Morning snuggles

I am the luckiest mom ever! ❤

Time for Advent!

Advent day 1: Letters from Santa Claus himself! These are really cute personalized letters that you can download and print. He added a piece of candy straight from the North Pole.

Thanksgiving pie

I made the baby Thanksgiving pies for the boys to eat the day before Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for! This is just one of them! Yummy

Hiking and GeoCaching

After school, the boys and I went on a hike in the woods with some friends. It was a beautiful cool fall day. We found a teepee made with long branches, a geocache and a waterfall.

Back in the swing of school

Now that we're fully settled after the move, we are full on school now. Picking back up with ancient history with the upper and lower Egyptians.

New Deck

My dad and brothers drove all the way to our house to use their awesome skills to build us a new deck. I am in love with this new deck! I am eternally grateful at the time and effort that they gave to do this for us. Thanks guys!

Thanksgiving Tree

The boys and I have so much to be thankful for. Here is a Thanksgiving tree that we made this morning. Each leaf highlights something we are thankful for. I love some of the wonderful things that the boys came up with.

This Halloween was filled with so many activities!

The boys and I hosted a party that was attended by almost 20 kids and their moms. It was so fun, but exhausting – 11am – 5pm! The kids played everywhere in our new home.  The creek, the driveway, the trees.. lol!

The next day was spent at the park for our annual Homeschool Handy Dandy No-Candy Halloween Party. It was well attended (as usual) and the boys had a lot of fun until one of the ‘treats’ which was a skull ring got stuck on Cameron’s finger and it started losing circulation.  I couldn’t get it off, so I immediately drove them to a firestation where the EMT cut it off.  It was a little traumatic for a couple of minutes until the EMT was able to saw it off. All was well and we went back to the park to play.

The following day was Halloween and after we did school, we made cookies and mummy dogs and watched a scary movie.  I made treat bags, but we had very few trick or treaters in our new house.  I made special bags for the boys and they went to a couple of neighbor’s.

I’m ready for a long rest! Whew!

Fire station Tour

Went with a group of friends to the fire station for a field trip. The boys loved it. They especially loved it when the firefighter put on his entire gear and talked to them like Darth Vader. Carson asked a lot of questions about the equipment on the truck and learned a lot.

Fossil Rim Wildlife Refuge

Took the boys to Fossil Rim. It was such a beautiful day and the animals were so cute. Except for the Emu - they scare me! I got to feel a giraffe.  Made it home in time to relax for a fun movie night with popcorn.

Sand and Ducks

We had a wonderful time at the park today with friends. The kids decided to get lost in the woods for a few minutes, which panicked their mother, but otherwise it was a fun day.

Math breakthrough!

So happy that Cameron finally really gets place value. Woo hoo!

Outdoor School

It is absolutely beautiful outside! I have officially declared today, 'outside school day'.

Reading Lesson

Everybody should do their reading lessons in a superhero costume.

Our new workshop

I put together a workshop in our new house for projects. We are out there all the time doing something. We love it!

Big Orange Pumpkin Farm

I've taken the boys to this farm every fall since Carson was 1. They added a cool Hay Maze this year. It was a beautiful day and we loved sharing it with close friends.