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Thanksgiving Play
You’ve seen our professionally produced Happy Thanksgiving Video. Now you get to see our personal family Thanksgiving play. This play was written by my children and directed and produced by Brett all...
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Grissom Air Museum
When we travel places, we always try to visit something in the area where we can learn something new. It’s the homeschoolers in us. On our trip to Pennsylvania, we had intended to take the children to...
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Our Thanksgiving Weekend
The following is a guest post by Brett (she had so much fun writing yesterday’s post and I have so much work to do, it was a win/win). PJ We had the best Thanksgiving ever. And don’t try to tell me...
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Greyden’s Birthday
Yesterday was Greyden’s birthday. He is 8 now! I remember the day that he came home from the hospital, on my birthday. That was a long time ago! The night before his big day, he and Mom went in to the...
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A Momentous Occasion
It’s finally happened… The moment that every mother dreads hopes for… Colter is now taller than me! Jim decided you may not be able to tell for sure, so he took this picture: As I keep telling Colter,...
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Almost Christmas
We love the fact that our business is growing. But it has interfered with some of our Christmas traditions. At the very least, it has pushed many of them back from the first half of December to the...
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Ulterior Motives
Everyone around here always loves Christmas. But this year, Brett, Cole, and Emery got really excited about it. Most of their gifts were very altruistic and something the receiver would really desire....
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The Day After Christmas…
…was a Sunday. We go to a home church on the Sundays that we are free. On the day after Christmas, one of the moms planned a play that everyone had got to be a part of. Emery was Joseph and Hewitt was...
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Counting Down!
Colter got a countdown clock for his birthday. Since then he has set it for every big event that has come along. The end of his fiction fast, Christmas, and most recently, our Disney World vacation! So...
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Growing Up!
Colter and I have started to help Mom with the computer work for Goat Milk Stuff. We have had a lot of fun helping her with small things before, but we finally have our “jobs”. Colter is going to be...
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Charades!
Mom and Dad had a date tonight. So they left for Louisville, and we finished up all of our work. Afterwords, I called all the kids together to make sure all the work was done. Once I was sure it was...
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Happy Birthday Indi!!
Yesterday was Indigo’s Birthday! She is 5 now! I cant get it! Got it!! Our Birthday traditions indicate that the birthday child (or adult) must give everyone a hug, so that they can get the money...
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Woosh!
Woosh! There goes one sled! Woosh! There goes another! That was what several days of our NH visit were like. Woosh! All day! Woosh! With a few Ooofs thrown in: Greyden ran off the track and...
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It’s Time To Go Skating!
On one of the days that we did not have anything planned, Grammy and Gumpy suggested that we go to the skating rink near where they were staying. Everyone wanted to go, so we went! It was a HUGE rink!...
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Pizza!!
No, this post is not about pizza. This post is about… …Skiing. When you start skiing, the first thing you learn, (if you have an instructor) is how to stop! At least, that’s what we were taught. To do...
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This morning, after we were all awake, Mom challenged all of us to a jumping jack contest. The person who could do the most jumping jacks without stopping, would get extra chocolate chips in their...
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Why???
Why do boys like to do things the uncomfortable/difficult way? For instance… Why do they like to wear the footy pajamas that have holes in them? (Even though Mom told them they should be put in the...
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Another Surprise!
My Mom is an amazing Mom. She loves us, takes care of us, and even manages to find the energy to cook up, not only one surprise, but two! (Here is the first surprise) On Dad’s birthday, we all woke up...
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Surprise Vacation, Day Two
After our exciting day, most of us slept well. Actually, everyone except me. LOL So when we all woke up, we ate breakfast and unpacked. The night before Mom had promised the boys that she would teach...
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Boys Will Be Boys
Boys will be boys – they will turn straws into fangs: Boys will be boys – they will play in the mud: Boys will be boys – they will wrestle anyone that will let them: Boys will be boys – they will...
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