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Eleven, Eleven, How Can It Be?

Posted by on Oct 3, 2011 in birthdays, children, pics | 7 comments

Eleven, Eleven, How Can It Be?

This morning (actually middle of the night) my Keziah turned eleven years old. If you haven’t read her birth story, here it is…I think it was a hilarious birth! Her birth was just like her…quick to the punch, took us all by surprise, and brings us all joy when we think of it…three hours of sheer intensity and then utmost relief to have her in my arms. I have also been informed that many of my readers pronounce her name K-ugh-Z-long i-ugh…which is what it looks...

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pencil bags

Posted by on Aug 30, 2011 in children, homeschooling, pics | 6 comments

pencil bags

I am blessed to have the lovely Jessica of Balancing Everything fame as one of my best friends. Last week she whipped up some pencil bags for her children and I immediately fell in love. She is one of the most creative people I have ever met and I regularly swoon over her creations. She told me to bring over some fat quarters and zippers and she would teach me how to make some for my family. I loved her Japanese fabric, but I let my children pick out their own stuff and design them in their...

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annual lava day

Posted by on Aug 30, 2011 in children, homeschooling, pics | 3 comments

annual lava day

Every year I plan a big homeschool social at Lava Hot Springs. We always have tons of fun seeing friends from all over Southeast Idaho and of course, the speed slides can’t be beat. This year I spent the day soaking my feet in the shallow end of the pool watching Annesley and Fisher jump in again and again and again. I didn’t dare swim or slide for fear of hurting myself…for some reason my arm and breast are still SO sore after the lumpectomy. Keziah and Blythe played with...

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room clean

Posted by on Aug 28, 2011 in decluttering, pics | 10 comments

room clean

Floors, windows, walls, and bed are DONE!! Bathroom and closet still to go. I can’t even tell you how lovely it was to wake up in our bedroom this morning. I actually didn’t know where I was! Bed made within 10 seconds of exiting horizontal position. No messes made this morning. I am determined to keep it this...

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keziah’s new bag

Posted by on Aug 23, 2011 in children, pics, sewing | 10 comments

keziah’s new bag

Keziah bought a bag pattern about a year ago and ever since then she has desperately wanted to create the bag. Clear back in February or March she bought her fabric and then came right home and started working on it. She got a few pieces cut out and then asked me for help. The problem was that for me reading a pattern is like reading Mandarin. It simply makes no sense to my brain at all. She kept trying to work on it here and there, but had little success because I couldn’t help her. She...

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Green River Lakes

Posted by on Aug 22, 2011 in camping, family, pics | 17 comments

Green River Lakes

Ready for the longest post ever? Read on…knowing full well that I have to chronicle the trip for my family so there are gobs of pictures you may or may not want to see. We have been back from our annual camping trip for a week now and I am finally getting around to writing about it. See, I hate writing about things when I don’t have my pictures of the event and I didn’t have time to sit down and upload a gazillion pictures (nor could I find my camera) until today. My sister...

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Six Weeks Old

Posted by on Jul 12, 2011 in children, family, pics | Comments Off

Six Weeks Old

We have been having so much fun with these puppies. Keziah does most of the work with them, but we all have had to pitch in to keep them safe, socialized, warm, fed, and dry…and chase off the owls that keep eyeing them. We have all loved holding them and watching them grow up. It is amazing to see the progression. It seems like each day they are bigger than the day before. Keziah is selling these puppies for $20. They are lab mix puppies. Sadie is a pure bred black lab and one of the...

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book bonanza: houdini

Posted by on Jul 8, 2011 in book bonanzas, books, children, homeschooling, pics | Comments Off

book bonanza: houdini

I have posted before about Kathleen Krull. I love her books! Today Fisher and I read another of her books and thoroughly enjoyed learning about Houdini. Besides teaching us about some of his magic tricks, escape acts, and daredevil antics, we learned about his childhood of poverty, early physical coordination, life-long love for exercise, love of books, entrepreneurial spirit, and some of his secrets. We learned of his determination to get an education and his unfortunate death. Fisher was...

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keziah’s new love

Posted by on Jun 23, 2011 in family, pics | 1 comment

keziah’s new love

We are all loving on these puppies a lot, but one in particular is Keziah’s favorite. She holds him during scripture reading, she holds him during play time, she holds him while she reads…she is SO in love. She is begging us to let her keep him, but we are none too keen on the idea of having a new puppy to teach for the next two years. There are eight others, cute as can be, looking for their forever...

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book bonanza: why don’t you get a horse, sam adams?

Posted by on Jun 22, 2011 in book bonanzas, books, history & geography, homeschooling, pics | Comments Off

book bonanza: why don’t you get a horse, sam adams?

I was up early this morning working on creating bylaws and forms for iFamily Leadership Academy and Fisher came down and brought me this book to read. I told him I wouldn’t be able to read it all because I had so much to do, but after we got started on it, we read it clear through. What a fun story! I never knew that Sam Adams didn’t know how to ride a horse! This delightful tale shares the story of the colonists and their growing opposition to England’s policies and what...

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