Our homeschooling and home building story.
So we had been planning to submit our edited plans (as a 3 bedroom instead of 4 bedroom house) on Friday. We had the grandparents and uncle all lined up to come play with the kids while we did it. Our architect had said she would get the updated plans to us early in the... Continue Reading →
Christmas and Advent is one of my favorite times of year! Yay!!! We've been full on enjoying it. The two bookshelves in the kids room are well stocked with Christmas books. Both Ari and Cas enjoy the books. Ari a bit more because she can read the easier ones herself now. They also got to... Continue Reading →
Having some snuggle time with Cas in the ER. He was having a rough time breathing so we took him to the ER for some steroids and the next day he was good as new. Cas was the best little trooper. He took his breathing treatment, meds and his x-ray without complaining. Nothing better than... Continue Reading →
Two steps forward, one step back right? On Tuesday we got our plans and engineering documents printed. I also finally got in touch with our PG&E rep and found out that one of our neighbors had already done the 3 month wait for a tap line and so as soon as we have a temporary... Continue Reading →
This was a busy week! From the fall festival and the convalescent home to getting our property surveyed and getting septic bids it was all go-go-go. I am very thankful to my second family for coming up and helping on days I was completely overwhelmed so we could get things done. Gotta eat fair food... Continue Reading →
After several weeks of nothing happening that we could see on our rebuild project, this week suddenly dumped a lot on us. We got an e-mail from our architect saying that she thought our plans would be ready for printing and submittal on Friday. That meant that we suddenly needed to apply for our fire... Continue Reading →
As this week was the one year anniversary of losing our home, and we don't seem to be anywhere near moving back to our property, it was a tough week. Ari and I shed tears and wished for our home back. It also means I took fewer pictures but I have a few. Every morning,... Continue Reading →
One year ago today...our whole world changed. Not only did our home burn but our entire town burned. We knew once we sat down to breakfast at 6:30 that there was a fire somewhere. Ari commented on the beautiful sunrise, and my husband I recognized it was caused by smoke. However he still headed off... Continue Reading →
Cas helping to move the black-light mini golf set. Cas loves running around this spinny thing.Dressed up for Reformation DayMaking grape worms for the Diet of Worms.Making Illuminated ManuscriptsMaking "stained glass"Ari's finished "stained glass"The full sensory experienceFeeding the otter at SeaQuestThe lorikeets love my husband.Cas loves feeding the koi. Hallelujah, October is over! My daughter... Continue Reading →
Cas riding through the bike safety station. Our week started with a bike derby. Ari is part of our local Adventurer club and last Sunday we joined with all the other Adventurer clubs in our area for a fun family day focused on bikes. They earned patches in first aid, road safety, cycling and...crustaceans (no... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 