Josh is turning out to be a FINE YOUNG GENTLEMAN! He was always very kind to hold the elevator door for everyone, ask where anyone was going, etc. I couldn’t BELIEVE how rude some kids were. I can see why some people would complain about being on a cruise with …

Yep.. you read that right… skateboarding. Josh took the wheels off from one of his decks and used it to try to snowboard. It didn’t work too well.

Tim spotted a yucca plant and suggested that Josh use it for a jump since they forgot to bring a shovel to make some of their own. Here he goes: notice the twisting motion to try and head for the yucca plant jump… he’s quite aways away from it… it …

Em was on her way to a great run until she got a little too close to Josh!

On the way home from our afternoon of sledding, Tim decided to spin some donuts in the road. Josh was looking pretty intently at the technique… hm… I’m sure he’ll be giving this a try one of these days… sigh…. I’m pretty sure we’re not supposed to be heading toward …

Every winter our homeschool group heads off to the mountains to go skiing. We go two Tuesdays in February and two Tuesdays in March. This past Tuesday was our first time for this year! The kids had so much fun. Above are the pictures of the mountains as seen from …

Josh put this in the laundry earlier this week and asked me to hand wash it. This is the 2nd one has purchased. The first one didn’t hold up to washing at all. So, this time we took it to Grandma Jean’s for reinforcement. The name and letters are iron …

The Grain Train. Briefly, when it’s time to haul out a load of grain. My dad heads to the elevator to run it while loading.

Being the “good” scientist that he is, Nathan “always” wears his goggles when performing an experiment (LOL). This experiment involved two cups each with seeds planted in them. One was grown in the refrigerator. The other in our light hut. We were suprised that the one in the refrigerator actually …

The botany teachers found this fun project at one of our local stores after searching all over for them. It was very cool to watch the plant grow to the point that we could finally read the secret message. Here is Josh taking care of his Secret Message bean. You …