I don't have much time so I'm going to let the pictures do the talking. We have welcomed in fall with Halloween decorations and a trip to the apple orchard with friends! We have been spending the rest of our time homeschooling and trying not to go crazy during a pandemic!
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| Getting creative with Homeschooling! |
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| Isla and Austin learning about Dinosaurs in science |
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| On a morning walk before school to check out the neighborhood Halloween decor! |
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| We take pleasure in the small things nowadays, and getting out of the house is one of them! |
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| A beautiful day at the park! |
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| AND this is me trying to get some work done for my RN job while I am simultaneously homeschooling the kids AND nursing a cranky infant! Life has not been easy I tell you! |
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| God Bless America! Today was September 11th and we had a lesson on the meaning of this day in homeschool today. |
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| Evie doctoring up her favorite tree. She speaks "tree" and he told her he wasn't feeling very good. |
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| Evie loves to help me with Isla and on this special day she told me to go ahead and eat my dinner because she was going to feed the baby for me :). |
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| Working on their nature notebooks. |
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| I have been getting up early every morning so I can go on a walk alone and watch the sun rise. It is my only time alone when I can talk to God and find answers to my many questions. We are taking each day by day and I am so grateful for this time to align my desires and fears with God's plans for me and my family. |
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| Science: Austin writing out his hypothesis about color mixing |
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| Using Skittles to mix colors and test out our theories! |
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| We have started FUN FRIDAY where we do all things fun! This was cooking class! |
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| Adding the cherry filling to her mini pie! |
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| Evie was so proud of her little pie she made! |
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| brushing their pies with butter to perfect that yummy flaky crust! |
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| On Fun Friday we also do arts and crafts! Here they are painting sunflowers! I love how Austin made his background a beautiful blue sky, and Evie's background is every color of the rainbow. This is so typical of both kids' personalities! |
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| Friday night is also homemade pizza night! Making the pizza dough with my girl was a blast! |
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| Spending my Saturday morning wearing a mask (because we are in a pandemic and we have to wear it everywhere) and getting my CPR renewed :( |
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| I love that we have encorporated family scripture study every morning and Family prayer. This pandemic has been rough, but it has allowed for precious moments like these. |
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| In science we are trying to grow an avocado tree from an avocado pit! |
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| I am also teaching the kids how to play the piano! Even Isla is loving it! haha! |
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| The kids are loving it! |
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| First day of fall means Halloween decor! |
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| It might still be 99 degrees outside, but at least it looks like fall! |
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| We went on a fun field trip with friends to the Gilcrease Orchard! |
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| I can't even tell you how amazing it felt to be outside with friends on this day!! This pandemic has made it so hard to socialize which has caused a depression in all of us. |
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| Austin and Owen! |
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| Picking apples! |
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| Evie and Blakely! |
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| Austin picked this gigantic cucumber and then came home and ate the ENTIRE THING!!! He was so proud of himself! |
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| After the field trip, we went back to Chauntelle's new house and did a fun science experiment with all the kids! |
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| Learning about apples and seeds |
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| Making apple boats and testing their hypothesis if it floats or not! |
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| Isla and Emery playing in the grass while the older kids do their experiments! |
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| Evie and Blakely were the same age as their baby sisters when they first met and became friends. This picture melts my heart! |
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| After apple picking, we came home and made apple pie! |
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| Nothing like a homemade apple pie to put a smile on everybody's faces! |
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| Even Isla got some apples! |
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| The mornings have been so gorgeous lately! So we took our morning scriptures outside! |
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| I had a really rough night and was crying to Briana and Sadie on the phone. My Mom has been losing her mind and then calling and ruining my days and my Dad got hit by another car :(. So the next day Josh sent me this and it made my whole week! |
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| Grateful for the love of my life! |
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| For Fun Friday, we made these fun yarn pumpkins! |
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| Waiting for the yarn to dry so we can pop the balloons. |
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| The final product! |
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| And I finally got my hair cut! It has been over 5 months and was much needed!! |
