Blue Jeans Week 7

Sunday:  Mr J is getting to be such a good reader!  Ben and Miss E listen as he reads to them.

Monday:  Miss E was home sick today.  She was running a fever, but thankfully nothing else.  She just wanted to be on the couch and watch Star Wars.

Tuesday:  Caught this lovely fellow under our back porch last night.  The joys of country living. 

Wednesday:  Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!  We love Dr. Seuss books, and we always pick our favorites to read on his birthday.  These are the ones we picked this year.

Thursday:  Tonight at church was the Relief Society meeting, or meeting for the ladies at church.  We reenacted the first RS meeting from the 1800's, and everyone came in bonnets.  Miss A came with me to celebrate, and we doned our bonnets that I made.

Friday:  Today was the last day of the 3rd 9 weeks at school (can you believe the school year is 3/4 of the way over?), so the kids got out of school at 1:00.  To celebrate the girls' all A's and a half day of school, we went to A&W for Root Beer floats!  They are perfect for any celebration!

Saturday:  After cleaning the house in the morning, we went out and did some flea market exploring as a family.  Our town has a few flea markets, and we enjoyed exploring.  Miss E was admiring this mirror when I went to take a picture of her.  This is pretty indicative with how our life is, I always have the camera :)  Hope you had a great week!

 

The Joys of Country Living

We love living in the country. It is great. We aren't too far out, but far enough. But as with everything, it does have its disadvantages. Like finding this living under your back porch. . .

Yes, it is a skunk, and yes it is covered in a flower sheet.
Why is it covered in a flower sheet you ask? Well, the guy at the store where Ben bought the trap said that once he caught it he needed to slowly come up and cover it with a blanket so he wouldn't get sprayed. This is the blanket that Ben got to cover our skunk so he wouldn't get sprayed. I guess it must have worked because he didn't get sprayed. Ben and 2 of the kids took this over the river and through the woods far way from our house to let it go. They had the hardest time getting the skunk out of the trap. I guess he liked it in there because he just didn't want to get out. Finally they ended up tying a rope to the trap and dragging it down a country road and through a ditch. When the trap went into the water the skunk finally climbed out and left. We hope he never returns so we can live happily ever after.