Our Life On The Hill

This weekend's findings from the creek

My kids love to go and play in the creek near our house.  They always find treasures when they are there. People used to dump their garbage in the creek or on the banks, so sometimes their findings are treasures! They've brought home many glass jars, glass bottles, a child's metal sewing machine, metal tractors, other toys, china, etc.  

This weekend, they brought home a Borden's milk bottle, another bottle that I need to research and a toy cow.  

Summer in....March?

 

 

 

It's been so warm here this week.  I'm not complaining, although the low 80s with some humidity is a bit much to start out with for me.   We've been enjoying staying outside late and taking in the gorgeous sunsets.  I took these photos the other night at sunset.  You can just feel the warmth.  

 

I'm back and have first day of school pictures

 

I have kind of been avoiding starting back to blogging because I'm so behind and thought I would have to catch everyone up.  I realized I can't do that and to just jump back in with where we are now.  I'll probably post some important to me photos and stories and also post current happenings in our life.  So just bear with me.  

We've been busy since I last posted. The kids are older and we've done more on the house.   

I'll start with sharing some back to school photos.  

 

Here they are at a park the day before school started.  

Playing at the river's edge

 

I love this photo of the rusty train bridge and the pretty flowers underneath it. 

Looking for shells

Eating ice cream and checking out the dam

 

Alright, the first day of school...2011

 

Hadleigh...ready for 4th grade

 

Sawyer...ready for 2nd grade

 

Ashton...ready for 7th grade

 

 

This year's backpacks

 

Ashton at the middle school  (I have to take him VERY early to get this photo so nobody is there watching lol)

 

I take this same picture of the kids next to this brick wall every single year at the elementary school.  

 

Heading into school

 

Coming home

 

The second day of school, I usually send them on the bus.  My friend and I usually meet the first day to take pictures of our kids together, but she was babysitting the first day and couldn't meet me at school.  So, I drove them again on the second day.  She has 3 boys, the oldest and Ashton are in the same grade and the youngest and Sawyer are in the same grade.  Her middle boy is a year ahead of Hadleigh. 

Ashton and his buddy at the middle school.  Again, we get there crazy early so nobody sees us taking our babies pictures.  lol

Sawyer and his buddy

Hadleigh and my friend's middle son

Finally, the third day of school but the first morning taking the bus

 

Just for fun, I have to share photos of the animals from that morning.  They were curious about the kids getting on the bus. 

One of our chickens

Shane with Soleil and Isabelle in the background

 

Shane, Millie, Soleil, Isabelle and Cade checking on things

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