A Fellow Home Schooler!

I haven't gotten too homesick. It was a very sad moment for me when I realized that for the last seven and a half years not a day has gone by that I haven't exchanged kisses from my babies until this weekend. Other than that, I have been having such a fun relaxing time visiting my sister.

Some of you may have read Crystal's blog before (a fellow home schooler). She lives 11 miles from my sister so I stopped by and she served cake. It was so much fun to get to know her better and meet her family. Here we are!

Off to Texas....YEEEHAW!

This week we finished listening to the audio book, Ulysses Moore: Door to Time, by Pierdomenico Baccalario. My kids loved this treasure hunt type adventure book. I guess it is a series so next time at the library we will get Ulysses Moore: Long-Lost Map. Afterward I had them draw and write about their favorite part of the story. Lately Luke has been going through the Secrets of Droon series books by Tony Abbott like crazy.

Alright, I am not into this.  I have obviously been very lazy about the blog lately.  Could it be because I am just too excited about my no kids no husband trip to Texas to visit my sister?!  I should return energized and motivated on Tuesday!

Red Rock Canyon

So I guess we are taking this week off from school. I wasn't planning to, but decided it would be a good time for me to get things reorganized (which by the way I haven't done yet.) Yesterday we had a great unexpected field trip. We went with our friends, Tara, Stephanie and her three children, to Red Rock Canyon. Red Rock Canyon is a beautiful site with colorful desert mountains, desert plants, trails etc. At the visitor's center the kids got booklets with different activities for them to do depending on age. For example, on one worksheet the girls had to find and draw a picture of four different types of cactus. They needed to complete four pages in order to become Junior Rangers.

After all of their hard work, they got a certificate, Junior Ranger badge, and raised their right hands and were sworn in. They were so proud and excited to help protect National Parks.

Our camera that we've had for four years (I guess that is a pretty good run) is dead, so here are pictures on Stephanie's blog of our day.