Things That Have Made Me Stand Up And Cheer Recently (edited: to add the recipe that I thought was there)

These cool pictures that Handsome took while I was shopping in a little artsy-fartsy shop down the street.  These were taken in front of the Louisville Science Museum.  He got a good one of all four kids by themselves, and Bubba was able to take a good one of the two of us adults.  So [...]

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Learning Objectives for Our Recent Trip to Florida

Sometimes I think this homeschooling gig is just too good to be true!  While we totally set aside the school books during the week we were in Florida (and we did make up for that book work when we got back home), we learned SO much more than could ever be learned in a classroom! [...]

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To Florida . . . And Beyond!, Part 4

A few fun trip ideas: Every time we go on a trip, I try to take a picture of the date in an interesting way.  The beach is always the easiest.  I’ve also drawn the date in the dessert sand and using rocks and sticks.  It’s just a fun little way to commemorate where we [...]

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To Florida . . . And Beyond, Part 3

Sea World = our Wednesday destination.  Bubba had chosen to participate in a Behind-the-Scenes tour as her birthday treat.  We touched the rays, viewed then fed the dolphins, and had our tour – all within three hours of being in the park.  Later we discovered the wonderfulness that is homeschooling – no lines at the [...]

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To Florida . . . And Beyond!, Part 2

I got my event all out of order and forgot to tell you about Monday night’s treat:  After cleaning up (from our day at the beach), we enjoyed a special treat:  My brother-in-law is a helicopter pilot, and he took the kids to sit in one of the helicopters that he flies!  For those of [...]

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To Florida . . . And Beyond!, Part 1

My Scotland-dwelling sister has decided to live stateside for a little while.  This is big news, and I am ashamed that is has taken me this long to get to visit her . . . but we did!  We were able to spend a week with her, and it was wonderful! The norm for this [...]

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Feeling Earthbound

Since we watched the shuttle launch (posts on trip to Florida forthcoming), we have been keeping watch on the shuttle activities via this NASA site.  It has been so fun to see what is going on and what the astronauts were doing!  I would have loved this kind of play-by-play as a kid . . [...]

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Not the Las Vegas You’ve Heard About – Things to Know

Zion National Park was really a wonderful place for our family of six.  The canyon was just plain beautiful; I can’t express that enough.  The kids were even impressed and a month later they are still talking about all that we saw and did there.  Here are a few of my other thoughts about a [...]

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Not the Las Vegas You’ve Heard About – Part VI, Last But Certainly Not Least

The night before we adults had sat on the couches at our bug-infested vacation home and planned a course for the day.  We had a lot that we wanted to do, as it was our last day together at Zion and our little family’s last day of vacation. We started the morning by killing bugs [...]

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Ask a Silly Question, Get a Silly Answer!

I couldn’t think of the word, so I asked my husband, “What are things you pick up on a trip and bring home?” I was looking for the word, “souvenirs.” Here were his answers: bed bugs dirty laundry monsters high cholesterol an over-sized waistline He thinks he’s funny. (This time I do too!)

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