It has been a busy week in the Liesland house. From Sunday to Tuesday afternoon we were responsible for all 3 Reagen kids and from Monday to Thursday we had Andy staying with us. Monday night we had 7 kids sleeping in our house, with only 2 parents. Overall it was a fun week and I think everyone enjoyed the craziness.
We went to check on Andrew last night before bed and Susan warned me that I had no clue what I was in for. I certainly did not.
I finally got around to uploading the rest of our photos from 2011 – https://liesland.com/photos/2011_II/ .
Tonight at dinner we were sitting around, talking about our house. We were talking about what our house was like when we were first looking at it and when we first moved in. Then we moved on to all of the things we updated and wanted to update. Then, just as the conversation seemed to be moving on, there was a loud boom and the whole house shook. We were all on edge and I walked around the entire house trying to figure out what had happened. We asked some of our neighbors and no one else experienced anything.
The boom seemed as though there was a sonic boom, in our house. It was deeper and more forceful than something like a box or dresser falling. The whole house literally shook and shuttered.
This year we headed south for Thanksgiving and had a great time at the Connors’.
This weekend was the Living History Farms Off-road Race. For the first year ever all of the Lieslands competed in the races. Susan and I ran in the 7 mile race, Elliot ran a 400m, and Mari and Andrew ran a 1/4 mile.
I love playing cards and so do the kids!
It is hard to tell from this picture, but yesterday Elliot had his front two top teeth pulled. They were too close together and rotting away, so it was time to set them free. Hopefully they will fill in sometime in the next 3 years.
As part of our homeschool efforts we are members of a co-op that takes one outdoor fieldtrip every month. This month we went to the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge, just a few minutes outside of Des Moines. The kids were great and my favorite part of the trip was when we all managed to be silent for at least a minute. There was a lot of nature going on around us and it was great to be able to hear it!
