4H Pet Poster Project

 

 Victoria and I are having lots of fun with 4H this year. We start our meeting with games to promote public speaking and then spend the rest of the time working on a project. This past month's topic was Pets. Of course Victoria chose to learn more about her Syrian Longhaired hamster named Georgie. All the kids chose a pet, or a pet they would like to have. They researched proper diet, habitat, anatomy, the breeds origin and interesting facts. The kids also sewed 14 felt mice and 22 strings on a stick kitty toys for the humane society which were greatly appreciated. Victoria is very excited about the Fair this summer knowing that she might be able to win a ribbon for any of her projects. This will be her first year that she can do that since Cloverbuds don't win place ribbons. They usually get participation ribbons.

A Few Moments....

 The reward for setting up for co-op and finishing early...

A picture of how a little sister can coerce her big brothers into holding the jump rope ends.

Unzipped

 

I guess Sidgrid is healthy....he's unzipped his birthday suit and has a new one already.

Seed Experiment

 

Victoria's ziplock bean seed experiment is coming along quite well. Nothing like growing green beans while it is snowing outside....as I type. She has really gotton into this, turning the light on and off each day. All this growing is making me look forward to planting our garden in May. We have new ideas that we can't wait to start. It is almost time to start our seedlings indoors too.
Aahh, spring is in the air.....well almost since it is currently snowing outside.

One Spoiled Tortoise!

How to tell if your tortoise is spoiled?
1. He will only eat when the sun is shining.
2. He prefers to be hand fed.

Happy Birthday Jared!

Our family is half grown into adulthood.

It kind of freaks me out.

I still feel young but then look at Jared, who is taller than me,

and I start to feel older. Especially when I look in the mirror.

Oh yeah, I am old enough to have a 21 and 18 year old.

Jared is definitely 18. He is done having his mom be his teacher.

I think I am too, so that is a win, win situation.

I remind him of what he needs to get done in a week regarding his school

schedule and he rolls his eyes. He had either already done it

or had it on his schedule. He is a breath of fresh air knowing that

we have another adult in the house. I know that if it was

not for he and Kaleb tending to our garden all summer, we wouldn't still be eating

vegetables out of our freezer.

He helps us keep up with everything that has to be done in a week.

He makes a killer sandwich that anyone would love to eat especially with

spicy peppers that Kirk canned last summer.

I call him a bread snob because he prefers to make his sandwiches

on a roll rather than a slice of bread.

Jared is a great big brother to all the kids, helping them stay on task

or shows them how to clean something correctly.

Which brings me to one of his better qualities.

He likes things to be clean, often threatening his little sister

with a trash bag if she doesn't clean up her room so he can

vacuum her carpet.

I tell him that any wife will love that he will help

with the cleaning but be careful that he doesn't drive her nuts.

When he was just a little guy, I would often wonder if he

would ever get his shoes on the right feet. Now he buys his own shoes,

choosing styles that I didn't even know he liked.

I love watching him grow into the young man that I know God is

 intending him to be. I love that he is maintaining his Christian values as

he is entering the next stage of his life.

His dad and I are really proud of him.

Now, I just need to survive learning to drive......

 



Woo Hoo, A Snow Day!

We have been praying for snow and it has finally come.

 The bummer part is that we had to cancel our co-op classes today.

 Our little snowman reads 6 inches overnight...with more to come!
I think back about our past life in sunny Arizona and ask myself...
Do we miss the warm Arizona sun?....
It is definately cold here but WE LOVE IT WHEN IT SNOWS!
Living in a place with seasons just makes it more interesting.
You can look out the same window every day and see it differently as the seasons come and go. After snow we get beautiful spring flowers. The seasons always bring something to look forward to.
I need that.

 I think we moved to Northern Utah at the right time. Having teenage boys is a huge blessing, especially with all the shoveling that they do. I think our neighbor likes it too. She pays them pretty well to shovel her drive way.

I'm glad their services come with the responsibility of the family.

 Victoria is already stir-crazy since we had to cancel classes. Time to boot her outside and play with the dogs.

 She tried to plow a sledding path but quickly realized that she had better get one of her brothers to help and a slicker sled. I don't know what she would do without her brothers.

 It is the funniest thing to watch the dogs when you throw a snowball for them to chase after. They stick their heads down the hole that the snowball made looking for it. Sam will always come up with a mouthful of snow as if he caught the ball. He just eats it....like everything else he comes in contact with.

 That is the new police department off in the background. We couldn't ask for a better place.....who knew that after our experience in life that we would have a police department and a library just out our back gate!
We feel safe with plenty of good reading!