August

 I'm doing my best trying to keep up with this blog. The whole summer was kind of strange. I guess because of Covid, life seems like a run on sentence when we didn't plan anything. The only rain storm we had was in July and it wasn't significant. It's been so dry. We had a few clouds in July but August was so full of smoke from fierce fires around the country. Here are the two sunset evenings I captured all summer. August just felt really busy too. 

The smoke made the season almost feel apocalyptic. I know it's not good to look at the sun, but the haze made it easy to do so.......... look away! Look away! 

The garden season was good this year, even with the absence of precipitation.  

Willow was thrilled when Bryan built her some monkey bars. This girl plays hard. 

We were busy working on the cabin this summer.....

I Tom Sawyered the kids into chinking the inside of the cabin after we removed a couple of walls to expose the logs. Just like the pioneers did it. How everybody from the Babylonians to the Native Americans built enclosed structures. Clay, straw, water, and our hands! Mud Pie architecture! 

Here are my back to school photos of the kids in 2020. We decided since we had 3 kids in three different schools and things were "not normal" the kids would be homeschooled. I couldn't have done it without other parental help. 

Ava: 8th Grade

Isaac: 5th Grade

Willow: 1st Grade 

Our "little house on the prairie" school house. Thankfully, this won't make it feel like we are doing school at "home." Blessed to have this neutral place to get our creative juices flowing. 

Ava's birthday was the highlight of the month.
Our mighty girl is 13 ! She makes my heart sing. 

We had a weekend get-together to celebrate Jorja, Ava, and Addison's birthdays.