Skating

What a warm day it was when this event took place, as I write, it is still ten below and no one can go out to expel energy. Looking through the pictures you can see that some of us don't even have our coats on.

In Karlstad there is a community outdoor skating rink and warming shack. Great place!

I thought this picture looked so cool! But then... there's that dead person in the background. I have know idea who it is, tho I lean more on the idea that it is Quentin!

Wow! I can't believe that Benjamin can skate! He has come along way and it is still hard to do some things for him.

HOLD ON! DON"T LET GO DAD!

Finally, the smart way to skate.

SuZenn 4 , the charming princess.

PIONEERS

This is the morning of the of re-enacting at the pioneer village. Quentin is on the left and Levin on the right. We found it sooo much easier to put the children's clothes on that they are going to wear the next day, to just put them on before bed.



Quentin and Levin don't seem to excited to get up!








For the first time, Seleen and I did our presentations in the beautiful Victorian house built in 1905. Sometimes SuZenn and others came to visit us and do needlepoint.






Now upon entering the cabin site Vonn is starting on making a canoe out of some wood he brought along.

Like I said, it was cold! The second day turned out really lovely through it all. Starting on the left is Aaron, Levin, and Tristan, there is Brandon after that but he did not make the shot.

Walking outside SuZenn, Magdalyn, and Rolaun are taking care of the rabbits. It was a great idea for the little ones to do something and the classes always enjoy seeing the pets.

I have finally learned the blogger trick. When you are busy, the time to blog seems impossible. And when you are bored, it seems like you are not by your blog.

September 13th

BBBRRRRRRRRRR.
It is soooo cold! OK I guess if it was winter we would be rejoicing at the warmth!
But when it is still considered summer in our minds, it is cold!
Today went very well at the pioneer village, The girls and some of the boys did something new.
We did our acting in the Victorian house instead of the little cabins.
It is SO pretty to be in the house and imagining it like it may have been a hundred years ago.
Tomorrow is another day there at the village and we hear it will be colder, out comes the hat and mittens!
In the winter at our house we all just sleep in sleeping bags, everyone has preferred that way instead of blankets. So tonight many request rumbled our wall because of the temperature.
Tonight we shall dream away in our sleeping bags.

Family closet

One of the most favorite family activities in our house is building!

( One could probably guess that by our HUGE addition )

The next needed room in our house is a family closet. So in one hour shopping and around three hours of heavy working, a closet was born!

The room is upstairs and was used as a " don't know where to put it" storage. So it was cleaned out ( it turned out not to bad of a mess!) and put to good use!

Reuben loved to help Vonn get the nails.

Finish!

Harvesting

It's harvest time!

While cleaning the carrots this was one voted as our favorite! Some of us say it looks like a heart (the girls) but I did not find out if my brothers agree yet.

Today Mom, Seleen, SuZenn, Reuben and I went to Grand Forks (it is an hour and a half away from us) for a party similar to a baby shower but blessing it God's way. Anyway on the way there Mom received a call saying that the lady hosting the party would not be able to make it.

So we volunteered, Mom has done one in the past so it was not a huge shock! Well it turned out wonderful, I think that the mom due had a swell time. Tomorrow we are re-enacting in Thief River Falls for the Pioneer village. Hopefully we will get some pictures!

Garden weeded!

Here is the finished work, isn't it beatiful?!