Well, we had a full summer with pigs, chickens, bees and a good sized garden. The pigs are still growing healthy and strong. Some are over 300 lbs now, so it is almost time to say good-bye.
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| Michael learned to give the pigs shots. It was a messy job, but he did great! |
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| Our garden started out great, but with all of the flooding and storms it has really struggled. Our early crops did really well, though. Sadly, we have only had 1 zucchini. We could probably get the worst gardener award for that. ;) |
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| We bought a riding mower with bagger, so we could mulch to keep down the weeks. It was very helpful. Hyrum thought it was fun, too! |
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| As I said the early season crops did well. Lots of yummy broccoli! |
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| And our green cabbage was amazing until the flooding. :) |
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| Hyrum loves those animals. I hope he doesn't miss them too much when they leave. |
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| He loves the animals so much that he snuck through the coop and down throw the chicken door to get into the run to play with them. Yuck! But he was thrilled! |
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| Our herbs did pretty well. Being in pots away from the floods really helped. Basil . . . yum! |
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| James and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary!! Woo Hoo! We went into Chicago, enjoyed some great food and a show. It was great to get away and spend time just the two of us! |
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| As with all fun summers we do eventually have to go back to school. It has been fun and the littles enjoy getting into everything. |
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| We are putting our school things up higher, but we are running out of height. The battles we face, but at least their cute little battles! |
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| Piano has been fun this year and Joshua (not shown) is taking lessons from someone other than myself. He loves it! I still get to teach Jacob, though, and he is happy with it that way. |
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| Art is always a favorite at our house. Hyrum was thrilled to join in. |
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| We joined some friends to go to the boys first rodeo. They loved it! |
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| Hyrum really loved the popcorn, but the big boys loved the animals. |
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| We have had fun pulling out some of the old toys. The classics never die! |
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| But why buy toys when a laundry basket will do. :) |
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| We got to go to a great snake show with the local Catholic school and Homeschoolers. It was a great show with a lot of hands on action. |
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| Jacob was thrilled that he got the snake to coil around his arm. Ewww! |
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| And for the finale was this sweet creature. Michael got to be a helper and all the kids got to hold her. What is more amazing is that she is not done growing! I bet she needs a very large tank at home! |
We are back in the throws of soccer and school and homesteading, so there is never a dull moment around here. But we are all healthy and happy! Hopefully this fall will be just as great as the summer!
