As with most, our Fourth of July looked different this year. We normally go to Idaho where we spend the holiday with extended family watching the parade, barbecuing, and fireworks. With all of these events cancelled, we headed over to Utah instead and spent the weekend with my family. We started the day with a …
Sarah’s Spring Showcase
Sarah started dance this last year and it has been so much fun watching her begin to love a new hobby. She is currently in a jazz, tap, and ballet class {it’s all combined in the same class} and she has really enjoyed it. When COVID hit in March, Sarah’s dance class was put on …
Schoolhouse Schedule
I am a little bit more behind where I would like to be in my summer planning – BUT we are getting there! Everything is planned out and all I need to do is PREP! The next several weeks, I will be be posting all about how I prep my different subjects for the year. …
Jacob’s 8th Birthday
Eight years old. I cannot believe it! This boy brings us so much joy and is an incredible blessing to our lives. We love him so much and were so happy to celebrate HIM. Jacob got up and going first thing and instead of doing the breakfast we planned – he said he wanted donuts! …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful History – Year 2
This was our second year doing history with The Good and the Beautiful and it was incredible. It really was. Lessons this year kept me pondering long after the lesson was finished. We learned a lot and I felt like Jacob is connecting more with history the older he gets. That is my goal. Introduce …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful History Year 2 – History of U.S. Education / WWI through the Great Depression
This unit flew by and we learned so much! I was surprised how much the history of education in the United States really resonated with me. We learned more about the horrors of war and its impacts on every person. Topics Education in Early America: A Foundation on Christ Noah Webster William McGuffey Henry Ford …
Father’s Day
“Perhaps the most essential of a father’s work is to turn the hearts of his children to their Heavenly Father. If by his example as well as his words a father can demonstrate what fidelity to God looks like in day-to-day living, that father will have given his children the key to peace in this …
Benjamin Lewis
BIG EMOTIONS! If I were to describe Benji in two words it would be those = BIG EMOTIONS. This boy feels all things BIG these days, which is pretty great a lot of the time {because he is a generally pretty happy, carefree kid} but he is also embracing a bit of the “three-nager” qualities …
{REVIEW} The Good and the Beautiful Science: Botany
A mighty wind blew night and day It stole the Oak Tree’s leaves away, Then snapped its boughs and pulled its bark Until the Oak was tired and stark. But still the Oak Tree held its ground While other trees fell all around. The weary wind gave up and spoke, “How can you still be …
Autism & ADHD
I have questioned this post and what to include in it over and over. This blog has always been about our family and, right now, this is something greatly impacting our family and we wanted to share. We also want to share with family and friends so that there is hopefully a greater understanding. AND …