We decided to make the kids’ schooling a little more difficult this year. Or maybe not more difficult, but ‘different’. Each week Emma and Caleb are required to turn in a report on a subject they have been given to
Learning in Mutual
These last 7 months serving in the Young Women program at church has been amazing! Our weekly mutual nights have been a great night to learn – I’m learning just as much as the girls and I’m loving it! Last
Emma’s Application Letter
Yesterday Emma handed me a piece of paper and asked me to deliver it to the local vet’s office. It states: Dear sir or madame, I am twelve years old and would like to be a vet when I am
Mouse Troubles
We’ve had some issues with mice since this summer. We caught a couple and thought our worries were over. Then we started seeing signs of them again. Traps were not cutting it – they were too smart for them. For
Emma is 12 Years Old!
It was with great trepidation that we reached Emma’s birthday this year, as she turned 12 years old. Twelve is a big number when a lot of changes occur. It is almost a passage from childhood into the teen world.
A New ‘Do
After months and months of warning Emma that this day was coming, it finally arrived. We left the house yesterday morning with her looking like this: . . from the front . . . and from the back. Needless to
Being Social . . .
is definitely not how we have been through our blog lately. We’ve been preoccupied with getting settled into our new home. When we feel a little more settled and less embarrassed about boxes and just ‘stuff’ laying around, we may
‘Eleven is Heaven’
. . or so I’ve been told by our resident eleven-year-old. Emma woke up in the wee hours of the morning with a stomach ache and an ear ache. Must have been growing pains because she’s been enjoying her day
Quilts . . . Completed
This week the girls have taken turns tying their quilts. Emma got frustrated with how long it was taking her so she had me work towards her from the other side. Hannah had me working the needle and she did
A Girls’ Weekend
By default, with the boys gone, we had a girls’ weekend. A lot of time was spent working on quilts, but we did venture out of the house on Saturday to see “Shorts” at the movie theater. I was outvoted