Ok.. I know that summer is LONG gone, but I’m not ready for this year to be over. I somehow missed blogging July and August! Hopefully I will get these months blogged sometime before the end of this year (LOL). Every summer our church puts on a Celebrate Freedom festival …

While Amanda and some of her friends were enjoying the Celebrate Freedom festival at the park, other friends of hers (including Andrew pictured above) were out enjoying an evening of longboarding. Described as “surfing on concrete,” longboarding has become very popular with the young adventuresome population in the last few …

It’s official. We’re all scuba certified! We received our cards in the mail the other day. Here are some pictures from our last two training dives. We were able to go on the last nice weekend of the year, I’m sure. We went on Sept 15th and the weekend before …

Please scroll down past this count down to see new blog entries. This countdown will remain at the top of our blog until after Game Day because Josh keeps asking me EVERYDAY how many more days it is until the game. Now that I’ve posted this countdown clock on our …

One of our very creative Upper Grammar teachers had Josh’s class do a Sandwich Book report on the book Little Lord Fauntleroy. I think the kids had a GREAT time with this project. I know Josh put more time and energy into this project than he normally does with his …

Little Lord Fauntleroy by Francis Hodgson Burnett was the most recently assigned book for Josh’s Upper Grammar Tapestry of Grace co-op literature discussion. Ok.. that was a mouthful (LOL). Here is an excerpt from the Barnes & Noble website: Published in 1886, the story begins with young long-curly-haired Cedric Errol …

We had a nice slow weekend!! It’s nice to have one of those once in awhile. We managed to finish most of our school work even with a stressful day on Tuesday when we didn’t get as much done as we should have since we were all recuperating from Nathan …

We’ve watched quite a few zoology type movies this fall. I’m not sure if I want to recommend this one or not. We LOVED the close up photography, but the boys were quite grossed out over some of the animals “hugging” each other!!! Here’s the excerpt from the Blockbuster website: …

Winged Migration is a movie we recently watched that ties in with our zoology studies this year. It’s not good when I get my subjects mixed up (LOL).. you know my aging brain gets things mixed up once in awhile. Here is a mom quote that happened while we were …

We’ve watched a few movies that tie in with our Zoology studies this year. Here is the excerpt from the Netflix website regarding the most recent one we’ve watched. Filled with extraordinary wildlife photography and beautiful birdsongs, this scenic and fascinating nature documentary will help bird lovers improve their ability …