Class is Dismissed!

Class is dismissed for a Sand Day. When a big truck comes with a big pile of sand, there are important things to do....

...like being buried alive.

Pippin loves sand, I just wish he'd stop throwing it in his eyes!

Planting Season

Aragon raises all his own feed for the animals. I'm not sure exactly how many acres he does but my 11 year old mentioned 10 acres of soy beans (must check for accuracy!) and then there is alot of corn and hay.

More Nature Explorations

Mama Robin in her nest

Mourning Dove in her nest

We happened to catch the baby mourning doves while the mama was away!

Eleanor, a bit blurry

Aren't Cardinals the most beautiful birds?

Geese in the field

Guess I scared them away.

Bittersweet Moment

One of the bittersweet moments of motherhood with young children is the day you move your toddler out of your room into the big boys' room and the toddler is delighted.

"When Worlds Collide" Blogging

It never ceases to amaze me the comments people will rudely make regarding the size of our family. A good internet friend at Our Magnum Opus, has a terrific post on just this topic. Enjoy!

Field Trip to Jelly Belly Land

(picture from Jelly Belly Site)
If you want to do something fun go on a field trip to the Jelly Belly Factory! I must have bonked my camera as it wouldn't work when we got there! Talk about a bloggers nightmare! Thanks to my SIL, I have some pics to share the funsies! The above picture shows the train we rode on, on the left are the warehouse shelves and those jelly beans dangling from the ceiling are something like 6 feet long!

This is our little group in front of a little white beetle-bug VW that was painted with jelly beans all over the bottom portion of it (Too cute! I could just envision my friend Nissa riding around in it!). There were 12 children under 11 and they all behaved beautifully. 8 of the children were mine and then 4 of my neices and nephews, 2 SILS and MIL came along. It was grand fun.

Donning the mandatory Jelly Belly hats, the girls were ready to ride on the Jelly Belly Express. The driver gave a fun and interesting guided tour through the factory (well, not the real factory, that was shown on videos along the way). You wouldn't believe the amount of sugar they use in a year's time!

There were huge pictures made with jelly beans of various famous people.

Here are 3 of our cute neices and nephews.
Be sure to check out the Jelly Belly Website and take the free virtual tour!

Prayers for Heather

Please pray for Heather, young homeschooling mother of 3 who undergoes surgery today. Please visit Cottage Blessings for more details.