The past few weeks we've had a taste of farm life.....ENJOY:
A few weeks ago, Macie found our first egg in the backyard....good job Macie!  These were found this morning:   This was one of the most memorable "date nights" throughout our marriage....lol (dancing lessons comes in second place.) We had such a great time working on the nursery last week with a few of the children, I wanted to share some pics so you can catch the vision that we're a part of:       We had an excess of cabbages, so our friend researched how to dehydrate them into "cabbage chips." She used a combination of the following recipes (click pdf document below): 
The yummy cabbage chips were wonderful! I REALLY ENJOYED THIS LITTLE CLIP: Here's a link with more info: http://www.beyondorganicinsider.tv/ On Friday, we were approaching the last day to enjoy a substantial homeschool discount at our local water park. I could not recruit a last minute energetic adult to assist with managing all children in a potentially risky environment, nor did I have a budget to purchase tickets for our entire family. So, I had pretty much resolved that I'd only take a few of our older children, and arrange a separate outing for the "littles" (6 and younger.) As much as I wanted to spare the disappointment of the younger children, it is part of life to experience this unfavorable emotion at times. My resolution was for our children 6 and younger (with the exception of MaYah), to enjoy visiting our friend and watch movies, bake brownies and make scrapbooks. This allowed for me to relax and take our oldest 4 children out for a waterpark excursion (see pics below.)  Our friend makes this simple, and delicious, salad with just a few ingredients. Aside from a limited investment to begin, it can also be made in bulk and it will store well in the fridge...YEAH! Ingredients:
 This was just a small sampling of the leftovers from our Agriculture Co-Op....The majority was grown or gathered locally (all but the oranges) As I've mentioned before, try to Support Local & Eat Healthy :) This is one of my favorite pictures. When I look at MaYah, many times it seems like she has understanding well beyond her age. I often wonder, "Whatcha Thinkin'??"  | 
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