Thursday, February 21, 2013

School Desk

Many of you might not know, but I have been homeschooling the kids this year.  It is our first year, of hopefully many.  It has not been easy by any stretch of the imagination, but when the Lord calls, it is hard to say "no".  So, here we are learning a lot about each other and ourselves.  It has been a huge learning lesson for me, to say the least.  
 This is our new desk in the dining room which we build this last Saturday.  We call it the school center, for the whole wall, but I love the "school desk" which is the green self.  The kids can add a couple chairs along the desk for space to work.
So, far the girls have been the only ones joining me at the desk.  Dan prefers the little black table in his own room or the dining table.  He like's his own space.  It is so nice to have space just for school things (besides the utility shelf which was hard to organize).  I am in heaven.  It is so easy to find our stuff now.  
Oh, and we have a great time line around the whole dining room, starting at the time of the "premortal realm" all the way through the bible stories, the Apostasy, discovery and forming of our nation, and the restored gospel.  It finishes off with our time and the returning of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and the day of judgement into Eternity.  It is so awesome to look at it, though I am missing many pictures, but it is like hanging our testimony on the walls of our home.  It feels so good to have there as a reminder why we are here.  

Here is to a more organized homeschooling experience!
And, oh, how I love these darn kids of ours.  How else could I do this?  

February Happenings

 Sarah decided to color herself as a cat (while Frank was in charge).

Abby ran in a one mile race and came in at number 171 (improved by 15 from last year's race).

Frank took Daniel on the same race and carried him on his shoulders for a while.  During which, Dan said, "Dad, can we stop and rest a while?"  Oh, that is our Dan, needs to take a brake from taking a brake.  

Saturday, January 26, 2013

My Talented Kids


Tonight we had dinner and a show at Meme and Paca's.  They came up with this on their own, of course.  


And to think they have never had a music lesson, AMAZING isn't it?!?

Dan's solo dinosaur song.


Abby brought in the "surprise instrument" the turn table that DJ's use.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Go, Dan go.

I have to say I did not teach him these moves.

 Notice the "cowboy" music in the background, it makes it even funnier.  

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

New Kitchen


We built our own new kitchen, for Sarah that is and the other kids too.  We painted two cardboard boxes and did some cutting. We even have toaster oven behind the cutting board.  It is complete with a sink, fridge (under the sink), oven, stove and counter top.  Dan thought painting made the "best day ever".

Who needs a lemon aid stand?

Abby created a craft stand in our front yard.   

 Daniel wanted to join the fun by selling dinosaur drawings and other animals he loves.  


Meme and Paca were their only customer's but I think they had fun.  

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Welcome to Our New House

This is our charming new house.  It was built in the 1920's and full of character, and oh, we got it for a deal.  

If you would like the see the rest of the house, it is posted on youtube. 

It is a lot of videos and they are listed upside down.  
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=vmdshb