Day 168

Breakfast with my brother's family at the Black Bear Diner.

Day 167

Cousins having fun taking selfies.

Day 165

September 25

Homeschooling p.e. this week was volleyball.  Looked like they were having fun.

Day 164

Happy Birthday to the best mom ever! I love you!

Raindrops on roses... one of my favorite things.

Day 163

They finally came this afternoon to pick up the shoes from our used shoe drive! 175 more bags of shoes today for a total around 6,550 pairs with what they picked up previously. Way to go, Pathfinders!

Day 161

September 21

Today was "Let's Move! " day, so our church had a walk/bike/whatever event.  Here's Sarah with her BFF.

Day 160

Willing Heart sang at the Grants Pass church this morning.  Hannah took pictures off to one side while Brian took the official pictures.

Day 159

September 19

Oops, I missed a couple days this week.  Just crazy busy.

Took Hannah to get a shot at the county health department and saw this cute table in the waiting area.

Day 156

September 16

Homeschool P.E. is back on at the Y.

Day 155

September 15

Gorgeous sunset tonight.

Day 154

Here's the rubber stamp I carved at the Letterboxing honor class yesterday.  I'm more pleased with it than I expected to be. (Actual stamp on the left, stamped image on the right)

Day 153

Taking the Letterboxing honor at pathfinder camporee.

Day 152

Oregon Pathfinder Camporee!

Day 151

Hannah wanted to join the Christmas choir this year.

Day 150

The rest of the PACEs to finish out my supply for this year's schooling arrived.

Day 148

Took the girls to the mall for back-to-school pictures today. The photographer there has been taking their pictures since Hannah was a year old.

Day 147

We were taken out to breakfast this morning because Elmer's fed the kids free for grandparent's day. I guess the parents of the grandkids get to tag along.  ;)

Sarah wanted to take a picture of her breakfast.

Day 146

Another really smoky day in the valley.

Day 145

We joined up with a group of homeschoolers for a field trip to the Historic Butte Creek Mill this afternoon. Some of them I knew from before, some I hadn't met before. It was a nice trip.  The mill is a hundred years older than I am, and one of only two water-powered mills remaining in Oregon.

Day 144

When she slows down and doesn't rush, Sarah really does a nice job with her cursive writing.

Day 143

Hannah read a story from "60 Years of Guide" stories to her Great-Mom this afternoon.

Day 142

First day back to school!  Hannah is 11 and in the 5th grade. Sarah is 9 and in the 4th grade. 

Day 141

Had such a fun day at Waterworks Park in Redding!  Charlie's dad's cousin Velda lives in Redding, so she brought her little "adopted" (by way of friendship, nothing legal) granddaughter (age 7) and joined us for the day. It wasn't overly crowded and we rode and rode and rode those water slides. What a surprise to run into a friend from Medford there with her family. Afterwards, Velda took us to dine at an amazing Chinese restaurant at the airport. Heading home now. Definitely a perfect last day before school starts tomorrow! Homeschool, that is!

(Two pictures because Sarah closed her eyes in one and Hannah wasn't smiling in the other because the sun was too bright. )