Down on the Kibbie's Farm

So we had a miracle last week.  This tree was so close to my neighbors house that we needed to hire someone to come cut it down.  We were planning have it cut down the following week when a nice windstorm whipped through.   The whole time it was storming I was praying that the tree wouldn't fall.  Later my neighbor told me she was praying it wouldn't hit the house.  The next thing I knew, my kids were yelling that it had fallen.  My heart sank.  I looked out the window and saw that it fell perfectly between their house and ours without touching anything.  No kids were out there either.  Our prayers were answered!

We added three new friends to our farm last week.  Three Nigerian Dwarf goats.  In a year we will be able to milk them.  In the mean time they are fertilizing my future garden.

The Shakesphere Ball 2012

 

Every year my homeschool buddy puts on a Shakespeare ball for kids ages 12-18.  She invites the vintage dancers to come to give instruction and lead the kids in group dancing.  They play games and get to be social.  They are invited to come in costume.  For me, an opportunity to sew something fun!  

 

Getting ready

 

 

As the older girls were getting dressed, the younger girls took the opportunity to go through their dress up clothes and adorn themselves for the ball.  Eva was very sad when she found out she was not going.  We had our own ball at home. Aiden made his presences.

 Emma designed her own head dress.

The girls greeted by some of their friends.

Emma and Robyn with one of their first Utah friends, Raven.  Robyn and Raven call each other "bird friends".

 Beautiful Emma

Dancing...

Emma and Robyn with their friend Savannah.

Sledding

Here we are, sledding the next day.  The great thing about homeschooling: getting to the slopes before the other kids get out of school.  I'm sure it was torture for the school kids that were watching across the street from this park...

Eva insisted on walking up the hill on her own.  She did, without complaining.  It took her about 20 minutes to walk up.  She looked so tiny.

Eva

The Nielby, Kibson Klan  (for those of you who don't know what that means, it's our last names put together using both the beginning and the ending of our names).  They are long time friends of ours.

Utah Snow Storm 2012

I thought you might like to see what it is like to be in a snow storm, in Utah, in the month of March.  If you look closely, you can see the waves a snow from the wind blowing it.