One of Bryan's part time jobs

Bryan and I started putting down the tile around 8 o'clock last night. We finished at 10:30. I am not sure that running a tile saw on the front porch in a thunderstorm is a very good idea, but Bry looked confident.

Emilie, the Fairy Princess

I came up the stairs the other day to inquire as to why no one had done thier chores and found this lovely creature standing there. I guess she hoped to magically make her chores disappear.





We needed to remove the debris caused by the Mom-induced tornado in the kitchen. Unfortunately, the house, which is 84 feet long, has no back door. (Another reason to remodel) So we threw the cupboards piece by piece out the bathroom window! The fairy princess changed her outfit to help.

A School Day

These are not pics of a typical homeschooling day. Usually we do not involve desks in the process though at last count we had four desks, one large kitchen island, and a dining room table.

Usually our days are more like this:

Some Moments You Missed

This was Gideon's favorite outfit last winter. He loved his robe, which originally belonged to his Daddy a long, long, long time ago.



Emilie, all decked out as a princess on her chariot, for her birthday party.

Back to Work

The beginning of another week finds me up at 6am to post. I am distracted by a very interesting article at www.ancientamerica.org . When I look at the clock it is nearly seven. My time is up! Kids are awaking. I hurry to make a job chart list. We are going to stay on top of things this week! My solemn vow.
We have a garden to weed and water. Disaster zones formerly known as bedrooms, and no bread to make toast with. Then of course there is the dishes and the laundry, the mopping and the bathrooms. On top of all that we are preparing for the upcoming arrival of my wonderful sister-in-law Rhonda and her two little ones. They will be here next Monday night to live with us!! It is a good thing I have seven slaves...oops I mean children. Sweet obedient hardworking children!
And Jolie makes the best bread. Here is a sample for you. Sorry, I can't post the smell.

Man is that he might go golfing?

For Father's day this year we finally got Bryan a set of golf clubs. We call it his "man is that he might have joy" gift. Bryan works too hard. We gave him the clubs on Friday night before Father's day as it would have been very cruel to wait til the Sabbath for a gift like that. He finally broke them out on Saturday evening after fixing the air conditioning in the house all while watching all the kids so that I could go to the temple to see some friends sealed to their adopted son. See what I mean! He works hard. I love him. Of course hitting golf balls requires finding golf balls. Time to go to a real golf course!

It was not a tornado

We are having a rather mild week, weatherwise. I decided to stir things up by attacking the kitchen. I singlehandedly created a 14 foot wide pile of debris with nothing but a hammer, a crow bar, and a power drill. Aah! The joys of home improvement!

We moved!

Of course it was a while ago. October 22nd to be exact. We've been remodeling the new house, fixing outbuildings, learning to care for chickens, rabbits, and a dog named Kairos (he showed up at the opportune time). The house is huge and will be amazing someday. Right now it isn't much to look at, but the kids are so happy in the country!

Check out my new blog

I just started it today. Kairos a place to place all my absentminded ponderings upon the scriptures and their application in my life.
www.fullness-of-times.blogspot.com

Hello World!

I have no good excuse for not blogging since last August. So I will just begin again and not promise any improvement in the timeline deficiencies of my blogging. You get what you get and don't throw a fit!
Most of you have already given up on me anyway.
Here are my little gooneybirds. This was taken last fall for our school pictures.