"Little Women" Family: Calyssa (and Ruth) 's Blessing- Part 3

Thursday, April 07, 2011

Calyssa (and Ruth) 's Blessing- Part 3

(On Saturday, my sisters, Celestia and Elizabeth, and Liz's best friend, Adrienne, came over for a bit, with their families. It was nice to visit with them. Also pictured above, buddies Kate and Rori having fun. And one of 14/19 of the cousins watching a movie.) On Sunday, March 6th, we had the joy of seeing not only our baby blessed, but her cousin, Ruth, as well. (My brother, Chris, and his wife, Mandy, had a baby girl about 3 weeks before we did.) We tried to plan a couple of events that weekend and a few more another weekend, so my sister, Liz, and her family wouldn't have to travel from Eastern Oregon too many times. (As it is, she came for the blessings, and then an unexpected funeral for Mark's aunt {we're so sorry for your loss!}, and will come again for our nephew's baptism and my brother, Joe's, Eagle Court, and then again for Joe's graduation, in June.) It was so sweet to see these two beautiful baby girls all dressed up pretty for their blessings. It was a treat to hear testimonies from a lot of my family members (including my girls) and just to sit with everyone during church.

Here are some pictures of Calyssa, Ruth, and Collin (who is Liz's baby, who was born about 3 months before the girls.) Also some sweet pictures of buddies, Laurel and Karina, with their baby sisters, Ruth and Calyssa, who I'm sure will be buddies too, very soon!! :)

After the two wards' Sacrament Meetings, we went over to my parent's house for dinner and visiting. I'm thankful that everyone could make it. (We didn't get a picture of everyone together, since a couple of us attended parts of three wards, but I did get pictures of everyone's individual families.) 1st- My sister, Liz, and her husband, Mark, and their 4 children, 2nd- my brother, Dan, and his wife, Jolie, and their son, 3rd- my sister, Celestia, and her boys (not pictured- her husband, Fatih), 4th and 5th- my brother, Chris, and his wife, Mandy, and their 6 children, and lastly, my Mom and Dad and two youngest brothers, Tom and Joe. And then, just a couple of Celestia's boys and my younger girls making a "cousin train"- so cute! And one of my Dad holding two of his grandbabies. It was a fun weekend!

2 comments:

Elizabeth C said...: These are some great pictures! Love seeing them and reading your thoughts.; 4/12/11, 5:28 PM
Karla Cheney said...: I especially love the pictures of the three babies.; 4/12/11, 9:03 PM

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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

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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. :)