"Little Women" Family: March 2014

Saturday, April 05, 2014

March 2014

1) Sariah's artwork
2) Calyssa's artwork
3) Karina's artwork of her and Laurel
4-5) We recently sent a package to Joe on his mission. Here are a couple of the pictures-- Karina's and Calyssa's
6) And speaking of missionaries, our girls love the missionaries. Here is a picture of Aurora and Calyssa with Elders Summercorn and Kelly

1) The "Sisters Forever" necklaces that our girls got for Christmas. Each of them got one half or the other, so we have 3 sets.
2) Curly Aurora
3) Beautiful Karina
4) Sis. Deboer challenged her Primary class to memorize Proverbs 3:5-6, and promised her famous cupcakes, if they did it. Karina was the only one who did it. Tierra helped her and memorized it too, even though she isn't in the class. Sis. Deboer paid up big time and gave Karina a bunch of cupcakes, which she shared with Tierra. Way to go girls!
5) Sariah's gorgeous hair-- all ready for her pictures date
6) Calyssa opening her birthday present
7) Grandma's thank you card for us

Sariah went on a selfie-spree with my phone-- taking selfies every where (in the car, in the house, in the grass, etc.) and with everyone (each of her sisters, Brooke, and even Riana's friend Zoe before Riana had even seen her... LOL!! Silly girl!

Riana's friend, Zoe and family, were going to be moving away, so we had her and her sister, Tia, who is friends with our Tia, over to hang out before they moved. They also have 3 other sisters and 2 brothers. The little 2 are friends with Rori and Callie.

1) I was teasing them because they were sitting so far apart for the picture, so they made it worse on purpose. LOL!
2) Much better- so cute!
3) Two Tia's (Tierra and Talia?) and a Nina

Grant and his friend, Jason, went skiing together. They had a lot of fun and the views that day were incredible!!

They had a Teddy Bear Parade for Aurora's class at school. I bought her some balloons and tied them to the back of her "shopping cart." It was easy and fairly cheap and made for the perfect "float." Several others parents said, "why didn't I think of that?" :) All the floats were so cute! I especially loved her friend, Bella's bear on a horse float.

1-2) I absolutely love my sweet sleeping babies!!
3) Aurora at school
4) Tia and the shirt that was made for her-- "Famous for my Smile" and she really is! She has the best smile!
5) Aurora and Calyssa snuggling in the middle of the circle in singing. They were singing some song and they were "it" in the center. I loved that they were snuggling.
6-7) Callie and her friend, Daniel
8-10) We bought a brand new microphone system for performing with. We had a lot of fun trying them out.

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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. :)