Balloon Fiesta!

 Matthew came back to town to pick up the Camry and drive it home. And his timing happened to overlap with the famous Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. So Wednesday morning we woke up at 4:30 and drove up to the festival. Our toes were numb and Claire was really cranky the whole time, but it was so magical! We loved seeing all the balloons glowing in the dark and then later see hundreds of huge balloons all around us filling up and taking off. It was so fun to experience!

Happy Weekend: shooting and games

This is definitely one thing we'll miss about moving into town, we won't be able to step outside and shoot the BB guns!

Lydia came to stay for a week

 We had lots of fun while Lydia stayed with us! The kids went to awesome Nuclear Science classes together and we visited the aquarium, botanical gardens, the Balloon Museum and Explora! We also managed to do reading and math every single day! She was a super help around the house too, one day she volunteered to vacuum the play room!

Homeschoolers Hike

 We had joined a group of East Mountain Homeschoolers to hike up to a spring. It was a beautiful hike, and not too hot yet. It was a perfect day, even Soren had a good time.

Homeschool Classes

 We felt like it was really important for the kids to be involved in a lot more activities this school year. We've been a bit isolated out in the country and have really missed the little charter school from Eureka. We were blessed to find lots of activities for all the kids to participate in!

Sign Language with Paseo Homeschool Co-op

Nuclear Science Museum "Homeschool September"

Garden Club down in the south valley

YMCA PE classes

And here we are at the Explora science classes!

Fair and my hair

 I chopped my hair off because I was sick of long stringy hair. Now I miss my messy buns. We went to the state fair, it was hot. But we had a nice time together.

Highlights were: piglet races, (they were so cute!) free refills on delicious lemonade, the magic show (for me, Will and Claire) and rides for Brad and Ruth

We also decided it was time to do this, hooray!