{23- JULY}

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 What a month of fun, adventure, friends, outdoors, and long full days. 


climbing around rocks and exploring Brimham with these guys. 
It was a great day of exploration

sometimes the garden grows lettuce in the craziest places - 
but we enjoyed it.  

my wonderful husband putting together my crazy ideas. 
Raised garden beds for wheelchair users. 

at home our garden went crazy growing courgettes! 
we will have courgette for days this winter...

super proud of this guys dedication to education


thankful for an amazing, talented and kind friend who came to the garden and captured our family with a group of Americans - working hard and enjoying a break. 


love this shot of us! 

enjoyed a wonderful girls night with some incredible gals! 

harty rd went pink! 

celebrating Grand Poppy's 90th bday via messenger video - but we got in there! 

at the end of the month we headed to Germany and enjoyed GEM's annual conference. 

GEM friends = the bestest of friends. 
kids who understand what our kids are going through and share the ups and downs of missionary life with them. 


i found GRAPE soda in Germany!!!! 

headed out from the train station. Choo Choo!

We're the Mario Bros - plumbings our game....

we spent an afternoon singing praises and praying for this street & the people passing by. 
it was a quiet afternoon but one that brought me so much joy. 

best friend chats on top of a rock 

N got to ride a beautiful horse this month! 
We are SO grateful to our friend Lucy for sharing her horse with us. 


spending time observing a hen moor 
 

our 2nd team who demolished the weeds and nettle in the back. 
They nearly got through it all - but the pesky rain got in the way. 
SO thankful for their hard work and determination. SO much was done. 

a day at Beamish is never disappointing. 

this time we went down and explored the mines! 

lavender bees

we spent my bday at Yorkshire Lavendar. 
Fields and rows of the most beautiful purple. 


M had a music recital at the end of the term - 
he played Sweet Caroline with a few others. Loving his passion for music 

on our way to hear M play! 

our tiny fairy garden pond had tiny frog friends this year!

E celebrated a bday in Mario style 


the final fire of the year. each child built their own - 
explaining the layers and why they were there. 

quality game time going on here

a beautiful to read ...

i love this rock! 


family exploration day 

Happy Bday Grand Poppy! 
It was lovely to be able to share lunch with my family and celebrate this man. 
90 is BIG milestone and I am so grateful for such a incredible granddad! 

started the month off with a homeschool conference. 
got myself some tea and cake and enjoyed a full day of lectures and sessions. 

1st painting project of the year ... golly, it's taken too long. 
repainted an old dresser and just nearly dodged the rain drops along the way. 
but with all their help, the project didn't take too long. 

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