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Last week we failed to click the post button, so even though we wrote a post, it was never published. Two sundays ago we had a game night with the Fords. We played The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Nefarious. Both games were fun, and the kids had a fun time as well. That Tuesday Mike went to the Board Game Design Guild meeting, and talked about games mostly. Also on Tuesday we also went to nature group at 2:00 for the first time this year. We picked some feral plums, apples, pears, and we also saw a fox. It was fun. Timmy found bones - they looked like fox bones. Rea read a historical fiction book called "Naya nuki: Shoshoni girl who ran" for her history and geography lesson. She then made a sheet cake, frosted it, and decorated it as a nap of Naya nuki's journey. Wednesday afternoon she told us the story and then we ate the cake. Homeschool book reports are the best. For our Thursday date night, Alison and Mike played "the Perfect Moment" - it is fun

This week was a busy week. Monday was labor day. We went to the lake in daybreak with the Rogers and Poulsons. It was fun. In the afternoon we had a barbecue to which the Plastows and Gutierrezes came. We played Small World, and had a near disaster with the hotdogs. It was fun. On Tuesday night Alison worked on getting ready to write a blog about homeschooling as a possible type of alternative income. If we can get our alternative income up a bit, perhaps in a few years Mike will fully retire instead of just working till 2. On Wednesday Rea put on with her friends a play that she wrote. It is called "Hamlet: Not a Tragedy" She has been writing it since Alison and Mike went to Hamleton and told her about it. It is based on Hamlet, but Ophelia is a more important character, and no-one dies in the end. Also, Ophelia has a sneaky brother named Demetrius. Here is the recording. On Thursday we went to the library, and Mike went to BGDG, and got a lot of amazing feedback a

This last week on Monday we went to Oliver, and because we liked it so much, We decided to change enchanted's name to Oliver (well, Mike and Alison did, anyway). We have also been singing the music all week. They did a good job, even if they played Fagan as if he were a nice guy. On Tuesday Alison and the Kids went to the splash pad with Ellie. They love having more cousins in Utah. Feel free to move back to Utah, guys - we will like you even if you moved away for a while. On Tuesday night, Mike got his current game played at the BGDG meeting, and made the decision that it needs more cards to be good. He has added more cards to it, but hasn't yet tested it out. On Thursday we went over to Amy's house and got some family history stuff and school stuff. The family history stuff is memoirs by grandpa Frank.We are going to read the stories to the kids, which should be fun. On Friday we went to Sister Act as a whole family. It was fun, and the kids enjoyed it, thoug