Time for another post 😃

We've had haircuts, start of our school year, and some new additions to the fam.

Myles and Aeva got haircuts.......... 

Aeva was channeling her inner Audrey Hepburn

Our school year officially started the week after Labor Day.

I can't believe I have been homeschooling since 2004. I jumped in with both feet and never looked back. I've never regretted it one bit. It's been such an awesome experience, so many wonderful memories made, so much that I've learned, time with my kiddos that I wouldn't trade for the world!

Molly hanging out with Aeva.

We went for an outing to JoAnn Fabrics because there was a great sale on patterns, and Aeva wanted to get a few. We had to stop at the Halloween display.

My best friend's mom gave Elsa a cross stitch to work on. It's a pillow case. Elsa was so thrilled and is really enjoying it.

I can't remember if I posted about this or not. I took down the little bunting that Rhaevyn had made for me one Christmas years ago. I put up something new and some fairy lights.

I made this for Meg. This is one of the ways we do her spelling words.

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Rhaevyn and Myles have really wanted to get chickens for about two years now. I was able to resist up until now. I figured we'd do Ag Science this year for Myles. He has done, and continues to do, a lot of research about chicken breeds, chicks, chicken coops, etc. You name it he has, and is, researching it. I thought I'd have until the spring. I had no idea that the feed store would have chicks in the fall.

Here he is setting up a place for chicks.

Myles went Monday with Chris to the feed store. He decided on what breed of chick he wanted. Rhaevyn purchased the chick beginner kit. When they went back that evening, the breed Myles wanted (Buff Orpington) was sold out 😢

So, he decided to get a Barred Rock. He named her Betty. Rhaevyn got a Black Australorp and named her Lady Silfrena

I had decided that I was going to get one. Three was the max. I had heard about chicken math, read about chicken math, and been warned about chicken math. I resolved that I would not fall victim to chicken math. Then as I called around to see what the other feed store had, and was going to get in, there were two I really wanted. So, four was now the max. No more than four!!

Thursday evening we went and looked at a chicken coop, which we ended up deciding was too small for four chickens. Since we were over in the direction of the other feed store I thought I would just stop in. One of the breeds I really wanted was sold out and was not coming in the next day. I found another breed that was coming in and thought I would just get that one. We'd still just have four.

Friday morning everyone hurried to get their schoolwork done. We headed over to the feed store to get first pick. I couldn't believe  it,  the one breed that I had wanted, but had sold out, was was there!!  A new batch arrived. What to do, what to do??? Well, why not get all three? Then Rhaevyn wanted just one more. Saturday, Elsa picked out her own...........I mean at this point what's one more chicken????

So, now we have seven..........which is the number of completeness. 

To the two that we got on Monday we added a:

Blue Copper Moran, known for laying chocolate eggs that are supposed to be the best tasting. She is mine, and I named her Zippy. It was originally Mable, but she is the tiniest of the chicks and zips around everywhere not worrying about running any of the other chicks over. So, Zippy seemed more fitting.

Blue Wyandotte. She is also mine, and I named her Dot.

Mottled Java. This has now ended up being Meg's, and her name is Dolly.

Buff Orpington. This is Elsa's, and she named her Pumpkin.

Cinnamon  Queen. This is Rhaevyn's second, and her name is Biscuit.

They are so super cute, and so fun to watch. We are all learning so much.

Chris said we could have chickens, but he wasn't thrilled. He said he wanted nothing to do with them. Ha ha ha, now he has done a lot of research on coops and come up with some plans for one. He and Myles are going to build one. Yay............woodworking for Myles's schooling!!

 

Tuesday Chris had a job interview online, so I took the kids to Lewisville Park for a bit. The weather was gorgeous!

Myles wanted me to make several slow motion videos of him at the park. He is so funny!

 

 

 

 

 

Dentist appointment day............

No cavities!!!

Myles and Molly being silly:

  Apparently I had started this post and forgotten about it. Here goes....

 

This is what shopping with Myles is like...............laughter ensues every time!

Rhaevyn is loving her new job! We braved Goodwill for some slacks. I hadn't realized she left most of her clothes behind in Utah that would be business casual. She talked me into this shirt while we were there. We just crossed our fingers that our purchases would fit when we got home since you can't try anything on. I really love the blouse and it goes nicely with these capris that a friend had given me. I've not owned a pair of white pants since I was 12, but I think it's a nice ensemble.

 I haven't worn my hair down in about a month. I decided to straighten it too. And, my face is really starting to return to normal.

**Update: Rhaevyn loved her job for the first week or two, but it rather went down hill from there. While all the other clinics had two to three persons manning the check in desk for temperature taking and masking up, our local clinic in town was the only one that didn't. So, Rhaevyn was on her own. As tensions mounted over policy changes and having to mask up, she decided that she was not going to try and stick it out until the end of September. I think the deciding factors were when two workers employed by the same clinic were injured by patients who were upset over the policies and masks. One worker, doing the same job as Rhaevyn (at another building), was thrown up against the wall. Then a nurse had her foot slammed in the door by a patient. I think being up at the front alone, where no one could see if something was going wrong, wasn't good. She had a couple people on drugs come in as well. Luckily there always seemed to be a patient who would come in right after and ask if Rhaevyn was okay. Having the job was a good experience, but she is happy to be done with it and starting school up again. She's got quite a full load.

 I love hearing the kids sing together when they watch movies together. This one was a Barbie movie.

Myles brought me a beautiful lily from his garden.

Myles's first time shaving!! We all had to watch!

I had gone to Trade Joe's and found this sweet mini bouquet. I got it for Rhaevyn because she had come home from work the day before sobbing. When I told the cashier, at Trader Joe's, why I was buying it she said it was on them. She asked to pass a message on to Rhaevyn to keep her chin up! I just thought that was so unbelievably kind and generous.

Since all of the highland games have been cancelled for the year, Elsa asked to have her hair cut short.

Before

After

My garden is producing some very yummy tomatoes. Nothing else has survived thanks to the squirrels!

Myles helped Chris repair our back sliding screen door.

The BYU sticker is gone on the Volvo and has been replaced.....

Rhaevyn painted some new postcards. One for a friend of ours.........

This is a watercolor of her barn. She absolutely loved it.

Rhaevyn painted the sailboats for Uncle Bob.

Rhaevyn and I took a little trip to the Saturday Farmers' market in Vancouver. She decided to treat herself to a bouquet of flowers. They were beautiful and smelled soooo good! She made a small bouquet from it for me and put it in my room.

Aeva did a painting from a picture that was taken from our neighborhood several years ago.

Elsa made a purse for her Barbies.

One Sunday Meg and I dressed up, and she asked to have some pictures taken together. I couldn't say no!!

Myles got a new fish, but his shrimp ended up dying.......so sad.

And that's that.....