Wednesday Holiday Prep

Getting ready to share the love...



Warrior was thinking and creating simultaneously.
His yellow is God's light shining into black sin.
Yes, it's Valentine's Day that's is approaching and preparing to create cards...
Teacher LOVES that Warrior was
thinking of the eternal love.



Texture rubbings underway...



Mascot's cute posing included...



And, to the post office we go!
Sharing a love that reigns eternal,
through the texture of doilies
and brightness of Crayola.

Life is good.
We serve a good God.

Special Principal Party

Because a birthday only comes once a year...

WE LOVE OUR PRINCIPAL!

















God has richly blessed us with your presence, care and constant compassion.
You, Principal, are a blessing to us.

Family Friday

No school, officially.

Just playing as a family, and walking in the steps of the Lord
who has gone before us and arranged this community event
to turn the eyes of our local community to Him.

Thanks to Mrs. Heather for her work in a Kingdom class, as well!

I Chronicles 17:8
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men of the earth.

And that's exactly what our caring God did, when we entered the helium rental store and the manager was our old neighbor and he gave us a HUGE tank for FREE! Praise to the king! May our work be YOUR work! Amen.

Fast Friday

Over the river
and through the woods...
Away they went to Grammy's.


Proverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life.

Praise God for the generations before
and their blessings galore!
Thanks Grammy & Papa Randy for sharing
your lives and love of Jesus with this younger generation!

Friday Holiday

Preparation for Sunday, the day of celebration.



Family, the Living Word, and a whole lotta color and chocolate, the Homeschool can't wait to celebrate the living Savior!



Friday was needed for Sunday to happen, thanks Jesus.

Friday Holiday

11 years and counting. God's grace is sufficient for us, and parents having been married for 11 years calls for Grammy to sit and parents to celebrate!

Happy Holiday Homeschool!

Friday Fun

What seems to be a spring-spurt, both Warrior and Studentare sleeping and eating more than ever! So, after a vote from Student to continue through spring break next week with the goal of finishing the school year by May Day, we will march on.

It's today, though, after the late-sleeping morn, and the company for lunch, the hospitable Homeschool traveled to the local Metropolis and smiled at overstimulation: a trip to Chuck E. Cheese! We're calling it our spring holiday.



And we're thanking God all the way! From the safe travel, to the free tickets given to Student by a parent...315 free tickets to be exact!

From the time being shared with friends, to a home to come back to. You God, are overflowing the Hoemschool's cup! Thank you.

Holiday Friday

Yes, to fun and friends!

No, to books and seatwork!

It's a Homeschool Valentine Party with the works...



Paper bouquets & Valentine Cards
for the elderly at church.

Cookies for decorating and digesting.



Hearts for arrow target practice.

LHOP's Town Party, Country Party episode.



Prizes for winning.



A Pinata of lovely appearance created by Leslie. WOW! Art has new meaning
and taste today! Thanks to all for a grande celebration! Thanks to God for
party weather!

Not Accepting Calls Today

Yes, to our beloved rock, strength and encourager...
Happy Birthday!



Principal agreed with the administration that his birthday celebration should continue all-the-day-through, thus canceling Homeschool for this midweek day. All are in agreement, as they thank God for this holiday & wipe the chocolate cake from their lips...to return clean and sugar-filled for lessons tomorrow.

Yes, Principal was quite honored to share his day with iPad. A big day for both of them. Shall we consider re-naming our Mac-loving principal: iPrincipal? We shall put it to a vote...

Monday a-go-go

Really, a learning environment the Homeschool was NOT!

So, a day of life skills and roaming around with a blank mind

oblivious to realities but focused in the imagination.

That's exactly the Monday we had.

Suppose one would classify this as a Holiday!

Playing for some...

Cleaning for others...

And sleeping for another!

And thanks be to God for His mercies that are new every morning!

Can we get an amen! Thank you, Jesus!

Holiday

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our break this week will be full of family, food and His grace! God is giving us rest and we are thankful! Student thinks of her pen pal, Lehi, in The Philippines, and is thankful for food...more than ever!

Speaking of Lehi, Student created a Christmas card for her! Student used some of the glittery snowflake paper she received from Grammy. Thanks!

In Disguise

In disguise and on the run, Student left with Grammy for a Holiday!

Thanks be to God for sunshiny Fridays,

and Grammy-induced Holidays!

