"Little Women" Family: Christmas Day

Friday, January 11, 2008

Christmas Day

Christmas Day, we spent the morning at our house and the evening at my parents'. The first five pictures are from Christmas morning. The next is when it snowed on Christmas!! It didn't stick at all, but I still count it as a white Christmas!! :) It is about as close as we ever get. The rest are from Christmas evening. My parent's bought me a food dehydrator and they bought Grant a box of graham crackers. I wonder who they love more. ;) Just kidding! He really received a gift card to Cabela's, which is perfect for him. We ended the day with the annual acting out of the Nativity. With Mary and Joseph already assigned, the coveted spots this year were; the Angel who speaks to Mary and Joseph and King Herod, who was especially scary this year. ;)

4 comments:

Summer said...: Those are some cool pictures of the hike. You should make a calendar with those using Costco's website. Is that snowflake fake?! that is the most perfect snowflake I've ever seen! that's funny hahha; 1/15/08, 11:18 AM
Elizabeth C said...: Such cute pictures of our Christmas together. And the Nativity Scene!!; 1/15/08, 5:46 PM
Elizabeth C said...: Also thanks for posting all of those fabulous of the guys' hike. I will save them asap.; 1/15/08, 5:48 PM
Angela said...: Summer- That is a real snowflake. I am not joking. Pretty amazing huh?

Liz- Thanks for the comments! :); 1/16/08, 1:19 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. :)