Lindsay learning to ride a bike

Lindsay is trying to learn how to ride a bike. It is a very scary proposition for unadventurous little girls.:)
Emily had to disect and learn all about hearts. We ordered her a sheep's heart to use for studying and disection. What fun! Maybe.
Two of the little children I watch sometimes. Aren't they adorable? They keep me hopping. I guess, trying to stay young.:)

As you can see, we are very busy and very much alive. All is well and we are only a few days from being completely done with school. Travis is really close. Emily has only a little, too. I am sooo ready to be out of school!

It's getting late here so I better run. Hopefully, I'll post better and faster next time.:) Trisha

Program Song

The Kids sang this song in their program. Our theme was " Great Places in America". It turned out really cute and the kids did a great job. We were all tired and glad when it was done though. Emily and Kara dressed like pioneers since they were doing there report on Sutter's Mill and the California Gold Rush. They made those dresses themselves and were very proud of them. Lindsay is standing next to Emily acting nervous though she loves to sing. Kids do wierd things in front of an audience sometimes.:) I may post some more on this, but it takes forever to upload videos so we will see how dedicated I am.

School is done for the day and I am getting ready to make supper for the troops. I didn't have my 2 babies and have gotten a lot of laundry caught up today. That is always a blessing! Jeff has worked a lot of hours this week, but will be coming homing early or atleast ontime tonight. So that will be nice!

Will talk later. Trisha

Homeschool Program

Here is a picture of some of the kids singing at the Program the other night
My kids getting their awards from Bro. Taylor

Here Goes...

I've been tagged by Amanda so I guess I'll try to do this. ")

What was I doing 10 years ago?

I was living in Milan, had Emily and was 6 weeks from having Travis. We were getting ready to move to the church Campground in Sherrard to be the caretakers of the grounds there. We were living in our first little house and were very proud of it.

Things on my to-do list today.

I am getting ready to transport myself and 3 boys( Travis had 2 friends spend the night last night. YOu can imagine when they went to sleep:)) to the church where we have a work day in progress. We are putting in new bathrooms. Our church is 100 years old and I'm not sure the baths have been done since they put them in. We are totally remodeling them. Now, I am not good at sheet rock, studs and toilets, but I can sure clean, so that is what I'm doing.
Other than that, I am going to clean this house and get groceries for Sunday and all the fun stuff that has to be done every week. Try to get ready for the tornado that always happens by Monday morning!:)

Snacks I enjoy:
5. Doritos
4. Cheese and crackers
3. Granola bars
2. Kitkats
1. York peppermint patties! My favorite!

If I were a billionaire, I'd

1. Move to the country
2. Have a pond and creeks
3. Spend lots of time doing creative and Inspired learning in our classroom, spending Lots of money on fun experiments and making whole rooms into the jungle when we are studying South America, transforming our basement into a miniature lab for Science projects, having a good telescope and watching the stars. I am very passionate about this subject. You can tell:).
4. Travel around the world and stop at every place the kids are studying about. It we are talking about Israel, just hop on a plane and go visit! Oh what fun!
5. Having Jeff work only part time. Have him around for all our spontaneous picnics etc. :)He'd go crazy not working at all, I think. Either that or he'd reorganize my house all the time. That would be interesting.:)
6. Give my kids lessons in every instrument they wanted and me too!:)
7. Pay for extra things at our church.
8. Pay off all my bills. YEAH!


My worst habits

Procrastinating on things
Jumping to conclusions to easily
Speaking to quickly
Not listening as well as I should when people are talking and really need me. ( I am trying to work on this a lot)

Jobs I've Held

Housecleaning
Child care
Kindergarten teacher
Teacher/ Mom

People I would like to tag:

Ellen

Wheww! That's a lot! It takes a lot of thinking to do that. HOpe you all have a good day and I will post later and maybe show you pictures of my kids' homeschool program last night! TRisha

Here are the long-awaited pictures!

Some of my Sunday School Class
Travis working on the Washington Monument in paper mache! He is doing this for an end of the year program next Friday!
Here is a picture on our 15 th anniversary the end of March. We are getting older but still glad to be happily married. We went to Galena and it was very nice. My mom kept the kids and they seemed to have lots of fun.
Emily--working on her visual aid for her project. She built Sutter's fort and did a great job. We had lots of fun and she is ready for the program!
The kids pose at our church on Easter Sunday Morning:)

Good Evening!

Well, tomorrow is Easter and it has been another busy week. I can't believe how fast week's go sometimes. Greg and Ellen came down for Easter weekend and we have been enjoying them and the boys very much. It is nice to have some family that lives close enough that they can come down for holidays. Well, I will post pictures of Easter tomorrow or Monday. The kids are excited about Easter baskets and and had fun coloring Easter eggs. Most of all, I hope we get across to them how special Easter is for us because of Jesus and His Dying on the cross. That is Easter is all about new life. Jesus said He was come that we might have new life and have it ABUNDANTLY! So Spring and Easter go hand in hand and I hope the significance is not lost as we look at flowers pushing up out of the ground, brown grass begin to turn green and new leaves to form.--and think, "Once my life waslike a dreary wilderness, with the shadows all around me day by day, then I sought the Lord for help in my distress, Jesus spoke in love and shadows fled away. Jesus made my life in to a garden fair, and He dwells within my heart and gives me peace..." Jesus takes dead dry gardens all the time and turns them into things of beauty and richness. Yes, God is soooo good. He's so good to me. Trust you all are ready for Spring. Hope you all have a wonderful night and a great Easter morning. Trisha

Let the Sun Shine!!

Emily has taken up painting. She really enjoys it. She is doing really good at it.
Here is Lindsay enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. It's the beginning of Spring!
Emily painting a picture

The weather is finally starting to warm up and I am soooo enjoying it. We have had 50's and low 60's and it has been WONDERFUL. We are now dying for Spring and have spring fever like crazy! It has been a long winter. Trust everyone is enjoying the wonderful spring weather. And if you live in the South, I guess it feels like spring most of the time--atleast until summer:)--so you can't fully appreciate the feeling of ice dripping off the roofs and snow running in little rivulets down the driveway and seeing that you have a yard again under all that snow! It's an amazing time! The air is alive with birds singing, everything is starting to perk up and take notice. Spring is in the air!!!