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The Final Year
One of the only extracurricular activities my children do – besides our normal routine which happens to be extremely varied and busy – is 4-H. We have been involved in 4-H since my oldest was 9. This year Serenity, Justus & Audrey raised lambs. Since it was Serenity’s last year they all decided to raise the same animal. We had them for about 5 months and then it was time to take them to EXPO where they show for 2 days and then they sell them at an auction where business owners/leaders are the main supporters. Lambs had to be sheared… Loaded…. And taken to EXPO where all…
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Celebrating! – A Homeschool Graduation Party
Apologies for the delay in posting this. We took the Castle Keeper girls on an outing – which you will hear all about at some point! 🙂 The evening of Serenity’s graduation was perfect. No rain, not too hot and not breezy – all things we’ve had to contend with this year. (We’re getting an amazing amount of rain this year – at least for Arizona – and it’s getting so green around here that it’s starting to look like Scotland!) My amazing sister was once again here to help me with everything. She did so much work the day before and with her and a few others in the…
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Preparing for My Daughter’s Homeschool Graduation
The day that we had been working so hard to prepare our back yard for arrived and most everything that was to be accomplished was completed. What a nice feeling to know that after hours upon hours of work, you are finished (almost). There’s still the kitchen area to be built and some landscaping projects to finish but the bulk of it has been completed! Of course, there was much preparation with over 200 guests coming. So many willing hands were there to assist. Vases had to be filled with water Flowers picked up (Thanks, dad!) and arranged. And that waterfall! More flowers had to be planted. The framework for…
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The Effects of Rain in Arizona
Slowly we’re completing some of these backyard projects. This week, one area they focused on is where the swing set will be going. Two layers of weed fabric was put down in case of punctures from the gravel. This is the first layer. It was breezy so they used the shovels to hold the fabric down. Then a second and heavier duty weed fabric was put down. The gravel all placed. But then… we had the most torrential downpour that I ever remember having. We had over 3″ of rain in about 30 minutes! So many areas were flooded including the swing set area. Our basement (It’s a storage area.)…
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Backyard Update
There’s been such a flurry of activity around here between kids going to camps and working on our backyard. Yes, we still have a lot to accomplish in the backyard. Much of it are things that are more “behind the scenes” like electrical wiring. The deadline is August 13 when my daughter, Serenity, has her high school graduation party. My fourth child to graduate. I can hardly believe I will have more than half of my children finished with their homeschooling journey! In the last post, which was over a week ago, I shared pictures of the sod being laid and how the yard was transformed in one day from…
