Books and grapes..

First day of the book club!

Hannah talking about her book

Jacob telling about his book

Zachary at book club


The grape harvest!

The grapevines in our backyard

Today we started going to a book club that the leader of our homeschool support group started. The kids did great standing in front of everyone reading what they had written about their books and showing the pictures they had drawn. They are not afraid of public speaking!!

On another note, when we moved to our new house we discovered grapevines that the previous owners had planted. They are beautiful and have given us a great harvest but I have no clue what to do with them! I'm thinking about making jelly or jam or maybe even just grape juice but since I have never done any of those things, it should be an adventure! More on that to come.....

No new water leaks to report, which is always good news! We got our carpet dried out and the smell I believe is out of our house. We didn't have to tear up carpet or take out sheetrock, thank goodness! We were told by the new owners of our previous house that they had 6 inches of water in the basement. They lost quite a bit and have to tear out carpet and sheetrock and of course insurance won't help them. I feel terrible for them. At least the rain is finally over and we have a new dishwasher and hopefully all the problems are over, for awhile anyway!