Nathan’s friend, Noah, came over to hang out today and enjoy one last day of Christmas break before school resumes for both of them tomorrow. On the way home from picking him up at “the bridge,” I asked if the boys wanted some oatmeal for breakfast, but no. They wanted …

Early this morning our dog went crazy with barking and howling.  After the sun rose, we found out what all the commotion had been about as he pointed us toward a coon he had treed during the night! Mid morning the boys decided they needed to take care of the …

I’m not sure what’s going on with these duck feathers on my dining room table, but the placemat has been moved over to make room for them! And the Egg Nog has been pushed aside to make room for marinating the duck meat!!    I’m not much for animals, dead …

First Nathan cut the duck meat into cubes and marinated them in raspberry vinaigrette for a few hours.   Then, he wrapped the duck pieces in bacon and secured them with toothpicks which had been soaked in water. Then he baked them in the oven for about a half hour …

Nathan found himself with a volunteer job during this year’s high school basketball season! He became the team’s SOUNDMAN!   His job was to run the playlist during the varsity boys basketball warm up time, have the mic set up and ready for the announcer, and be sure the song …

Nathan has a contagious laugh which you can see expressed in this great photo of him!  He’s 11 1/2 now and over 1/2 way through the 6th grade! It’s hard to believe this is the last year I’ll have a student in elementary school.  We’ll be on to Junior High …

These boys love to play basketball.  For quite some time, they’ve been talking about how they need another hoop so they can have a full court!  The one you can’t see is mounted above the entryway into this room directly opposite this standing hoop.   They talked about putting up …

Nathan loves to fish!   Today, Josh took him into Polson to purchase a new pole which is a Shakespeare with 10# line.  He’s ready for anything that might come along after his life now 🙂  I was riding around with him in this pedal boat getting my exercise in …

    Today is vaccination catch-up day!  Poor Nathan had to have THREE shots! I actually have a good reason why they were/are behind.  The reason being several years ago (we won’t say exactly HOW MANY years ago) after some questions were raised about a particular vaccination (of which I …

We’ll Race You, HENRY – A Story about Henry Ford is a great Lower Grammar book about Henry Ford which Nathan really enjoyed listening to during our study of the Progressive Era the last few weeks.  This book introduces Henry as a young boy growing up on the family farm …