Spring Stuff

It's already May? And I know...I have sorely neglected our blog once again. People are probably sick of checking it to see why there's no update and have given up.

Here are some recent pictures:



Kenny and I went to Modesto to go to the Third Day concert...it was so much fun and a great concert!



Third Day...Brandon Heath and Revive opened for them.



Mac Powell of Third Day


Dan and his friend Katya took a science class together, and they had a little presentation night recently. They both did a great job in class...and had a great teacher too! Thank you Mrs. Trummel!




Some of Dan's work...great job!

Science Experiments!

Here are a pictures from Dan and Tim's science experiments this week! Fun stuff!

Tim was looking at thread, hair and cheek cells in the microscope and Dan was doing an experiment on air pressure and how it relates to bird's wings.

Home schooling and such

We're in the thick of our second week of home schooling and things are going great! So far we are enjoying our curriculum choices...here are a few of our favorites and a glimpse into a few of the subjects we're covering this year:

Apologia Science - Lizzy is using the Botany course and we're enjoying learning about plants. Dan is using Zoology 1; all about birds and insects! Tim is using Biology, and we did our first microscope experiment yesterday, viewing cheek cells! And lastly, Nathan is using Apologia Physics. That's above my expertise, so he can teach ME about it. :)

Bob Jones History - we're using Bob Jones history across the board this year. My favorite of the kids' books is Tim's 9th grade Geography. I'm learning right along with him all of the different types of maps and their names. Pretty fun!

Teaching Textbooks Math - this year we're trying a new math program, both for Nathan and for Dan. Dan is using the computer mostly for his math, and so far it's been a great thing for him. He actually said the other day, that he LIKES math! Never thought I'd hear those words from him. :) Lizzy is using my old favorite, Horizons math and Tim is using Jacobs Geometry.

So, there you have just a few of our subjects...I'll share a few more next time. :) Since this pretty much consumes my life during most of the year, it's foremost on my mind right now. And, speaking of school work...I probably have more than needs to be corrected. Ta ta for now!

First Day of School

Today was our first day of school...hard to believe the summer is already over!

Nathan is in 11th grade, Tim is in 9th. So, two high schoolers! Dan is in 5th grade and Lizzy is in 2nd. Full layout of grades here! :)

Also pictured is my new school "cupboard" that Kenny made for me (with a little help from a friend). It is GREAT...he did a wonderful job and it holds all of our stuff in one convenient place. We'll eventually put doors on the outside, but for now it's functional as is. :)