September 2023

September was such a good month for us! It brought us a visit from BooBoo, Shelby's 13th birthday, more sunshine than we expected!!, our family's first experience with cross country {more on that to come soon in a separate post!}, and settling into our new routines. 

The entire seventh grade at Shelby's school went on a field trip to hike Arctic Valley in early September. It was so muddy, but we were glad we went! 

{An out of order photo too good to not include...reading aloud with Oreos and milk. This is what homeschool dreams are made of!}

{a cold, muddy hike called for Taco Bell & Crumbl afterwards!}

{art project for The Elves & the Shoemaker}

{Hadley taught me how to play the Catan dice game one afternoon while Brady was still napping}

{making pumpkin chocolate chip cookies}

{more scooter fun during Shelby's piano lesson}

{the message on this letter board was made for Hadley: "I have enough jewelry..said no one ever!"}

{fun at the Guitar Center}

{playing with kinetic sand while I read aloud to them one morning}

On a sunny Saturday, we rode bikes to Shelby's middle school and played on the football field. We had the best time!

{more scootering during piano...you can see more & more leaves on the ground in each of these pictures!}

We went to a local trampoline park on a recent Friday afternoon...it was so fun!

{first basketball game of the season for this guy!}