New Chicken Barn...

Finally got to the point on the new chicken barn to round the girls up and move them into their new high class home.

Going to have more photos from inside soon but having problems getting things to load on new laptop and this old one is glitching.

School Pics

Since we are homeschooling this year I called around trying to get my boys in for school pictures but got the run around so I put the word out on the Homeschooling group that I wanted to get pics done and found a great photographer here locally.  CG Images out of Hoquiam.

Well, can't get good smiles in every one but I still like this one. 

This is a rope walk so both boys are balanced on a rope and trying to hold still and smile.
 

 

That is just a sneak peek I don't want to give away the ones I am using for our Christmas cards this year!  We got some of each boy alone then a couple great pics of the boys together!  So much better then school pictures I have gotten last few years.

 

 

Shhhhhhh

Finally got all 26 asleep...silence for the first time in 2 days when the eggs started hatching.  They are so darn cute...

Oyster Feed and loggers

Yesterday was one of my family's favorite days...Oyster Feed day.  Always the 2nd Saturday in September and so darn yummy.

Ok, pic was taken after a couple plate refills and everyone was getting pretty full.  Boys were excited because they got to drink soda.  Don't think we will eat oysters again for a few days.  They have all you can eat oyster stew, steamed oysters, bbq oysters, clam chowder, shrimp coleslaw and rolls.  It was so good, I came home and took a nap.

Then we headed to the stadium for Logger Playday, one of my favorite activities.  And the night is always ended with an amazing firework display.

This is one of the double buck races.  At the end of the night so many kids get the cookies, guess it would be wrong for me to push the kids aside so I can get a cookie to take home.  I tried double buck but I always had crooked cookies so I gave it up and only competed in the ax through when I was in college.

So that was our Saturday, it was a wonderful day.

My phone takes crappy firework photos.  Wish I had taken my camera this year...maybe I will remember next year...

Been MIA...sorry

Things have been so darn crazy trying to get homeschooling organized and under control.  I have things basically down at this point.  We have Grammar, Math, Physics, Reading and History. 

We are currently doing a review of 6th grade math before jumping into 7th grade math. 

We are reading Hatchet and I got some teacher books to go with it providing me with spelling, assignments and tests to go with the story...also found I can get the book on audio file from the library and I hope to use that as time I can step away from the homeschool during the day.  Sky said his teacher last year did their books on tape during class also. 

Just got my history books Thursday, I broke down and went with The Story of the World.  Starting with book 1, even though it is meant for grade 5, Sky has not covered the material in 5th or 6th grade so I am going with it.

Not a fan of Physics, must admit it, trying to get though it so we can get to the fun stuff, biology and getting to dissect stuff. 

Using Grammar Ace at this point but I have gotten Grammar books for both 5th and 7th grade that we will dive into once I do this basics which is so cool because the assignments are designed to go with School House Rock.  I LOVE SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK.  Boys say graphics are cheesy but I don't care, looked at minecraft lately?  I am very shocked at how little my boys know about the parts of grammar.  Sky got some last year at the middle school but Brady and Sky both agree they never learned much of it in elementary school.

Oh and Sky is starting homeschool band this week.  He currently is the only clarinet player in the intermediate group but they have a nice variety of members from sax to trumpet to flute to drums.

Went to library yesterday to make copies of assignments and test for the next week or so and now after I get the kitchen clean I can start organizing that.

Homeschooling fears...

Today we are starting homeschooling.  Shane said we needed to start early so if the boys do not do their work we still have time to get them into public school on Sept 2nd.  I am nervous that the boys won't take it seriously.  Sky said he wanted to sleep in tell 10, I said 8 but then decided to let them sleep tell I had breakfast ready.

I am not ready though.  Classroom is still not ready so we are starting off at the dining table.  Won't be too bad since Shane has been working outside mostly and not in his office which is just off the dining room. 

Fingers crossed!!!

so much love...

I am reminded of a Friends episode today.  Ross and his ex wife are about to have a baby and Ross is fighting with Susan and Phoebie says how lucky the baby is because he isn't even born yet and people are fighting over who gets to love him the most...

This leads me to this situation...

On the left is Henny Penny, on the right is Speckles and the turkey in the middle is New Years and in the corner behind them is Baby.  The turkey is very protective of Baby but both hens don't like her getting too close to her.

And now here is her first photo...Baby...