My Guys - Baseball edition

Scot is able to help coach B's baseball team this year. His first game was tonight.

I was so glad to be able to catch this sweet moment between my guys as they were planning a strategy for B's at bat. What a special season this is going to be!

Celebrity Day

From the time B heard that there was going to be a celebrity day at co-op, he planned to be a part of the Robertson family. You have heard of them right? 

Our family loves watching Duck Dynasty and it was only fitting that he become a Duck Commander for the day :)

Science - Model of Mercury

S loves science and doing any kind of hands on projects.

We have been studying the planets this semester in science. We have done several projects and reports along the way. Today, after learning about Mercury, S made a model of Mercury. She loved every second of this quick project.

Pajama Day 2013

We had Pajama Day at co-op this semester and 

M was the only one of my kids who wanted to participate!

She LOVES penguins and was so excited to show off her penguin slippers :) I am glad she did not think she was too old to go to school in her pj's!

Valentine's Day Wreath

E made this cute  Valentine's Day wreath in her co-op class. I love it and am so glad I get to benefit from her craftiness!

Christmas Visit

We are so blessed to have several friends who live in our small town that also homeschool.

This year for our Christmas Party we first went to a local assisted living home and sang Christmas carols, played the piano and visited with the residents. We all loved it so much!

One of the residents mentioned how they love this time of year because people come and visit. This saddened me because I know I am guilty of thinking of these types of ministries only around the holidays!

We, as a group, have decided that we would make this a regular outing for our children. We plan to go back and play games and do crafts with the residents throughout the coming year!

12's

Didn't everyone get a 12/12/12 at 12:12 picture? 

We did and because we were on vacation, we were able to get all 6 of us in the picture!

Cantata 2012

The kids had the great privilege to sing in the church cantata tonight. S, M and B are in the children's choir and E is in the youth choir.

Their choirs joined the adult choir in singing a beautiful song for the cantata and the children's choir did a song on their own. It was wonderful! I am so thankful they have the opportunity to learn music and share their praise to the awesome God we serve!

Movies with the Cousins

Being a family of 6, we do not go to the movies very often. Honestly, it is only during the summer when they have $2 movies which includes popcorn and a drink!

We were so excited when we heard about a FREE movie day including popcorn and drinks - the only cost being canned food for our local food bank! It was wonderful to be on a Saturday morning which allowed daddy to come along too!

My sister and her kids also went so the kids were able to see their cousins too!

Fun times - Great memories - isn't that what life is about???

The Tree 2012

We found a beautiful, tall and FAT Christmas tree at our friend's Nursery! Love it, it is just perfect!

Tree Lighting Ceremony 2012

The kids had the privilege to sing at the Tree lighting ceremony in our small town. They, along with the adult choir, sang one of the songs that they will be singing on Sunday Night in the cantata.

Names of God ornaments

This week in Bible we have been studying the names of God. We colored these little ornaments and hung them on my branch tree.

I think it is a perfect way to keep God at the center of all that do this Christmas season, a constant reminder of who He is and ALL He has done for us!

Visit with Santa

Thankfully M still wants to sit on Santa's lap.

My older ones think that it is so "babyish" to see Santa. Thankfully their daddy asked them to please do it for mom :)

Since our friends were also there, I asked if they all would go see Santa. Again, there was some resistance by the boys, but they finally agreed since they were doing it together with their friends  :)

Planet Notebooks

We are learning about the Planets and other Astronomy related things so we decided to do a notebook of sorts. The kids enjoyed doing school in a different manner today and I enjoyed watching their creativity shine!

Thankful

I am so incredibly thankful that the Lord chose this man to be my husband! I am blessed beyond measure to have such a loving, caring, giving, compassionate, funny, extraordinary man to spend my days and nights with!

Camp Fire

One of our favorite things to do especially in the fall is have a bonfire. Fun times...great memories!

Sweet Friends

M and her friend E are the best of friends. I love watching them hug when they see each other then take off running to go play. We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends in our lives!

School Day Distraction

Today's school day distraction...cow loose on the back of our property. He broke through the fence from the neighboring field. Now to locate the farmer so the rest of the cow's friends don't try to find out if the grass really is greener on the other side of the fence :) Love country living! 

Grand Prize - Pumpkin Decorating Contest 2012

Guess who won Grand Prize for their pumpkins at the the fair?

M (who is 6!) won Grand prize in the student division and surprisingly, I won in the adult division!

Mine is the bee and M's is the Charlie Peanut's Great Pumpkin Patch

NPF Fair 2012

This year we took a family picture at the NPF Fair. We had a great time...lots of great memories and wonderful traditions!