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 California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 31st, 2014
We went over to Malibu on Friday morning and did a beach day. The kids played in the sand, found crabs and “special rocks,” and most excitingly, saw a pod of dolphins swimming really close! For perspective, that’s Cisco with the big girls in the lower right corner. And those are two dolphins right next […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Friends, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 30th, 2014
I just love when our kids love our friends’ kids. And we still like hanging out, even after 14 years…
Posted in California, Homeschooling, Tommy on May 28th, 2014
Since the Franciscos are coming this afternoon, we’re making today our official last day of school. We finished most of our books a couple weeks ago but have been finishing up the math book and working on Mark 5. We have 8 verses left, so we agreed to keep doing memory work over the summer, […]
Derek stole my camera last night to prove that I do read to the kids, too!
Once Susie’s toddler bed broke a few weeks ago, we decided it was time to take the plunge to bunk beds. Tommy isn’t as scared of heights anymore and has been asking for more privacy, and the girls want a snuggle buddy every night, anyway, so we were ready! The bed came yesterday, and both […]
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Susanna, Tommy on May 9th, 2014
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Family, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on May 3rd, 2014
Derek recently found out about a really neat beach restaurant in Malibu, so we took Grandma and Grandpa there today and spent the morning at the beach! Janie LOVED the water. She just wanted to stand and get splashed by waves over and over again. When someone got tired of holding her up and tried […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 29th, 2014
Posted in Elizabeth, Homeschooling, Janie, Susanna, Tommy on Apr 25th, 2014
Thought I’d give a few more pictures of what our school days have been like… On a normal school day, Elizabeth is tracing her numbers, Tommy is creating a map based on descriptions in his geography book, and Susie is playing with the math rods. And then there are days like yesterday! PJ called me […]