A Double Rainbow

We've had some much needed rain for the past two days and were especially happy to see a beautiful double rainbow!

I hope all of my US and Canadian friends (especially PEA!) have a wonderful long weekend!

School Room and a New Year

Hello! Today was the first day of school and we have been hard at work for the past few weeks on a school room project. This room has had a few different looks over the years...

August 2007

August 2008


March 2010

We moved the piano into the family room which gave us enough room for this wall unit and desk. All of the new furniture is from IKEA.

Phillip put everything together and the kids and I organized all the old and new books.

For those interested, I will list our curriculum for this coming year. Up until now, we have used Sonlight, but are adding some new things, including outside classes specifically for homeschoolers. We are also meeting with a possible grammar tutor (for the girls) tomorrow evening for some extra help.

Grace (7th grade)

At home:

Math: Math-u-see

Language Arts: Abeka

Typing: Mavis Beacon

Outside classes:

English I (they are reading 4 novels with focus on spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension)

Science: Apologia General Science

American History (includes speech, debate, and plays)

Emily (6th grade)

At home:

Math: Math-u-see

Language Arts: Abeka

Typing: Mavis Beacon

Outside classes:

Science: Apologia human body

American History (includes speech, debate, and plays)

Benjamin (4th grade)

At home:

Math: Math-u-see

Language Arts: Abeka

Science: Bob Jones

History/Geography: Abeka

Typing: Mavis Beacon

Outside classes:

"Friday School" is a fun supplement to regular at homeschool lessons. Includes reading/phonics, science experiments, art, history/geography lessons, math facts, PE, music, drama, foreign language, holiday fun, and Show and Tell.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit and taking a look at our new school room!

Vacation Pictures

Hello! I thought I would share a few of our vacation pictures. Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are such beautiful states. I especially love all of the trees and the lakes.


Lots of swimming at the lake with Grandpa.

I hardly saw the girls and Benjamin the entire time. They were off playing with their cousins!


One of my favorite things we did was visit Plymouth Rock. Since we are learning about American History this coming year the timing was perfect.

The rock was a lot smaller than I expected, but you can read why here.

We also visited the replica of the Mayflower and Plimoth Plantation.

A birthday celebration with a pinata.

We had plenty of time to relax and are already looking forward to visiting again next year. My mom and I also went to quite a few antique stores, so I will share some of my new finds soon.

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig

We are home from our vacation and had a wonderful time visiting with Grandma and Grandma, my sister and her two boys. The two weeks went by quickly and now we are trying to get back into our routine. I'm almost caught up on laundry and I've been doing a little school planning, too. Everyone starts back on August 23, which is just around the corner.

Btw, Target has sheet sets (includes 4 pillow cases) on sale this week. Any size, 450 thread count, and several colors to choose from for $34.00. I picked up a green set to match my comforter.

I'll be back next week with vacation pictures!

July 12, 2010

Good morning! We've had a fairly cool July thanks to rain almost every day.


My water garden has been very neglected this year. I haven't cleaned it out at all.


It seems to have created the perfect environment for new goldfish babies! There are at least 4 (1 gold and 3 black), but they are very camera shy. The fish in the picture is one of the adults.


I hope your July is going great, as well. The kids are I are about to leave for Rhode Island to visit Grandpa and Grandma. I'll be back to 2 weeks with pictures to share!