Last week we took a day and spent it at the orchard. We miss our old Fall Harvest Orchard (which I just heard is being sold anyway!), but it was still a blast. This one was actually also a free petting zoo, which the kids loved. We met Emmy Lou and her kids there. I'm so happy Trevor and Conrad have at least one family of solid friendships here. It is really so much more difficult (for me) to do the social thing in a rural area! I honestly really dislike the initial formalities and small talk of making friends, but I'm trying to suffer through it for my kiddos. The homeschool group we're in has one main click, and the rest of the people we just see at activities every now and then. I'm trying to not be discouraged and to continue to just seek what's right in our family's education. The Lord has always sent me and our family what we need when we seek diligently for it, and I gave no reason to think differently now. But boy, is it ever hard to have patience!
This was toward the end when the kids were hot and tired and thirsty. Poor Trevor! Playing is hard work!
Feeding the goats.
