GAH!!
Today may be the BEST day EVER!
It is just SO beautiful outside!
We are enjoying our summer days to the fullest – even when they are not warm and sunny!
Colder and cloudy days have us listening to books, coloring, and doing school like projects!
Someone likes his milk!
His Mama loves his dimple!!
Beautiful summer days are full of all kinds of good things!
Like running down into the valley first thing in the morning with a sweet baby!
So that sweet baby can get a haircut!
When we returned home, we followed the farrier into the farm.
He was here to work on our two new horses, Gambler and Gridlock!
Grant stayed home to help keep everyone calm – and then he headed to work!
Then while the littles played, the middles cleaned the van inside and out!
In their swim suits, of course!
Thanks boys!
The best day ever means that you opened the pool for the season and let the kids freeze go for their first swim!
After swimming we had some delicious smoothies!
Just look at all that yummy!
These summer days will be different this year as we get ready to move off the farm.
I have been packing!
Whoever is available at the time jumps in and helps me!
Yesterday I managed to pack ALL of the school books and now these shelves are empty!
I have the books in those totes, labeled and ready to be stored.
I also got smart and packed all of the things I will need this fall into one tote and marked it well so I can just grab it when school starts!
We are downsizing with this move – in all ways.
We plan on having a smaller home, and less land.
And less STUFF!
I hope to leave here with half of what we have!
So far this week we have taken two van loads to Good Will, have many photos of things that will be listed and sold, and have filled half a dozen black garbage bags with junk.
How embarrassing is that?
This house is huge and we have SO MUCH STUFF.
We received the offer on our farm one week ago today, and finalized the details of the offer on Sunday night.
We have eight more weeks before we are supposed to close, even though our closing date is not set yet.
We are still working out where we will be going!
Trusting in Jesus! He knows!!
I am hoping to give the middles and littles as much normal as possible during this transition.
Summer school, read aloud, going places, swimming…..these things will all be priorities!
Speaking of priorities – I needed a break from the knats – but now I best better head back outside and spend the rest of the beautiful day with my kiddos!!!
We are still waiting on Baby K – Kayla and the babies will be here any minute to visit though!
Hope you all are having a beautiful day too!!
