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I never tire of the beauty this place brings. Calming and humbling. 

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Photo Friday

We're back! Well, all but one of us is (Justin is gone at a conference).

Ava sitting on the furniture we were trying to assemble at Michelle's, so not being helpful :) but at least not being destructive which was great.

Jaime's kindergarten assessment. New stage!

The girls were thrilled to bits to go through a carwash. We got it detailed after being let down by the appearance of our humble vehicle after riding in a brand new minivan for 3 weeks in VA.

We did a hair switcheroo this week. It was our first experience with curlers.

We spent a good part of yesterday at Thanksgiving Point. It was great to get out of the house.

Photo Friday

I did it!  I am actually going to post on Friday as long as no one interrupts me.  As I said that Hyrum took over my keyboard to play with music, but I will prevail!  I did get to put Anakin Skywalker's arms back on him while my pictures loaded.  Just keeping it real.  :)

We finally got to celebrate Jacob's birthday after our guests left.  He got some fun legos and cars and army men.  We learned to fight battles with rubber bands making army men much more exciting!  

Now you get to see what we do after a family reunion!  Cleaning up can be fun!  :)

And we have been spending a lot of time in the garden weeding, but these are just pretty and don't require much work.  My favorite!

I hope everyone is having a great week!  Love you all and appreciate you!

Snapshot Saturday

Now that all of our guests are gone I can post a few pictures from the week.  I didn't take many, but here is what I have.

Hyrum loved Wildlife Prairie Park.  I think we will go there next year with all of you!

More Hyrum.

We tried waffles this time instead of pancakes.  I think it will go really well next year.  :)

Our chickens are laying much more consistently again.  Phew!

We all survived and are looking forward to a quiet week, though, we will be sad to see James leave on Wednesday.

Photos!

We have been photo negligent with the family reunion going on at our house this week. It takes a lot of energy to make those things happen! It's now over, the house is almost back to normal, and the last visitors leave tomorrow. Here are just a couple shots from our week. 

Washing walls prior to touch up painting!

New door!

Joshua and his bees. He got his first tiny taste of honey and he was aglow for days!

Moving the rug back. Even Simon helped!

Lemongrass casualty. It happens. Last year it was delphinium casualty. 

Something wants our trash. Tracking experts: coon or opossum?

Snapshot Saturday

This has been an eventful week!

We finally got our new door.  But this is no door.  I'm glad it was a nice day!

So pretty when it was done!

The outside looks the same, but it isn't!  And it has a screen!!!!

Finding the queen bee.  He is doing a great job!  

This is Ava playing while mom and dad work.  It was fun spending some time with them.

Planting season is always fun and fills our car!

The little birthday boy and his adventures in climbing.  This is what he was doing while I ran on the treadmill. 

And you thought Cheerios were for eating!

So, I learned not to give the 1 yr old a lit candle.  I moved his hand away and he started crying.  :(  

Once the candle was gone and he had free reign, things were much better !  

No shirt after that cake, but opening presents was fun.

We miss you all!  I hope you enjoy our adventures!