Happy New Year, everyone. This post took a bit to put together due to being busy with beginning year paperwork. I got PFD's filed for the year, got psychological evals done for the son for his three year review period for the homeschool and other things, so it's been busy on top of the weather being insane the last bit. I'll get into more of that later (ugh, December), but in the meantime, let's get to some random summertime pictures around here.
One big thing that happened this summer, which wasn't something I had planned on and wasn't thrilled about, was our well pump started to die in a big way and we finally realized it needed to be replaced when it wouldn't keep pressure up no matter how my husband adjusted it. That was a hefty expense to replace, but it was due (it was over 20 years old by the date on the old pump when it was pulled up). We called up Arctic Pump and Well to get the pump replaced as my husband knew them and knew they did great work and would have as good of quality parts as could be sourced now a days. Jim was really nice to deal with and we've been really happy to have well pressure again since then. Fun fact was that he knew the previous owners of our house (I used to talk to the guy who built this place at the kid's elementary school every day, so it was fun to find that Jim was friends with them, too) and remembered the last time he had replaced the pump and stuff. I just find it kind of cool that we know so much about the original owners of the property. I know Allen, the guy who built our house, is a really cool and nice guy and it was fun finding out more of the background of Carol, the woman we bought our house from (Allen and Carrol had divorced years ago). Just as a side note, forgive the state of our lawn. It was so ridiculously wet this summer that it was too wet to mow and quickly went crazy.
Anyway, yeah, it was an expensive year around here (and we are still dealing with 2025 to date...double ugh). Onto other pictures.
Armina graduated this summer, which was a big accomplishment for both of us. I was happy that she had excelled so much in homeschool as when I pulled her out of public school her reading abilities were abysmal and she was falling further and further behind in math. Math is still a sore spot for her, but her reading abilities I'm very proud of as she reads for pleasure all the time now.
Alvah's favorite hobby this summer was playing in the grass and rolling all over the yard. I apologize for the blurred face, but Alvah is old enough that I really don't feel comfortable showing his face so much as he, obviously, can't consent to his face being online. The graduation photo I don't know any of hte people in it, so wanted to make sure to blur their faces for privacy as well :).
Schoolwork this year has been a lot of Leapfrog videos with how bad Alvah's mood has been. Luckily, he likes Leapfrog, which makes it easier.
Our well went out this year. Went to turn on the water and nothing came out. We were leaving the next day for a week so it was interesting getting it replaced before we left. We used the 'y' to shower at. It wasn't cheap so I hear you on that account!
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