Otober week 3

 Matthew 

turned 11 years old!

He had a great birthday.

He did have a pretty 

hard week though.

He works extremely hard at 

his favorite sport.

He spends nearly everyday

all year round playing 

hockey.

Hockey is the focus of 

most of our extra curriculars.

He is a very good player.

This year he was cut from the 

A team.

This was heart breaking for us.

 It did feel good that so many 

within the Stillwater 

association reached out to us.

Many families remember how hard 

it can be for a kid to be "cut".

Many families were upset about Matthew.

He is a very strong boy.

Despite his mother's plea to try 

a new sport :)

He practiced the very next day with the B team

on the ice with the A's.

Hard stuff...this growing up.

I'm proud.

For our homeschool co-op this week

it was one of our favorite times...

Stone Soup

It was such a beautiful day 

Picturesque.

Made even more so from

 Heidi's dad.

He brought all the kids on 

a horse drawn carriage ride!

This week for Tree of Life science club

we spent the day with Belwin conservency

We helped collect natural prairie seeds.

These seeds will be planted later 

to develop new prairie lands. 

Taggert is collecting Spotted Mint.

Belwin was a terrific experience.

I can not wait to explore more of 

what they have to offer.

We learned so much in just one morning 

with them.  It was great.

Thanks science club!

Matthew's Birthday celebrations 

continued into the weekend.

We went to a corn maze with 

friends and family.

We had more family over to our 

house the next day too.

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Until Next week

~blessings