Be better than I am....for them!

Jesse's Birthday

Today is Jesse's Birthday. This is an old picture of him. I thought he was so grown up then.

Jesse's Mission call

Jesse recovered from mono just in time to receive his mission call to .....New York Utica! Bretton is serving in the Great Lakes region also. They will miss each other by a couple of months, but are eager to be serving. No we don't know where Jesse got mono from, but Kaitlynn and Mark both came down with it too. Dave is down with pneumonia, Ben with severe ear infections, Sam with the flu, and Chaz is running a temp again. Ty gave his hands a bad rope burn at his cousins and Tasha is so sore from riding the horse. I think DJ is finally well, but we worry she may have children's arthritis. So tonight as part of family home evening, Dave and Jesse gave some priesthood blessings. At first Jesse was a little hesitant, but as the spirit grew stronger and stronger, so did his voice. It was incredible to look up at Dave and Jesse standing their exercising their Priesthood in such a reverent, loving manner. Thank you men!

true valentines

Trip to Utah

We're back from our trip to Utah. I loved being able to serve my mother-in-law. She was in a lot of pain after her fall, but hopefully will recover quickly. MaryJane and Sheena were so wonderful feeding us! Thank  you.

Kaitlynn and Mark

photos by Twylla
scrapbooking by Leslie on Studio J-from Close to my Heart

wonderful resources

Each year I "gather" a number of wonderful resources, only to have so many that I lose them in the pile. I want to write about them here, so I remember. Guesthollow.com has a wonderful gathered section on American History that is just how I homeschool and has wonderful links. I will be referencing them all year. Today I ran across a wonderful site for American History....the Plimoth Plantation museum site : plimoth.org   It has wonderful resources for the kids and (loved this!!!!) short bios of many of the settlers who settled in the first 10 years. I recognized two of the names...as being my ancestors! Loved that. Loved that I actually recognized their names. Another favorite site is http://www.first-school.ws/INDEX.HTM
where I go for all my worksheets for Chaz. The other day I discovered http://www.bookofmormondiscovery.com/index.html only to find out that Tamara and Autumn discovered it long ago and told me about it LOL I guess the timing had to be right.