The botany class dissected plants that were donated by a local florist. The project Josh did in class was too large to fit into his nature journal so I had him dissect a carnation here at home. Thanks to the flowers my parents gave us for our anniversary I just …

BOYS WILL BE BOYS: Here’s what the boys have been up to lately. Awhile ago, Josh made a zip line that goes from the top of the swingset down to the bottom of the basketball pole. I was afraid to watch him slide down, but I decided I better watch …

Josh’s second presentation at co-op this year was on the Indian Corn the Pilgrims found (or stole – lol) after they landed at Plymouth Rock. If you would like, you can listen to his speech too! It’s our first attempt at adding a voice recorded message to our blog so …

CONTINUOUS SHOOT MODE!! WHOO HOO!!!!I can’t BELIEVE all of the shots I was able to get while Josh and his cousin (2nd or 3rd?) played football. My old digital camera didn’t have a sports mode so I always missed the action shots at volleyball and basketball games or while the …

CORN MAIZE:Today we went to the corn maize with some of our fellow homeschoolers. I wasn’t going to take the time off from “school” to do this, however, it was SO NICE outside and it “did” tie in with our school when you consider that corn was one of the …

This year Josh and Nathan are both using Apologia’s elementary Botany course with our homeschool co-op. Yes, you read that right. The mom teachers are even doing botany with the preschoolers in our co-op. So far Nathan has learned that flowers make seeds. The first week all of the kids …

MOVING CHURCH! A Lutheran Church in town asked us to move a church from Box Elder to Billings. It was quite an endeavor which took several weeks. When it was close enough to town, Grandma Jan picked up the boys and took them in so they could be a part …

FAMILY NIGHT: I’m guessing most families don’t pick a week night to have their “family night” activities. We do. Our “family night” this year is going to have to be Tuesday night because it’s the only night that we are all able to commit to being home. We are all …

DRILLING This week Josh worked on a scooter that one of his friends gave him. It needed a hole drilled and a new bolt put attached. I caught these pictures of him out in the garage helping his dad this morning and I’m hoping he wasn’t using this big drill …

THE BOYS AND GRANDPA WORK ON THEIR HOBBY!TRAINS:Every spare minute the boys are asking to go to grandpa’s house to work on their train hobby. Josh is in charge of working on the Christmas table. Here is the start. It looks like he has a long way to go. I’ll …