Our homeschooling and home building story.
Christmas school! One of my favorite times of the school year! We've got the Christmas music playing, our Christmas tree is small this year, we got a potted one and put it on Cas' desk. It has been lit and decorated. We've started our daily quest for the Star from Afar and we're learning about... Continue Reading →
Sharing cucumbers Staying cool My butterflies! Science Kit Last swim lesson Tortoise Giant bunny Feeding rays Ray tunnel Meeting a capybara 1st time bowling! They love it! Creek time is Play time Dress up time! Our Chocolate bunny Bunny playtime Feeding fish Summer comes to an end too soon. We've packed it full! The kids... Continue Reading →
Denver Road trip day 4. Our first day in Denver we went to Cave of the Winds which Cas chose. So many things to do! We did the adventure course, climbing wall, geronimo leap, sluicing, batapult and the cave tour. The kids loved all of it and had a blast. It was Cas' first time... Continue Reading →
Kemmerer, WY to Denver, CO. We started out with a 2 hour fossil dig in Kemmerer and had a blast. Ari found a fossil right off the bat in the parking lot. We had fun and found a lot of coprolite and fish fossils. We managed to find several whole fish fossils as well. Both... Continue Reading →
This summer we're doing a road trip to Colorado. My second sister is moving to Denver for her second residency and we're helping her move and enjoying some vacation. To make the trip a bit easier for the kids, we broke up the trip there into 3 days and we found fun stops every couple... Continue Reading →
I don't know about you all, but when my kids end up with a lot of time on their hands...I end up with numerous requests for screen time. So this summer, we made a routine. Before screen time we need to have breakfast, do morning lists (get dressed, brush teeth, etc), have morning worship, an... Continue Reading →
Ari has wanted to get baptized since she was 2. I told her she needed to be able to read her Bible well enough to study with someone and be able to check that what they said was actually in there. Last fall, she saw a friend get baptized and reminded me that she would... Continue Reading →
We decided to take our mini family vacation to Gold Beach this year. Caleb's aunt let us stay in her summer home there and we had a wonderful time. Her house is right on the beach so every morning Ari was out the door and wandering the beach and meeting the locals. When the tide... Continue Reading →
Before I make my resolutions for this year, I want to look back on last year. Last year I chose fewer goals. That was probably a good thing because even those few goals were shaken when our contractor abandoned in May. I did continue listening to Pine Knoll's Sabbath School class and I did memorize... Continue Reading →
I am the crazy lady with baby chicks in her apartment. We ordered 6 of several varieties...we got 7 because one variety we had ordered wasn't available and they substituted 2 of a similar variety. We lost one chick after 4 days of trying very hard to rehab her, she had straddle leg from the... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 