The End of our School Year :)

We finished our school year by taking a big field trip… to Washington, D.C. and then North Carolina!

We took a tour of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

We saw my cousin Courtney

And my Aunt Annie

And went on a pirate adventure in Annapolis, Maryland

We visited the Air & Space Museum at the Smithsonian

I love my sister

Aunt Shel and her three favorite nephews

My dog nephew Payton
Ain't he cute???

We saw lighthouses
and we walked up this one

See Josh and me?

My sister brought a bottle of wine in a shark-shaped bottle.
It was surprisingly yummy ~ can you tell she enjoyed it???

We saw wild horses… that was amazing

The boys' coolest sandcastle EVER!

(((hugs))),

chris

Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on
praying.

             Romans 12:12

The Kitchen Remodel, Part 1

Aaaahhhh… the kitchen construction project is basically done now, but this is the story of…

The Kitchen Remodel

All my guys hammering and tearing out tiles…
Jas & I tore out the linoleum that was under the tiles
(this took a whole weekend)

And we got down to the plywood!

Jason put in a new window ~ the kids got to climb in and out too!

Me and the first piece of soffit to come down...

Soffits and drywall suck.
Royally, totally, completely suck.
The End.

I am the lovely assistant who held up the drywall.
I think this is a very flattering camera angle for me.

Oy. Watching mud dry.
As exciting as watching grass grow…

About 8 cans of drywall mud, wall texture, and a gallon of paint later…
I flossed the drywall dust out of my teeth,
then took this pic to remember the good times :)

The floor guy came & went…
and after we assembled allllll of the cabinets,
we went to work installing cabinets

Cabinets are in… time for a beer!

We had a deadline ~ the cabinets needed to be in before we went on vacation so the floor guy could finish the floors while we were gone. WE DID IT! Everything came together and the timing worked out perfectly on every step. Yay God! Thank you!!!

(((hugs))),
chris

Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me.
       Psalm 103:1-2

The End of the 2013-14 School Year

We made it!!!

Our first year of homeschooling under our belt… and we are so excited to continue on next year!

Here are some (ok lots o') pictures:

Mummifying a hot dog while we studied Ancient Egypt

P.E.

Typical school uniform

There was a major flood in our area in September...

Josh made a homemade flashlight

lots of Legos in our homeschool

we studied laser beams

P.E.

we made geodes

the three musketeers wearing their teamGlenn hats…
one of our favorite neighbors Mr. Glenn passed away in November

the kids are all learning how to cook

homeschool field trip to a kids' theater performance
(those are 2 of our friends on stage)

all 3 kids are taking piano lessons now

P.E.

opening a pyramid to find the mummy

field trip to the air museum

Umm… what can I say…
it's a tough job :)

watercolor hangings like in Ancient China

we made stalagmites
or are they stalagtites?

David joined our homeschool full time in January
& what a dramatic change in him!

Fun with math manipulatives

D's first lap book

See??? Complete joy :)

P.E.

P.E.
Daddy being a great example while sledding standing up…
boys so need their daddies because I would never do this

Olympic torches

Cub Scouts

Josh is so "into" Minecraft that he had a Minecraft birthday party
and he took some online Minecraft classes offered to homeschoolers

#3 playing soccer
#1 also played basketball
and all 3 took swimming lessons

AND we started construction on the kitchen
in mid-April

tattoo sleeves made by Daddy

our world puzzle

testing what it might be like to walk on a tightrope

and more Legos of course

We had a super fantastic year! We are so blessed…

all the glory to God!

(((hugs))),
chris

P.S. I will post our last 3 days of school and our year-end party in a week or two… don't be jealous!

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:37-39