First Day of School 2013-2014

Wow we are growing !!!  The first day of school, a big 3rd grader and a 1st grader!!!!  They are excited and ready for school and what they are expected to do!  Yes the routine is great, but man I could more efficient if we had school from 9:30-4:30 instead of 8:30-3:30!!!
This mom here (that is a teacher too)  is feeling like a part timer!!!!  I only have 13 kindergarteners!! WOW it is awesome and we are only on day 2!!!!

We hope the enthusiasm about school continues all year long!!!!

FARM

Yes I was raised on a farm and it is normal to shear sheep, put hay in the barn, drive a tractor,  pull a wagon, go on vacation around the hay mowing, can green beans, have a garden, make salsa, freeze sweet corn, chore, and well you know stay at home and work and get things accomplished on a daily basis.  The house chores are not always the most important and laundry and dishes are a must to keep clean the rest... well it just falls in place!

A couple of Fridays ago, we sheared sheep in the morning, and put square bales in the barn in the afternoon evening!! Wow by 9:30 we were ready for bed and we felt like we had things accomplished!! It is amazing to me how I reflect on the morals and work ethic I was taught by living/working/ be raised on a farm!! 

Zipline

The boys ziplined at the state fair!  Many more pictures o f the iowa state fair to come!

FREEZE

That is what I want to do right now. The boys went hunting with their dad and I didn't go to church. (oops).  I have cleaned the house and I feel caught up. Shew .  I washed bedding, swept floor, put away clothes, dusted, rearranged living room, cleaned bathroom, dishes and now going to work on craft/school project!!!!  Glad to say at one point this summer I got all of this done in the same 12 hours!!!!!!  
School project and Friday working pictures to come!!!

Summer

S- sleep in
U- up late
M- making a lot of meals
M- mowing the yard
E- eating lots of garden veggies
R -reading 2 great books

The last 2 weeks have been the restful relaxing, no hurry time of our summer!  We have been home.  The boys play, play, play and we have the neatest rodeo and fair in our living room, Tucker has a constant derby that never stops in his bedroom!  Brandon has been laid off and they have been hunting a lot in the morning!  We have spent a lot of quality time together the 4 of us, and oh yes he left for 3 days to hunt and such, and I made it with the boys non-stop!!!!
I am reading a good book, canning garden veggies, doing classwork, and preparing my brain for school in a week and a half.  I called Grandma this morning and told her I was doing # 7,684, 000 load of laundry!!!! 
So here is to the rest of the week and the peaceful, restful, relaxed, no hurry schedule!!!!

What is you last days of summer being filled with???