it's all fun and games

fri

fri around noon, just enough time to switch the beds over. ha. shawn, quinn and charlie arrived. shawn came up to help chris with the framing. quinn and nate were going to YOUTH camp, and the girls and i were hanging out. the kids played

and played

and quinn took them to the park while i made lunch. thanks dude!

around 3 it was time to load up and drop these two at the church for YOUTH camp!

lots of nerves, lots of laughs and me questioning the big thought "how did i get to this????" are we really getting them off to youth????? wow, time really goes by fast

all signed in

and ready to go!

i took the girls to the park where it down poured. they played in the rain and got soaked

joey trying to catch it in her mouth

i let the girls stay up late fri night. when they finally crashed i found them like this. hahahaha

charlie is so tall!!!!

the girls were so tired!
the men too! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 10:24 AM

sat

sat the men took off to the land to frame. i had this girl as my co pilot. ellie was gone to a birthday party so it was just charlie, joey and i until 2. we went to the mall

love her!

the girls played

charlie is growing up too fast!

we came home for lunch, and did some painting

joey painted 5 pics. charlie 1. ha

the focus

then we found a NEW park and spent the afternoon there

wheeeee

the men came home in time for me to go get the other boys from the church. i couldnt wait to hear all about it....i got them home for a pic....and heard the verdict.....it was AWESOME and nate cant wait to go back!!!! score for youth group!

sun, wonderful, sweet sunday. my friend picked me up in her new sporty car, we went for a walk and had coffee at our fav spot. we spent 4 hrs talking...and catching up...

when i came home sun around supper time. the house was CLEAN!!! chris cleaned and mopped the floors for me!!! so thankful for him!!!

and with that, my blog is done. but school hasnt started yet....im off to start this week!

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Posted by mel at 10:24 AM

conference 2018

chris and i spent the wkend at conf. its our 4th yr on the board and yipeeeee chris got voted in for another 2....sigh....i LOVE going to conf, its just so tiring serving/putting it on. anyways. this yrs speaker was todd wilson, hes a hoot. and was by far the easiest speaker to work/deal with. he had no requests/demands and was super funny to talk with. i really enjoyed laughing and being encouraged to home school another yr. ha we are home educating through high school, with the exception of allowing the kids to graduate home school high school at home, then go 1 yr to grab an official hs diploma if they want to apply to a post secondary school that is not hs friendly.

anyways, conf feels "old" to me, im not a newbie anymore. i noticed a lot of babies and younger moms who attended. this is AWESOME for sure! i just made me fell old. ha.

i sat in all the sessions and 1 work shop, hit up vendor hall where i spent. 0. nadda, zippa, nola. nothing. i did spend 20 at the used curric and i have a book order on route from the states making my grand total for all homeschool books 400. not too bad for 3 kids, buying some new and a lot used!

i dont really have a plan for next yr. to be honest, im just winging it. it will all work out and everything will be fine.

my greatest desire is for life school to be relational first. making memories and working on that character building...mine first, then them. haha

anyways, shawn joined us...hahaha

we spent 2 nights at our friends cabin. first night we crashed and went to bed, the second night we had a fire, talked, relaxed and enjoyed kid free conversation! it was AWESOME. i was super stoked to sleep in and was dis made to wake up at 7:15!!!! what?!?!?! not fair! ha

we made it home for noon, and a HUGE THANK YOU MOM AND DAD for watching the girls! nate is in the states with his aunty and uncle, suffering at the great wolf lodge. ha he will be home wed night

i checked on my baby birds. they are getting so big! they are 3 days old in this pic ad there are 4 of them. joey wasnt touching them, she was pointing!

i got all this. for FREE!!!!!! some dude dropped them off to GIVE away. i got a full set of math u see algebra for FREE! unused! i also got ancient civilizations and around the world in 180 days new and FREE! HUGE score!

i bought this for me

the girls putting nate's lego together by following the directions. ellie is NOTHING like her father. (huge eye roll here)

i got this bad boy! getting ready for high school transcripts! i was told this is the only book you need and i got it for 10 used, my biggest spend

i got all this for 20! all the work books are unused. score

now to get through this yr....im thinking we are done. with the cabin build starting this week! EEEK. company and life, im going to shelf school for the yr....but i do need to spend some time in the school room to put away, pull out and clean up. and some how put some kind of a plan together for next yr....cause ill have a MIDDLE schooler!!!!!!!!!!!!! what????? man, im OLD! ha 0 comments

Posted by mel at 12:53 PM

monday

monday morning we were up and in the car at 8:15. my friend is out of town so i picked her kids up for zoo camp and to spend the day with us. joey and i had the morning to just us. so. much. fun!!! my mini me!

we had to wait for costco to open. we spent 20 mins sitting in the grass, me drinking coffee. joey talking and LOVING the one on one time. im so thankful for this little girl. i cant imagine my life with out her

we tried on eye glasses. she doesnt need them but she had a hoot trying them all on

we had an HOUR to kill before zoo camp pick up, so i found this "rocket ship" as joey called it and i pushed her for an HOUR in it. we went everywhere and she had so much fun

we did buy flowers. haha

"everything is awesome when your name is johana!" nate made that song up for her. i also got her a pair on sunglasses for herself.

we went to the new board walk. its so nice, i decided that chris and i need to hire a sitter and go there on a date

fun in the sun

every table had fresh, real flowers. what a change in this place. its really nice!

joey sneaked in for some iguana touching. sisters. love it

shes getting so big

ellie's turn

then we hit up the park for a snack

and play

and swing

the kids played till around 4 when micah asked to go home. she missed nate. ha 0 comments

Posted by mel at 12:53 PM

birds, blooms and messes

my little birds yesterday. 4 days old

my apple tree is in bloom. so pretty

check out how big this tree is now! its really grown. i have shade! ha

so this am joey went to help clean the sink in the bathroom...

yea, a HUGE help

i cant get a pic of the amount of water everywhere. oh well, in installing a work ethic right? after she left, i cleaned it again....only to have her use it an hr later and washed her feet in the sink. her muddy feet. all over the floor, the sink, the mirror....i didnt say a word. i just wiped. ha