"Little Women" Family: May 2014

Saturday, June 07, 2014

May 2014

1) Mowing the lawn with Daddy
2-3) Our Tooth Fairy is a total slacker... either that or she has been really sick... yeah, that must be it.

4-6) The wicked queen has been here putting our princesses to sleep with her poison apples... okay, so maybe she fell asleep first and then we placed the apple. LOL! :)

7-9) We took a quick trip to La Grande, Oregon for Rachel's baptism. We stayed in a hotel, since Liz and Mark now live in Idaho. I didn't get any pictures of Rachel at her baptism because I was holding Hazel the whole time, who wasn't feeling good. I thought that would be the best way to help out. Liz really appreciated it. She had a lot on her plate that day. Congrats to Rach!

10) Grandma and Grandpa trying out our new sound/microphone system by singing some songs and some duets.
11) "I Love You, Stinky Face!" One of our most favorite books!!
12) Riana off to her friend, Savannah's 16th birthday party

13-16) Selfies- Callie's, Mommy's, and some together

17-18) Fun at the park with friends- Bailey and Amy D.
19) Calyssa the Mermaid

20-21) Riana's Spring Concert for CMS
22) Our rhode is finally blooming!!! It has only taken like 6 years!! I once bore my testimony about how this rhode was like a wayward child. I said that because we knew its potential, we couldn't be happy with it just being a live green bush. We were doing everything we could, giving it light, soil, plant food, etc. And sometimes we felt frustrated with it and just wanted to rip it out. However, now it is blooming after all these years!! And it is truly beautiful!! I love the color!!

23-24) Our family was asked to perform at the Stake RS Women's Conference. The girls sang "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" We joked about how it was about Visiting Teaching and reaching out to your sisters. The 2 youngest girls sang first, and then the middle 2, and then the oldest 2. Here are the 3 Ana's/redheads and the 3 Elsa's/blondes. Grant and I sang a duet, "Because He Lives."

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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. :)