"Little Women" Family: Aurora Jeanne!!!

Monday, May 12, 2008

Aurora Jeanne!!!

A healthy 8 lbs and 2 oz. girl graced us with her presence today. Aurora Jeanne is a blonde, 19 1/2 inches long, and practically perfect in every way. Her big sisters are soooo excited for Rori to be in our family.

Mommy and baby are doing great!!! --posted by a proud Daddy

9 comments:

The Janes said...: Congratulations Angela and Grant. It is always great when they are healthy. Enjoy your little one.; 5/12/08, 9:46 PM
christine said...: Congratulations!; 5/13/08, 3:01 AM
Jenny said...: Congratulations Cute Dree's Family!!; 5/13/08, 9:21 AM
sherrie said...: inspired by sleeping beauty? i love that name. congrats, at least you won't have to change the name of your blog.; 5/13/08, 10:14 AM
Joy said...: Congrats! You and my sister will have little one just about the same age. Anjuli is due Wednesday! Look at you...the momo of 5!!!; 5/13/08, 7:17 PM
Jess said...: Congrats on another beautiful girl! I hope I get to see little Rori in person in the next couple of months (now that we'll be in Washington). Can't wait to see more pictures!; 5/13/08, 8:32 PM
Keri_B said...: Congratulations...she looks beautiful, like her mommy!; 5/13/08, 9:29 PM
Megan and Jeremy said...: Congrats Angela!!! I'm glad everything went well and that your other girls are so excited, you should have some great helpers at home :) You look great by the way!; 5/14/08, 5:49 AM
Summer said...: Congratulations! I'm glad I checked your blog. I didn't realize you had her already. It was just the other day that Liz was saying you were overdue.
I hope you have a smooth and quick recovery. I'll have to let Glen know!; 5/14/08, 1:45 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. :)