This past week was spent with our guests from Canada, Michigan & Tucson. Farm chores still had to be completed.  One morning Audrey carried the compost bucket out to the compost pile wearing her brother’s too big shoes.  I just had to snap this picture because it warmed my heart to see her outside working, enjoying her job.  I am so thankful that we can live a rural lifestyle with our menagerie of animals, making us feel like we have a farm. The boys even filmed a short “movie” in which they all brainstormed the script and which is now being edited by Mitch. Wesley acted out the part of…

Here’s that post I promised about the boy’s wilderness camping trip. Zachary, Wesley, Mitch (a friend from Tucson) and Andrew (another friend from Michigan) loaded up their gear and readied themselves to leave one morning after a breakfast of oatmeal and toast(??).  Zachary made the breakfast so I’m not sure if he added toast to their fare. Notice the bananas in Wesley’s hands (far right).  I gave that to them at the last minute so they’d have some back-up provisions because these boys only took a few homemade bread baguettes to sustain them; the rest of the time they were going to live off the land. Also notice, Andrew (on…

The week started off with Mother’s Day.  The kids in Sunday School sang a nice song about mothers and gave us each a red rose as well as these cute little teapots with a tea bag in them.  Such a cute idea. This picture was not taken on Sunday.  Justus really didn’t wear this spotty t-shirt to church.  Really! 🙂 Then we had boys arrive from Tucson and Michigan.  My boys and them wanted to test their mountain man skills and live off the land; so they packed up their gear and headed for the woods (about 4 miles from our house) with some bread and bananas.  🙂  The boys took a…

So many things happened this week that I didn’t post about, so I’m going to just do a week in review with pictures.  (that’s me, lots of pictures 🙂 ) Seth left for Manitoba, Canada, Monday morning at 12 a.m.  I’m  missing him!  I grab 8 forks out of the drawer to set the table and then realize, oops! I only need 7. Russell took me on an anniversary get-away.  Our anniversary was in April while the 4-H EXPO was going so we had to hold the celebration. 🙂  21 years.  Unbelievable that it has went by that quickly! When we arrived home from our time at the Scottsdale Plaza…