I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Annie, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 21st, 2019
This week Charis Classical Academy commenced our eighth year of classical Christian education with classes at our Malibu campus. Our students range from therapeutic preschool to seventh grade, and in addition to our regular studies of Mark’s gospel, Latin, English language, literature, and poetry, mathematics, and French, we are excited to start our history and […]
Posted in Annie, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Aug 20th, 2019
Derek got invited to do the devotionals for Arete Academy again this summer, and instead of me staying alone with the kids all week while he stayed at a resort in Phoenix, the kids and I crammed in all of Annie’s therapies at the beginning of last week and then drove over to Keith and […]
Posted in Annie, Homeschooling, Tommy on Jul 27th, 2019
On our way to the airport, we stopped to check out the World War One Memorial Museum and Gates BBQ, which even Annie ate! Home and in bed by 2 am. It was a long last day!
Posted in Annie, Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 26th, 2019
I mostly instagrammed the end of our vacation, but we finished off our time in CoMo with more downstairs diner action, lots of snuggles, and trips to Shakespeares and Andy’s! We’ve been on a fruit and veggie detox diet since getting home to make up for all the yummy midwestern food we enjoyed!
Posted in Annie, Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jul 25th, 2019
We spent our last weekend in the Midwest in St Louis, hanging out with the Carruthers and visiting the St Louis Science Center for their 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing party, followed by the girls’ first trip to the Arch (and the Museum of Westward Expansion, which used to be a celebration of westward […]
The DIA with Jason and Jen, Nicole’s shower, hangin with the Fam, second cousin love at KK’s, family games, shooting off rockets…we had a busy week in Detroit!
All 15 of us, together in Columbia–for the first time since John and Kathryn’s wedding! We swam in the back yard, enjoyed a full ice cream sundae bar down in the basement, and got Uncle John to give Tommy a real marine haircut.
Posted in Annie, California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homemaking, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 27th, 2019
I realized with a start the other day that we hadn’t done our annual blueberry picking trip to Underwood Farms! So I emailed Olivia on Monday to see if her girls were in, and when we were hanging out in Santa Barbara with our CVH buddies, I convinced them to join us, too! We picked […]
Posted in Annie, California, Elizabeth, Friends, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Jun 26th, 2019
This week has been all about the totally last minute field trips with friends. Yesterday, we were supposed to go to a homeschool beach day, but it was 60, overcast, and drizzly–not ideal beach weather. So at 10 am, Jessica, Lynn, and I all decided to drive up to Santa Barbara, instead! The Butterflies Alive! […]
Posted in Annie on Jun 13th, 2019
It took having a child who does not share my DNA to find someone in this house who thinks kale chips are yummy. But boy, does Annie think kale chips are yummy! Forget about yummy taco meat and yummy club crackers and yummy mac and cheese–all this girl wants to eat orally are yummy kale […]