My Crazy Life as a Farmers Wife

Everyday Life

I've neglecting the blog...so here I am with a few posts. We have been busy as usual...with everyday life. Between homschool, chores and everyday living, there isn't much extra time. We keep busy even though the weather is cooler now. Here are a few thing happening around here...

Facetiming cousins

schoolwork

music practice

imagination and play

plenty of time outdoors

We have also started our winter tradition of daily walks. We love to walk outside to get exercise and fresh air. The kids love to explore around the farm.

The kids enjoy the nice days we have had, but they are really starting to get anxious about snow. They are looking forward to sledding and "ice skating" on the canal. I'm hoping we get some snow too! I love the coziness of being inside making a warm pot of soup while it snows outside. I also love to walk outside in the snow...so we will hope it will show up soon...not to mention that as farmers, we really need the moisture for next year!

Thanksgiving 2012

Our Thanksgiving was wonderful this year. I hosted this year. After what felt like 24 hours of cooking and preparation, I sat down to eat and was stuffed in about 12 minutes. My sister, Tawsha, and her family came from the Boise area to stay with us for the holiday. The kids are always excited when she comes because they get to play with their cousins Adilyn and McKarlee. We were extra excited this year because we got to see their new addition, Briella, who we haven't seen since she was a new baby. We enjoyed hanging out with the Stanfords, and also having my parents and sister Shelby, as well as my Hudman grandparents over for Thanksgiving.

We have so much to be thankful for this year, as we do every year. Our blessings are abundant, and I thank God for all of them every day. I feel like we are blessed beyond measure to have so many loved ones and family to spend our time with. I am so thankful for the gift of families and that we are able to be together and enjoy each other. I'm thankful that I live in such a beautiful place...a refuge from the world. A peaceful home and area where I can raise my family to appreciate the real things in life...like nature, hard work and togetherness. I'm thankful I have the opportunity to homeschool my kids. I'm blessed to spend that special time with them. Our children are only in our homes for such a short time...and I'm glad that I get to know my kids and enjoy them more than most people do. I'm thankful for my husband...who is my joy at the beginning and end of every day. To go to sleep and wake up next to him every day brings me unimaginable joy. He is everything I could ever ask for in a partner. I'm grateful for my parents and in-laws. I love that they are all such an important part of my life. I love the time that I get to spend with them. I'm so thankful for my sisters and the bond that I have with them. I am also very grateful to have so many special relationships with my sister-in-laws and my niece Ashley. I love the times that I get to spend with them. And then to top it all off, I have a home, we have jobs, and there is food on our table. I hate to count material things as blessings...but it is true, we have been blessed with the opportunity to work hard and obtain the things we need (and plenty of things that we don't really need). I have much to be thankful for this year.

Here is a look at our Thanksgiving:

The kids made cute little coffee filter Turkeys...

great grandma and grandpa Hudman arrived...

grandpa Richard carves the turkey

Pictures with great grandma Hudman

time to eat!

Halloween 2012

Kate found this witch hat and instantly knew that she wanted to be a witch. I threw together the rest of the costume fairly easily...a pair of striped tights, a no-sew tutu I made, and grandma Sheri made her a little witch cape.

Lily knew exactly what she wanted to be. There was no question in her mind. She wanted to be an Egyptian (inspired by her idol, Kylee Sponenburgh). I just picked up a costume for her at the store...because after looking at making one, I figured there was no way I could buy fabric/notions and sew everything cheaper than I could buy it already made. It actually turned out to be the perfect costume, because Lily and Kate are studying Egypt in their 1st grade homeschool history. They are SOOOOO into the History...and everything Egyptian! She told me when she put her costume on, that she decided that she would be Isis, the Egyptian Goddess of the Nile River. I was impressed because we had just learned about Egyptian Gods last week, and she remembered her name, and even all about her husband, Osiris, the God of the Nile River.

Russ is getting tired of being "cute" for Halloween...so he wanted to be scary. A scary Werewolf suited him just fine. I told him to smile for the photo, but he kept giving me this evil grin...

Grace wanted to be an old woman for Halloween...which was easy...because with my collection of vintage clothes, hats and jewelry lying around the house...we didn't have to come up with much to complete her costume other than some white hair spray. She wore grandma Coral's old glasses (of course we punched the lenses out of them) and aunt Lisa's old fur shall.

Big Bad Wolfs have something against old ladies...

Yes...I realize I have more pics of Grace than anyone else. The littler ones were just too excited to take photos!!! Grace on the other hand...well, she fit the "old lady" costume just fine, because after a few photos, she became rather senile

After photos, it was time to go and visit the grandmas. Sadly, grandma Russell was very sick with the flu, so we didn't get to see her :( We did go to grandma Hudmans and grandma Sheri's houses though :)

The photos were going great until the werewolf decided to attack aunt Shelby...

After visiting grandmas, we headed over to Trunk or Treat at our church. The kids had a great time seeing all of their friends, and got WAY to much candy!

After Trunk or Treat,  Ashley and Todd came over for dinner! We had homemade chili and cornbread, with pumpkin cake for dessert. Perfect end to a perfect day.