...since I have posted. Sorry about that. It seems I either didn't have much to say or I was too busy to say it. We have been gone for a few days. But I will write about that later. Here's some pictures of things that have been going on around here.
In school we have been busy studying about creation (Daniel's) and the sun (Leah's). Here we made a sun dial. It got cloudy and sprinkled some while we were doing this but I think the children got the idea.
Leah made raisins in the sun. This is one of the beginning days. She made a chart showing the different stages.
One day the children and I (and Elly) dug all the potatoes. We washed them before we put them in the basement. I was just rinsing mine but Daniel wanted to scrub his. He got tired of that after half a bucket.
After we washed them well we laid them out on this old sheet. Once they were dry I put them back in the cleaned buckets and carried them downstairs.
We haven't been all work and no play. Tim took this week off from work. On Sunday at Fort Ransom they had Sodbuster Days. We have gone many times with the older children but Leah was pretty little the last time we went and didn't remember it. She was so excited about all the horses. Here we are on a ride from the parking area to the main area.
Everything was so interesting.
We passed the other wagon going the opposite direction.
Here they were hooking up the horses so they could dig potatoes. People were welcome to get a bag and pick up the potatoes to take home after they were dug. I thought how much easier it looked to use this method than the one I used to dig my potatoes.
I didn't get a picture of them digging but the potatoes were sure flying over the back of this digger. It didn't take long for a row to be dug.
One of the things I enjoy the most is the good food. You can walk around to the different areas and get samples of whatever they are making. There were muffins, fried bread dough, ice cream, rommegrat(spell check didn't know this word and I don't have time to find the correct spelling), and apple cider...mmmm it was so good.
We took a little break and sat to enjoy these singers and players.
It is such a beautiful location. In a few weeks those trees will be showing some great color.
Here were some ladies spinning. Their two sheep were in the shade behind them.
On the way home from Sodbuster Days Tim and I decided to take the camper down to Aberdeen. We have been wanting to camp at Wylie Park all summer but every weekend was full. It was a fun few days and I will post pictures I took on our trip tomorrow if I get a chance.
I came back to ripe tomatoes. I've got a big stockpot full of tomato soup that I need to go put into jars and process.
