Several weeks have past since my last post and these days I am simply “keeping my head above water”. You know, just trying to stay on top of things. Since my last post we are quite busy with school. Sydney has just entered the 6th grade, Holland 4th, and Jackson 1st. Harrison and London keep fairly busy with Preschool activities (play-doh, puzzles, coloring, anything to keep them from interrupting the school day:)) and I continue my job as full-time teacher!
Along with the schooling we have been busy with many extra curricular activities. One of which was our annual Labor Day camping trip. Once again we had a great time reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. It’s a great time never to be missed!
Here are a few photo memories!
A dear friend was kind enough to capture my family playing water balloon volleyball. It was a 4 on 4 tournament involving towels and water balloons on a volleyball court. I feel, based on the level of fun that we had, that this should be an Olympic sport. Definitely blows Curling out of the water from a spectator’s perspective! We didn’t go very far in the tournament but we had a lot of fun while it lasted. Jackson and I played the back, Sydney and Holland played the front, Joe played the coach, and Harrison and London played in the sand. Perfect setup.
We basically sign up for everything that the entire family can do. A favorite with all of the kids is the Punt, Pass, and Kick competition.
Aside from packing and unpacking for camping, school, and canning, canning and more canning, we have a new addition to our family.
Meet Leo….
We chose the name Leo as it is Latin for “lion”. He looks rather Lion-esque don’t you think??? Ok, maybe not. But he is the cutest little guy. Our older two dogs are now very old, 12 and 13. Knowing that their time with us will not last forever AND being given the opportunity for a free puppy, we decided to go for it. Here are a few more cute pics…enjoy!
Asleep in the bucket of the tractor.
Sharing a bed with Monroe…a rare sight to behold.
I have been waiting for new pics! Know you are busy but thank you for keeping up the blog as far away family is always anxious to see you guys, even if only pictures.
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Love the pics! Keep em' coming....shhhh (don't mind my dead blog.)
ReplyDeleteIt is a wonder you have a second to blog at all. You home-schoolers are my heroes. Thanks for the update Elizabeth! Love the pictures of Leo, the Lion.
ReplyDeleteSorry for my slow blogging...I love blogging, I just run out of time for it:( Jenn-I will attempt to keep the pics up...Meg-I have a bunch of pics of Greg on the high ropes course if you want to you could do an entire post on that, Melissa-sometimes I'm not sure where I find the time these days! Things definitely slow down in the winter:) Love you all and thanks for following!
ReplyDeletewhat a cute puppy! the pics of Labor day looked like fun! I never hear of water balloon volleyball, fun!! I know what you mean with blogging and schooling, it's tough, I'm in the same boat with ya!
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