha but based on a true story!  wonderful read!

love this. i didnt buy it. ha ha weed and the menopause years!

the girls and i finished this bad boy.  and now to watch the movie. the girls really enjoyed it! 

 

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the past few weeks

2 weeks ago i got a call from my sister that my mom was quite sick and in the hospital.  after much back and forth, tests and drs...then a wait...my mom was taken in for surgery to have her gallstone removed.  after not eating for 5 days!  and with the out break of covid in n.s, mom was alone the whole time.  but! shes doing much better and is home resting!  the girls and i prayed for her often.  

flowers from another man! what? ha!  rick showed up a few wks back with flowers for me! they are STILL alive! so beautiful and thoughtful!  thanks rick!

my favorite man child!  i took the kids to the cabin a few weeks back.  the first night after the girls went to bed i was tucked in on the couch with me AMAZING book.  this guy joined me until i kicked him to bed at 10:30. it was so nice.  just us. chilling.  

nate drinking his tea.  yes, nate loves tea! 

joey being JOEY!  

taking down MORE trees. it looks so different now!  it much brighter and i love the view

another night, man-child doing his school, drinking his tea. me reading

fridays at the cabin, we do science in the mornings. then we have friends join us in the afternoon. we are studying birds, last weeks lesson was feathers. and yes, we do school in my bed!

SOOOO glad i home school. its a lot of work, but its so very worth it!

i was cleaning up getting ready for our friends when i looked over and saw this.  ellie was marking joey's math work for me. haha!

my friend and i went to drool over the plants and flowers at farmer browns.  i saw this. now i want one. haha. its really relaxing to listen to it!

 with cutting the trees down at the cabin one perk is we can now hear the river from the cabin!  

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Posted by mel at 1:44 PM

zoo and nature walk

zoo camp is on the map for mondays!  last week i picked them up and surprised them with a trip to mapleton park to watch birds and find feathers

we found the male ducks right off and even found 1 mom duck hidden away in the pond

watching

the mama was way back

then we met these nice ladies who had peanuts.  they gave them to the girls and watched ellie feed them!  they couldn't get over how patient ellie was waiting for the squirrels to eat from her hand

but they did!

we did this for about 45 mins then joey had enough and off we went to the duck pond

this little fella had no fear!

and we watched him eat in front of us

joey patiently waiting for ellie

one more mom!

we found lots of flowers and weeds and dandelions to blow. but first you must make a wish 

which is very serious and also looks like a prayer

and may it come true!...ellie wants a horse and pony.  good luck with that!

joey wants a real dinosaur!  again, good luck!

looky! i spy a beaver's house!

so neat 

we visited the ducks and i PROMISED we will come back this week with food to feed all the critters!  

i sat on the bench and watched my girls.  i am SO blessed to have these opportunities to be around with them. to spend time with them. to home school and watch them grow up

and i cant wait for summer! haha cause my to read pile is redic! 

 

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Posted by mel at 1:44 PM

classes and BOOKS!

we had our biology class on tues.  we studied the 5 scenes.  the kids enjoyed eating/tasting food blind folded  

smelling and hearing sounds 

and touching!  

and seeing tricks as well! 

some of the kids

thurs was clean the garage day.  i went in the house for a quick second and found this little one....vacuuming the garage!  she loves to help

friday and sat i put on a home school book sale.  this was my table.  im happy with what i did. i made enough to buy some books for nate. and i got rid of over 1/2 this stuff

joey helped me. haha 

she even set up her own sale 

i had 2 friends join us 

i found this. bawahhhh ellie and joey decided to sell 4 of their stuffies. this is where you pay. ha

they sold them fri 

this little lady is the sweetest gal.  she played with joey for most of the sale!  

and this is what i bought for nate and the girls.  nate's new class is the "art of argument!", and i picked up 2 art curriculums. im thinking ill teach a class next yr...we got grammar as well and 2 history books. to be honest i got the history books for myself to read!

my little lady!

she's my bff!

i love watching how the kids change their looks as they grow

my man child. he's a great kid. im so proud of him.  he's a typical teen boy. he loves food, girls and video games...in no particular order! 

walked into this. father like son much?  i so enjoy having my teen.  i especially enjoy having pleasant chats with him...and i cherish the time...because he's a teen and those moments are far in between! bawahhhh

 

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