Leaves

We miss having lots of leaves. We waited two weeks for our only (very little) deciduous tree to drop it's leaves all the while praying they would all just drop to the ground and stay put until the tree was empty so we could rake a small pile. :) They did!

Chopping Wood

I wish we had a need for this activity, but we don't, so we'll just have to practice for Pathfinder.  Learning the camping skills 1 through 4 teaches lots of skills that we might not otherwise know and practice.

Around the World

It's fun to taste and experience other countries so we did some taste testing not long ago.

Elijah wanted burritos and tacos so we studied Mexico a bit. 

We also tried falafels... 

and hummus.  Greece!

We went to India as we tried the Lentil Daal over rice. 

We also tried England with these Jaffa Cakes.  They were a bit sweet.  We couldn't even finish them. 

Our favorite??  China or Thailand with Orange Tofu over rice and vegetarian egg rolls.  Yum!!  Asian always wins with us. 

Canning Shelves

Here they are!  About as full as it's going to be.  Over 200 quarts of applesauce, plus lots of peaches, pears, beans, tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, jam, apple butter, apple juice, grape juice, beans, soups, and more.  I love to look at it.  :)

Storytime

A couple weeks ago one of the kids assignments was to prepare a story to tell.  They needed to be able to tell the story without a book and they needed to include a lesson a Bible verse.

What fun to have family storytime where the kids tell the stories!!

Fall Outreach

In the last month we've help 3 families with their fall clean-up.  Everything from cleaning a garage to cleaning up a yard to cleaning up a garden, we can do it!!  :)

October

October was a full, full month!!

Horse and pony lessons

While Chaeli has lessons, I watched all the kids.  The boys have so much fun "living" on a farm while we are there! 

Homeschool Science Class at the Sarett Nature Center 

Visiting friends! 

Apples, apples, and more apples!  Applesauce, apple pie, apple butter... 

The Family First weekend at Camp Au Sable!  What a blessing of a weekend.  David did the A/V and the sermon on Sabbath.  I did little family outreach nuggets at the beginning of each meeting as well as helped to plan the outreach ideas for Sabbath afternoon. 

Baking!  Yum. 

Mopping.  Good job, boys!! 

Special music.  They did such a lovely job!