Vacation

We're home from a 5 day trip to see Ram's grandma. We're exhausted doing the trip so quickly, but have a busy weekend now. I have lots to blog about but don't see any time to blog until after all the Reformation/Halloween/Fall activities are done at church. As soon as I was caught up on posting pictures from this summer it was vacation time!

Pumpkin Farm Field Trip

Lamb 3 driving the tractor

Lamb 1 playing on the tires

Lamb 2 driving the tractor

3 Lambs on the hay bales-sorry for the glare 

3 Lambs doing the small straw bale maze-Lamb 2 was really good at this!

Riding the wagon with friends-the wagon took just us and one other family.

Lamb 1, A, T, Lamb 2, Lamb 3

Lamb 3 picking the perfect pumpkin

With our pumpkins we chose
Lamb 1, T, Lamb 3, A, Lamb 2

Lamb 3 in the corn pile

Lamb 1 in the corn pile-I had to watch him the closest, that he didn't stick corn in his ears-go figure since he is the oldest Lamb! 

Lamb 2 in the corn pile
I commented that in MN they would never have a corn pile for kids-we knew too many accidents on the farms with people in corn bins. I know this was just a few inches and parents/teachers watch their kids, but we didn't stay in the corn bin long. In MN we had a sand table filled with corn, but didn't get in the corn.

Eating popcorn and drinking juice with friends

We were on vacation when Lamb 3's preschool class went to the pumpkin farm for a field trip. So I organized our own field trip with my friend Joelle's kids. The dads had to work, but the moms and kids had a great field trip. It happened to be a day that some of the local schools had off so they opened up to the public, not just field trips while we were there. It was crowded and if I ever organize a field trip again we'll try to avoid a day that the schools are off. But we had a great time and we look forward to going again next year. The weather was beautiful the day we went-after that it got colder and rainy some days.

Zoo Field Trip

3 Lambs

On the boat ride-our first time taking this ride!

Ewe's favorite part, the penguins!

Lamb 3's preschool class went to the zoo in September. It was the perfect day-not too hot, not crowded. I had never been to the zoo for a field trip in the fall before. We had a great time. I love that we homeschool so all 3 Lambs can go on the field trips together. Unfortunately Ram had to work that day, but the rest of us had fun!

Then Lamb 2 had speech and then Grandma came over for the afternoon to visit. We went out to eat with Grandma that night. We fit a lot into one day but we had a great time!

Apple Orchard

Joelle and I took another field trip together, this time to the apple orchard.

A getting a high up apple

Isn't T cute here?

Lamb 1 picking the perfect apple

Lamb 2 and 3 picking apples

Lamb 3 pulling the wagon

Joelle, Elizabeth, Ewe
A, T, Lamb 1, Lamb 2, Lamb 3
The blue bucket is Joelle's. The other buckets are ours. We made some applesauce and ate some plain.

This was the only photo I have of Elizabeth's week long visit. I'm glad we took this photo!

Swimming

Our subdivision has a pool that we really enjoyed this summer. Our housing association fees are high, but we have free Internet and free use of the pool all summer. Our city has crowded city pools so the pool in our subdivision was great. The pool used salt water, not chlorine, which made it even better. Ram and I enjoyed getting our exercise in the pool this summer. All of the Lambs improved their swimming skills after swim lessons this summer by going to the pool regularly. We look forward to the pool next summer. Ewe bought a new suit at the end of the season so she is ready for next summer!

School House Field Trip

My friend Joelle organized a field trip for us to go to the Bown House. We enjoyed stepping back in time a little, especially the old school house. The Lambs had been to old school houses when we lived in MN, but Joelle's daughter had not been before. These photos were taken with Ram's phone while my camera was in the shop.

4 students in this classroom

Lamb 2 talking on the telephone

Lamb 2 pumping water, Lamb 1 churning butter

Lamb 3 baking, A washing clothes

A, Lamb 3, Lamb 1, Lamb 2 outside the Bown House

We then went to Powells and spent way too much money on old fashioned candy. Thanks, Joelle for organizing this field trip for us!

Cherish the Ladies Groupie

In August I demanded asked Ram and his parents for a definite date for our fall vacation because I needed wanted to know if it would be possible for us to go to the Cherish the Ladies concert when they came to ID. I was so happy when I found out that Ram and his dad's schedule both worked for vacation to be a different time than the concert!

Waiting 2 months after tickets were purchased+
2 take out pizzas for the Lambs+
paying babysitter for 9 hours+
dinner and dessert for Ram and Ewe+
2 tickets to the concert+
buying 3 CDs+
driving 2 hours one way=

Listening to Cherish the Ladies CDs all the way there and back+
Front row seats for a wonderful concert+
Hot date for Ram and Ewe+
Ewe getting her picture taken and the autograph of the best flautist Ewe has ever met!

Joanie Madden and Ewe

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