Holiday

To those Veterans close to our hearts, we give a blessing shout:

Ryan Strotkamp

Randy Hauser

Layne Pierce

Marshall Pierce

Doug Davenport

Frank Davenport

Micah Cusick

Nancy Mayes

Sarah Underhill

Paul Zollmann

Darrin Tangeman

And to others currently serving or having served, we THANK YOU!

And if we still had any mulberries from the berry bowl, we'd offer those, too! Blessings!

Holiday Excuse #84

Only once in a lifetime do we have our 84th birthday...

and so we went road trippin'!

Student, Toddler and The Mascot all piled in the back of the van, as we set off to see Great Papa Marshall. Bringing along with us a violin, presents, lunch and singing voices, we arrived to the Greats' house on time!

Student gracefully played her violin for the Greats, while Toddler not-so-gracefully devoured lunch, while the Mascot gracefully filled his diaper! Whew!

Afterwards, we raked leaves, spun on the merry-go-round (well, it's an old hexagonal clothesline that spins...but the kids know better...thus, the picture is just to give your eyes something to look at!) and sang hymns to Great Papa Marshall. He opened his gifts, and Mascot got one too! What a blessed occasion we had the opportunity to partake in because God provided homeschool. When we obeyed and agreed for Him to establish the work of our hands, we had no idea we would be blessed with Holiday excuse #84...as it was all in a homeschool day!

Holiday Expidition

Yes, we are having a holiday! No school, specifically. But my eyes are opened to see all of the learning that naturally takes place at home. Because this isn't one of a few scheduled holidays, we aren't rushing into filling the day with together time. As homeschool provides opportunity to have much together time, we have decided to spend our day of together time just being us!

We began our morning with a 3 mile bike ride. Yes, that arrangement of the donut shop and park in the middle sure make for a great break! No, we didn't choose to go into detail about the dog droppings we found at the base of the slide, or the God-provided Mrs. Tonya to help with our frustrated Toddler, or the construction worker with the miracle wrench to solve the frustrated Toddler...well, he fixed the loosened training wheels, of course! Rather, we are thinking and writing of sewing;;;what else!

Our favorite second-hand shop is also along the path. And Student and I have been eyeing fabric to go together for a local Christmas project for Foster Children in the area. Looking to have 900 quilts donated for Christmas gifts, we are ready with our fabric!

Student is looking to make a small quilt, her first self-lead quilt. And with our other circus fabric and flannel, we plan to include a message of strength and courage as The Lord our God is with us wherever we go...to parallell the images of lion tamers and such from the ol' circus days. So, we'll see if we can turn these fabrics into projects for our next Final Friday!

Columbus Day

Wonder how many posts are titled as ours is today? Many people we ran into today, as it was our out-and-about Monday, didn't know it was Columbus Day! That's when you know you are a teacher, when holidays that don't mean a day off are still noted!

Our trek to the library was in the four-wheeled vehicle today. Our temperatures keep dropping, and the bikes are seeing less sunshine. Toddler especially is bothered by this. But with gloves and hats, almost anything can be enjoyed on a cool Fall day! And so we bundled and rode the afternoon away!

Happy Columbus Day for us, meant an old school Columbus cartoon, and paper boats! Well, in the folding instructions it was a hat before it was a boat, and Student couldn't resist! So, on the head it went!

And did we say what a joyous and fancy event this folding was? Student enjoys Fancy Nancy, and we were sure that her boat would have nothing less fancy than sequins, and so Student took the lead with the glue and all!

Seatwork in Math was prompted from Student telling Principal that we weren't doing Math right now! Yikes, nothing new, that is. So, he slammed his gavel and let us know that review is practice well worth her time!

Again, the mascot sleeps in his swing, and we continue on our best with homeschool. As we are so blessed to attempt this adventure to bring Him glory, our eyes stay fixed on the prize!

Fall Break

Fall officially begins tomorrow, but our Fall break has come and gone. September 11 - September 18. Our family has expanded, and homeschool must go on. Student filled much of her break with Art projects and pushing these wheels along.

Welcome back to school!

Holiday

Happy Labor Day! Or is it a lack-of-labor-day?! We sit and enjoy our backyard tenting, surprise firework show, and flashlight hide-and-seek! All fun with late-night kiddos and no bedtime or schoolwork! Happy Holiday!

Holiday

Wide-eyed with anticipation, Student's first Holiday from homeschool is today!

Off to Grammy's with Toddler. Oh, the things they'll say. Oh, the things they'll do.

Lord, help these children know the beauty and simplicity of walking with a sweet and humble spirit in obedience and submission to You. Amen