"Little Women" Family: Fun Times

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Fun Times

Here are some random pictures.

1. Tierra playing a miniature violin (okay, so it's fake, but she looked so cute!)

2. Karina just chillin' in her cute swimming suit

3. Grant with twins Tierra and Karina
4. Some beautiful roses that Grant brought me home

5. 7 girls gather 'round to watch a movie together on our laptop, our 4 and our friends, the Sessions 3 girls

6. I guess the movie was pretty good. ;)

7. Tierra and Karina in the Laundry Basket

8. So smiley!! :)

9. The kids dancing to "Up on the Housetop" @ Panorama City

10. Nathanael and Kaatlin joined Riana and Sariah's Power Tap Class aka clogging

11. A bunch of oldies chillin' at Panorama City in their rocking chairs

4 comments:

Elizabeth C said...: I love all of these pictures! How cute the matching swimsuits girls with their Daddy, Celeste/and your girls perfectly 1/2 circle by the computer, and pictures of clogging....all cute pics; 1/22/07, 9:17 PM
Elizabeth C said...: A buncha Oldies chillin in their rocking chairs! LOL...I didn't see that one! Funny!!; 1/22/07, 9:18 PM
Elizabeth C said...: A buncha Oldies chillin in their rocking chairs! LOL...I didn't see that one! Funny!!; 1/22/07, 9:18 PM
Elizabeth C said...: I also love the ones of Tia and Nina in the baskets! Sooo stinkin cute!!; 1/22/07, 9:21 PM

My Favorite Part of The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 17:21-24

"21 And when (Jesus) had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them.

22 And when he had done this he wept again;

23 And he spake unto the multitude, and said unto them: Behold your little ones.

24 And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did minister unto them."

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/17

To learn more about The Book of Mormon or to get a free copy: http://www.mormon.org/book-of-mormon/

Our homeschool program!!

My style of homeschooling is "public school at home." We began homeschooling on our own, the 1st year. Then we were enrolled in the Washington Virtual Academy (WAVA) for 3 years. Now we are enrolled in ORLA. Our girls are taking several classes at an Elementary School that is no longer used for a typical Elementary School. Instead 450 homeschooling students (K-12) take classes there with certified teachers (you choose which ones and how many) but you do have to be at the school with them until they are 12 (in another room with toys for the younger kids) or sign them out to a friend. Then you fill in the rest at home. For example, my girls take Music, Art, P.E., and Science at the school 2 days a week and then I teach them Math, Language, and History at home, on the other 3 days. The school also pays for an additional $300 a year of curriculum (like the Math, Lang, Hist.) We do have to keep up with a certain number of hours per week. We also have a "home room teacher" that helps us with everything, like deciding what extra things to do at home and making sure we don't miss anything. We are really enjoying this program-- it truly is the best of both worlds! If you have any questions, email me. :)