The Most Precious Birthday Letter Ever Written!

I altered the names of course.  I thought it was the sweetest thing Ramona has ever written.  What a stark contrast to her “I Hate School” paper. 
She wrote CP this letter and placed it on his bed the night before his birthday.  I found it on his bed in the morning and read it to [...]

Note To Self

Place only one 7 oz bag of alphabet pasta into homemade chicken noodle soup instead of two.

Sunriver Oregon

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

 
We took a much needed break from reality last week.  We spent several nights at a house in Sunriver.  We managed to fit in quite a few activities and had a glorious time spending time together.  The kids and I went up Wed. and Daddy’O followed on Thursday.  We all came home [...]

Twisted Logic and the Job Jar

I have to laugh at my daughter’s twisted logic.  The job jar came back from a Summer sabbatical and is now getting a good workout.  Ramona is refusing to do what she is told so she can pick a job from the “job jar.”  She just laughs and says, “no.”  Yipee, I get to pick [...]

3D’s Baptism

3D decided he was ready to profess his faith publicly Sunday in the river.  It couldn’t have been a more beautiful day for it.  Daddy’O did the honors.  I was so proud of the way he spoke clearly about why he made the decision to be baptized.  I missed the actual dunking on camera, but [...]

Where is the Time Going???

I just looked at the date of my last post and I can’t believe it has been longer than a month.  I’ll have to catch up, but for now I’m off to get a shower.  I know almost 1 in the afternoon is kinda late for a shower, but I’ve just been takin’ it easy [...]

Cousins and Parties

I’m thankful to God for providing me with a sister.  It is fun living nearby and having cousins for the kids to play with. 
We had a 40th birthday party for my sister and a 50th birthday party for her husband all on the same day.  They were so kind to have birthdays so close together [...]

The Library has Wii Games

Ramona was sooo excited to discover that the library carries Wii games.  She checked out four.  She even go an easy one for CP.  I cringe at the thought of a 3 1/2 year old playing the Wii, but it is hard to keep it from him since his older siblings play it. 
So, if you’re [...]

Workboxes

Workboxes are the new fad of organizing schoolwork for homeschoolers and I am soooo excited that I came accross it.  This fantastic idea is a new way of organizing school work and school day.  It is the brainchild of Sue Patrick.  She has a book available that explains the entire system and why it works, but of [...]

Garden Chaos

We planted a beautiful garden this year.  We were determined to get a delicious smorgasbord of vegies for us to eat, but to my dismay and to the fabulously super helpful chickens, my three year old, and the uncomposted compost of my delightfully diligent neighbor, I have a big mish mash of items growing.
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