"Little Women" Family: 4th of July

Friday, July 25, 2014

4th of July

We went to the 4th of July breakfast at our church.

Our neighborhood had a little 4th of July parade. All of the girls decorated their bikes and rode around with their friends and even into the neighborhoods close by.

In the afternoon, we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's house for good food and great company. We had so much fun!

Playing in the backyard

Afterwards, we went to Daren and Sandy's for dessert and fireworks. Aurora and Calyssa weren't super excited about the loud noises. There were some pretty funny ones! LOL! With everyone's fireworks, there were quite a few! It was quite the show!! It was like a professional show!

The Big Show

The Grand Finale with Daren playing the guitar... this is my favorite picture that I took!

I changed the colors in photo-shop to make it look red, white, and blue.

It was quite an epic 4th of July!!

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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. :)