This past week has found us busy getting ready to head to Oklahoma!!! The littles have been busy riding their bikes and playing at the campground… and occasionally they help in getting things ready to pull out. We had to get the job trailer ready to go by taking all the tools out and stashing them in […]
disaster relief volunteering
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On Monday night, I heard Vaughn talking on the phone to a friend of his. One of the things that he said was (roughly), “Seeing pictures of tornado devastation is like looking at a picture of the Grand Canyon. No photograph can come close to capturing the intensity and magnitude of the real thing.” It’s […]
our weekend – at the shooting range!
Yesterday (Saturday), Beth went to Farmer’s Market, and Thomas went with her to peddle Eli’s bracelets. Eli couldn’t make it because he, Jake, Greg, and Vaughn all went to their first 3-Gun shoot. They didn’t do too bad for 1st timers 😉 Greg took 11th, Jake was in 14th, Eli 18th, and Vaughn 23rd out of 32. Not bad since […]
prepping…
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I think that the next week is going to be a very busy one for us! We have so many things that we want to do/get done before we leave; most of them are tied to our going to Oklahoma. Today Vaughn, Eli, and Jake worked on the remodel job they have been doing for […]
Joyce Herzog review – Step Into Writing…
You know that I love to try out new school books! And I have this fetish for writing curriculums – I’m not sure why, but they really appeal to me in general. For this curriculum review, we got to try out two different products from Joyce Herzog review. Joyce has been an educator in both private and […]
what’s up…
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For the past 4 weeks, we have been parked at our dear friends’ house. The first two weeks were spent house sitting for them, and the second half we played/visited/lived side by side, with us parked just out their front door. It was fabulous. Remember Jake and the pickle juice? Come to find out, this […]
Spanish for You review!…
This spring, we were able to try out a review copy of one of Spanish for You!‘s year-long unit studies. We received Estaciones (Seasons), which is a 24 to 30 week program, which teaches your students about Spanish words based on the calendar/school/seasons. Spanish for You! is geared towards children from 3rd to 8th grades, but there […]
the family that shoots together…Boulder, MT shooting range
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This past Saturday was our first experience in pistol shooting competitions. Just Eli and Jake signed up this time; we thought we should probably find out what it was like before we put everyone in. It was the best time, and Vaughn spent it lamenting the fact that he hadn’t registered! LOL! The guys spent the […]
ahhh, the freedom of it…
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The summer of freedom has already begun! LOL! We are feeling so empowered to do things that we have wanted to do, but didn’t have the time for before. One of the things that the boys have wanted to try their hand at, is shooting competitions – both 3 gun, and pistol. Greg (our oldest), […]
Ahh, the taste of freedom!!!
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You know that feeling when you have plans? Set plans? The feeling is a suppressing, constraining weight that says that you are held in by the boundaries of whatever those ‘plans’ entail? We HAD plans. Plans to be camp hosts this summer. We just found out that we won’t be hosting. The couple that was in this particular campground […]
