Sunday, August 30, 2020

Back to School!

Gavin started school on August 13th.  Due to Covid, he goes to school from 8:00-1:30 Monday - Thursday.  He has a bit more homework to do each day and on Friday.  Matt and I decided to send our kids to the nearby charter school called Lakeview Academy.  Gavin has Mrs. Lee for his teacher.  She has been a godsend and i'm praying my heart out that this year will be so good for Gavin.






On August 20th, Laynie started kindergarten!!  She was so very excited!  Her teacher is Mrs. Summers. She only goes for 2 hours and 15 minutes each day with Friday off, but so far, she's loving her school experience!




 

Preparing for school to start and squeezing in the last bit of fun!



In preparation for school to start, I made chair covers and flashcards for my preschool,

went to probably our last day of yard sale-ing (found this awesome costume for G!)
Had to visit the Snoasis one last time with friends.
make cookies with Grandma,
have a tea party,
and meeting up with Grandpa in Provo while Grandma has a chemo treatment.



 

Gardening 2020

One of the things I did during the great Co-Vid-19 shut down during the spring of 2020 was work on my gardening.  We had close to 250 feet of cement curbing put down, I scoured fb marketplace ads for free plants, Matt graciously supported my efforts by doing all the sprinkler work, dumped down loads of mulch and over the course of a few months had a very pretty garden.  We still have lots more to do to get it the way we want it, but major improvements were made this spring and it was so fun to see everything blossom over the summer.
My zucchini and tomatoes

This was the only snapdragon flower that made it.  Gavin left the chickens out one evening and apparently, they love snapdragons! lol

planted lots of blackberries that will produce next year!!

Loved my hollyhocks.  They remind me of my Aunt Debbie.  She taught me how to make a doll out of the ones she grew along the back of her home.

My roses!!!



Double hollyhock - it was a surprise to see a few double blooms that were thrown into my seed mix.

Bright and cheery!

Laynie insisted we plant carrots - rainbow ones.  :)

sunflowers, pumpkins, squash, raspberries

hollyhocks and roses

Our backyard - paperbark maple, red canadian choke cherry, juniper, day lillies, lilac, etc etc etc

butterfly bush

Peach tree




Another surprise type of hollyhock!