Two videos...

This is a video of a snail race.  Owen is too creative. 

And here is a video of my kids "cleaning" the basement floor...

Remodeling

We've done everything backwards, ripped walls, torn up carpet, installed floors, puttied and painted, and had a great time making a lot of interesting family memories.  We've learned a lot.  It's been stressful and fun, mixing those two emotions with a lot of others!

 


AND MORE TO DO!!!!

School started, and restarted, and restarted again...

We've had a lot of interruptions to our school, but that is life, right?!  We have the philosophy that every day is a day of learning, no matter if we get books out or complete a page of math.  We recognize that if we have a goal of learning from everyone and everything, knowledge will grow!

Here are some fun pictures of our school year so far...

    


Organizing on our "first day"








Prepping the day





Awesome field trip to Thanksgiving Point, matched our studies of early American history this year!

Jonas has joined the National Guard!!!!!!!  And Bob had the honor of swearing him in. 


And a few pictures of Troy's homecoming dance/date.

Promotion...

Bob is now a Lt. Col. in the US Army.  We are so proud of him!

Boys trip to DC

Poppa Keith and Jeanene invited Owen, Troy, and Micah to visit them in DC. They had a fantastic time, with a lot of stories and pictures to prove it... here is a sampling!



Traveling solo on the plane for the first time...
they really haven't traveled by plane too much since we depend on our BUSHBUS. 

It did not inspire too much confidence when the airline fixed a problem with duct tape...



They had the best time visiting sites and hanging out with their grandparents! 
We were all jealous back at home...

Reuben is 10, and Micah is 15!!!

I love these two boys!  They make me smile, laugh, roll my eyes, 

and wish I could freeze every moment so that I could revisit again and again!

One of Reuben's presents was going golfing with Grandpa!

A lot of joy over Pokemon!

More of 2019 summer...

Love spending time outside with our kitty!

The kids decided to cover the slide with sand...
 it took a long time to do and just a short time to destroy!

Gideon's sunlight selfie

 




We all hiked to the Timp cave!

Cool moves...

We hiked to the G in Pleasant Grove

Grandpa and Uncle Gary had a great concert!





Shark tastic Saturday at Thanksgiving Point




..................Lego Mania all summer long.....................................



The three boys, aka our "triplets"