~~HERO~~

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~~1st Day of School~~

We made the decision to enroll our oldest son Austin in a private Christian school for 4 days a week and our younger boys for 2 days a week. This is going to aid us in our homeschooling and give me a little extra time to work with the girls. We didn't make this decision lightly, only after lots of prayer.

We felt this school was just perfect for our family and we are very excited to see what they learn this year. Siah and Noah have 6 kids including them in their class. Austin has 4 kids including him.

We took some pictures of the kids before school. The boys need to wear slacks, dress shoes and a button down shirt everyday. I've rediscovered my iron!

A big thank you to Grandpa & Grandma Fitzpatrick for all they have done.

They have been a huge support in all this.

They are attempting to get all the silliness out before school starts.

Still working on it...

Okay, now they are ready.

They just finished the first week of school and they all did great, we are so proud of them!
The girls did good as well. We worked on counting, coloring, tracing & memorizing the books of the Old Testament. (Which Alanah was able to do all by herself last night!!)

~~Davis Pumpkin~~

We got one pumpkin before the squash bugs took down our pumpkin plant.

The girls are happy to have a pumpkin. It's a little early but we'll take it!

~~ALL ABOUT COB~~

Playing with mud, our little cob update.

Those are vintage windows taken out of a 1910 house in Boise, ID.

 Austin and Dusty start getting the loft windows cobbed in.

 2 walls are straw bale

It's coming along. We took a 4 week break because of family visiting and work obligations. Dusty is hoping to get back on track and make some good progress before winter comes.

~~Turkey Slaughter Fest 2010~~

It's that time of year again...

Kevin and Dusty gathering the troops. We've got 5 turkeys to slaughter this year.

Dusty cuttin' the head off...

Lots of spectators gather around.

The blood and head catcher. AKA wheelbarrow with hay.

Defeathering Station

Dusty, Ruth, Saige and Tara & Austin

My sister in law and I. She was visiting with my nieces and nephew from California.

My nephew Jaden worked the defeathering station.

Noah's got some extra feet to keep himself entertained for a while.

Oh wait, bring those back, we want to make a Nourishing Traditions broth with those!!

Kaianah had a front row seat.

This is how you KNOW the turkeys were grass fed!

Yep, grass is coming out. (Gross!)

Lots of feathers, lots.