What Our Drive Looks Like Today

This is an image of what it looks like in front of our garage today.  Anthony decided that he couldn't stand the way it looked anymore and so brought some equipment home and started making piles and leveling things out.  Just a few minutes ago he headed out with the dump truck to get a load of rock with a very-excited Alexis in tow.

I'm a little excited to see what it's going to look like when he's done.  He's even attacked the side area as well.

Do you see that cute little picnic table in the yard?  My Uncle Bill made that and the girls are really enjoying it this summer.  They eat their snacks out there as often as possible.  It's so cute.

I should have some pictures of Anthony's finished project on Monday.  Can't wait!

Yvonne

Women's Retreat

This is where I was last weekend - The Dunes Bible Camp in Long Beach.  We had a women's retreat there with a couple really wonderful speakers.  Donna Buhrow teaches a couple of courses at George Fox University in Oregon and was our main speaker for the retreat.  Her message was titled Revolutionize Your Personal Walk with Jesus and was broken down into three sessions.  I highly recommend attending a retreat or seminar that she is going to be speaking at.  I would love to outline everything she talked about and share it with you, but I'll let her tell her own message.  I CAN tell you it's fabulous.

The other speaker we had the privilege of hearing was Carmen Chugg, a missionary currently stationed in Mestre, Italy.  What a delightful servant of the Lord.  If you would like to learn more about Carmen, you can visit the TEAM website.  Or, if you would like to donate to God's work that she is doing, you can do that here.

Yvonne

Yeah! Some Spring Weather

Finally! Some "leave-your-door-open-because-it's-so-nice" weather.  The girls have been outside a lot today and Alexis thought it would be a great idea to tie a rope to the tree and swing on it.  So, Mommy decided to improve it just a little bit to make it a little more fun.  I went into the garage, found a small board and drilled a hole in the middle of it big enough to get the rope through.  Once I secured the board on a knot and secured it around a sturdy limb, Alexis started jumping off the tree and swinging.  That fun lasted until her next little invention.....

This was the "tie-a-rope-to-the-wagon-and-bike" and ride as fast as you can invention.  I don't know if you can make out the rope or not, but it's one of those yellow ones that I HATE trying to tie.  It worked for a while until she hanked really hard on a turn and it popped off.  Kaitlyn thought it was hilarious and laughed so hard she almost wet her pants.  She made it to the bathroom just in time.

My sweet, sweet babies playing outside.  Oh, forgive me, I mean my little girls (Katie chastizes me everytime I call her my baby - "No, Mommy, me a little girl.").

We got all of our school work done earlier this morning so we've spent a few hours soaking in the little sunshine that graced our neighborhood this afternoon.  I can't wait for Summer.



Yvonne

Great Homeschool Link

One of our good friends at our church has a wonderful homeschooling site that gives great encouragement, advice, techniques, and how-to's to tackle the sometimes very difficult task of homeschooling a generation of God-fearing children.  The site is http://www.homeschool-life-situations.com/ and is a great tool and resource for those of you who have chosen this path of educating your children.

You will find links on homeschooling special needs, making homeschool fun, homeschool planning, and much more.  Being a homeschooling mother myself, I know that it is such a help and blessing when I can find tried and true ideas and methods from other, more experienced, mothers.  Take a peek around the site and see all the goodies that are there.  Let me know what you think.

Yvonne