We began our adventures in homeschooling with a field trip. First stop:
picnic at a park on the beach.
After our picnic we drove towards central Florida to Deseret Ranches. Who would have guessed that in the middle of Florida stood the second largest cattle ranch (by acreage) ? (And by the way, it is the LARGEST by head of cattle). The Ranch is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but the land is leased to a for-profit company.
It was interesting to learn a little bit about the ranch and its history. We found out
“A Ray of Hope and Sunshine”
Photograph by Peter Johnson
Isaac practicing the song “Climbing”
Fun with dry ice
Fireman Isaac
Celebrate America program at school
Wow. I have not been taking time lately to write down the events happening in our home. My children might not remember this last couple of months of their life and may need therapy in the future because their mom did not record this part of our family history.
Isaac – Reading. Reading. Reading! Isaac has had fun calling Grandma Gardner and reading his school books to her over the phone. He will be … Read the rest
Wow. Can I just say that I am a bit freaked out by current trends in government spending, government intrusion and the current/former self-avowed COMMUNISTS who are advising our President (and all he would ever do in debates when asked about HIS youthful Marxist ideals was chuckle a bit and avoid answering)?
Government Bailouts of financial institutions and businesses followed by government seizure and takeover (Does the former USSR come to mind?)
STIMULUS $$$
Cash for Clunkers
Cash for Appliances
Socialized Health Care
Cap and Trade
Spending, spending, spending, spending, spending… Money that we DON’T have!!!
Sydney: Mom, do you ever get that feeling that you don’t want to do something even though you have to do it?
Mom: (stunned silence followed by a sigh of resignation and a consortium of thoughts revolving in my mind…) Yes, Sydney, I do get that feeling sometimes. (Daily – hourly sometimes – and admittedly, mostly involving the rearing of children).
My little guy is riding a two-wheeler with NO training wheels! Peter has been spending a lot of time outside with Isaac the last week to help Isaac accomplish this task Today he proved he could turn around fairly well and he can get himself started most of the time. Way to go Isaac! Now we can go on real family bike rides.
We have been experimenting a bit with some hairstyles for Sydney. The little girl cutesy hair-bow phase of life is about ended so together, Sydney and I have been trying some new “hip” hairdos. This double-braid style is my (me as in Liz) favorite new one so far.
Sydney calls the above hairdo “hope” because it resembles the breast cancer awareness ribbon. I don’t think this hairdo will be making a debut in the fourth grade hallway…
All the girls at school are doing zig-zag parts in their hair.
I did not get pictures of Sydney’s creations called the “octabun”
My mom took this picture. I do not cut people’s heads off.
(front: Isaac, Pascal, Sydney, Cedric. Back: Tyler, Megan)
The Days of ’47 Children’s Parade. The kids were asked to dress up as what they want to be when they grow up. Sydney dressed up as an artist and Isaac went as a baseball player.
Tyler and I on our hike with my mom to Dog Lake.
Aunt Michelle is everyone’s favorite!
Boys climb trees. It’s what they do. Below is my nephew “flying” out of this tree. I just
Isaac shooting with the help of his uncle Keith. My pesky brother-in-law was an excellent teacher. Somehow I didn’t end up with a picture of Sydney shooting a gun. She only wanted to shoot ONE bullet but once that cute little girl got her finger on the trigger she went crazy!
Wolverine and Snow White
My friends children, CJ and Brian got to go Trick-or-Treating with us while their mom worked that night. The four kids had a blast together!
Here comes the candy fest…
“A Ray of Hope and Sunshine”
Isaac practicing the song “Climbing”
Fun with dry ice
Fireman Isaac
Celebrate America program at school
Aunt Michelle is everyone’s favorite!
Isaac shooting with the help of his uncle Keith. My pesky brother-in-law was an excellent teacher. Somehow I didn’t end up with a picture of Sydney shooting a gun. She only wanted to shoot ONE bullet but once that cute little girl got her finger on the trigger she went crazy!