I'm a year and a half behind so I don't have any fun stories or videos from Noah's cross country meets, but I know he improved...maybe because he grew so much? Look at those legs!
I do know this was his first meet which is always at Douglas. August 30th.
I think this one was away. In Spearfish? September 6th.
Custer on September 19th. I love going up there. The weather is always so nice and it's such a beautiful drive and location.
Cheerleader Evie always encourages Noah.
This one is tough because there are lots of big hills.
When we returned from our Colorado vacation on August 13th, we had to jump into homeschool pretty much right away.
Okay, I might have had time to admire my dahlias which hadn't started to bloom until like the week before vacation.
And of course we had to visit the library for new books so we would have reading material. I can't remember if we planned to go with the O's or not but there's Abigail with Evie - bff's.
Our neighbor was having a garage sale and we thought it was a good opportunity for Evie to set-up the lemonade stand she'd been wanting all summer. We also made up some cookies to sell. She's excited because she's adding the magic ingredient of marshmallows - those make everything more special in her eyes.
They did pretty well for themselves!
We also had some last of the summer smores.
Yep, Trouncer too.
Then, a week after returning home, on August 19th, we had our first day of school.
Jumping for joy?
Nope, definitely not joy. Just being silly.
No one wants to start school ever, especially in August.
In 2019 Evie was in Faith's Classical Co-op class all day on Mondays. This was her first day, August 26th, and I attended all day with her. Noah had his cross country stuff all ready to go too because he had his Biology lab class there in the morning. Afterwards Terry picked him up, took him to church for lunch, and then drove him to RCC for practice.
Evie was technically too old for VBS (I think? or it was her final year) but she went all the same.
I believe the kids raised money to support a Nebraskan church that was flooded out during the wet spring. They also worked toward taping Zeb and Moses to the wall.
I love that look they're sharing. 😂
One day while the kids were at the church Terry and I drove down to visit Paul and Jana. Love them!
There's always hail in summer but there aren't always dahlias that are behind in their growth. Terry was so kind as to run out there and cover them all up.
I loved him running around under that umbrella for me. 💚
The following weekend, July 21, was Hills Alive. It had been a while since we'd gone but For King and Country drew us out.
Evie with Sarah and Naomi.
Evie dancing with Grace.
Samuel and Ezra already look so much smaller here to me (it's February while I write this though).
It's always a huge crowd.
Happy girls.
Bouncing girls.
I did a more professional haircut for Luna since I finally figured out how to use the guards.
David took Noah and Moses out a few times for hiking.
He's the best!
Beautiful.
Creeper Noah 😂
Terry still does youth group in the summers when he's not on a trip. This particular event had been already been rescheduled to this night, July 24, due to rain and lightning. But even still it was cloudy and cold!
Terry and Steven constructed a huge waterslide!
The littles had so much fun. So did everyone else!
The fall was very quickly approaching and I had to get my school stuff in order. I spent hours and hours planning and shopping.
That kitty is so chill.
The littles helping me water my dahlias.
Haircut time for Evie.
Our very good friends from Nebraska, Shawn and Becki, visited us on July 27 while they were here for their anniversary.
I originally started this blog at the dawn of social media, in 2008, after we moved away from home and the second of four children were born. I wanted to share and keep track of our lives. I wanted a record and I loved it. I lost hope, ten years later, of ever recovering from a mountain of puppy pictures and I gave up writing. But now, in 2026, we have moved to Taiwan to be missionaries and I have resurrected my blog. I have always been an archivist and now endeavor to keep another record...and perhaps share my Eva-thoughts, here too.
