The Thatchers: March-April 2020

Dr. Seuss crazy hair day at school.

Just doin some readin

Our big globe willow tree fell in the big pasture during a crazy wind storm. We had the fun task of cutting it all up and chipping most of it. Then burning the remaining branches.

Little helper

Lots of fun campfires

Snack

Anne made a new friend at 4h

Cuties

Craft day

Leprechaun traps for St. Patrick's Day

A hike up at Tibble Fork Reservoir

First day of online learning when Covid hit.

Zac's first day of working from home. This setup lasted about two days then we made the playroom into his office.

James keeping entertained while I helped all the girls with their online school.

The same day the kids started online school we had two earthquakes.....so we decided to update our 72 emergency kits.

Visiting Aunt Jennifer at her work.

Art class

Peer tutor reading

Spatial visual games :)

This took sooooo long to get the pasture all cleared out from the tree debris. But we had a nice layer of mulch now.

Quick trip to the instacare with this little guy cause he fell off a trampoline and was still complaining that his leg hurt days later. Turned out nothing was broken or fractured.

The kids did LOTS of riding during Covid.

Sidewalk art activity in our neighborhood.

During Covid we ended up watching all 11 Star Wars movies. It was awesome.

We stocked up.

And made yummy treats

We had a spiritual thought one night about rainbows so the kids created this.

Learning about static.

Rachel had lots of wood shaving projects.

And drawing projects.

Fun with our friend's donkey kip. He did take a little tumble but got right back on :)

Having fun with another color.

Starting the greenhouse again.

Home haircuts.

Not too shabby.

Drive-in movies!

Picnics.

Why we loved Jack so much.

Rachel's art project.

Reward for winning ok mom contest. Fast food and movie night in the van.

The kids' own bucking water jug.

Dead little critter in our backyard.

Naptime

Kip the donkey time.

Playing games

Naptime. Another reason we loved Jack.

More burning

Baby lambs!

After watching all the Star Wars movies the kids made their own Star Wars movie abridging Episodes 4,5, and 6. It was very cool.

We helped make masks for the hospitals and church.

Shizzie's cozy spot.

Lots of fun riding

Beautiful plumb tree in Jack's stall. Sadly it is no more because apparently plumbs are not good for horses to eat.

New/old picnic area.

Soccer

Four wheeler fun.

Our compost pile.

Rachel did a virtual horse drawing demonstration and won first place!

We went out to the west dessert to look for the wild horses and found them!

Hoofprints

Shooting fun. Sarah is our little Annie Oakley.

Rachel and Anne wanted more to explore the rocks and hills.

James was all about shooting.

Easter! Easter egg hunt in the orchard.

Rachel and her buddy Julia had a lot of fun making flower arrangement with our beautiful spring flowers.

I loved James' dandelion bouquet for me :)

Drive-in with the kids to see Megamind

Cutest yoda ever.

Finally cleaned out one of the outdoor storage areas so that Zac could make a reloading room.

It was smelly stuff.

Trail ride with my hottie

Trail ride with Sally. She used to be so scared to walk Sally anywhere.

Anne and Grandma helping with the storage room.

Fun with hair dye.

Since school was all online the kids got to join in.

Homemade keyhole

Sarah and her buddy Isaac

She wanted to ride Sally bareback so bad.

That face.

Those eyes.

First solo trail ride.

Anne's face met a wall and it didn't go well. Poor thing.

This is a super old picture I just want sure if I had this saved somewhere else so I thought I'd save it here. Sarah always had a special connection with Grandma Hebbert. She even took her first steps in her front room (which is now our front room :)