Be Still, Have Faith, & Teach On!

What a week!  It certainly didn't go as planned!  School was kinda a bust, but we did what we could. Shane and I have talked a whole lot since we moved to our current house about homesteading/being more self sufficient.  It sounds really great, but we have been afraid of investing the time and money it takes to get started.  With all of our family health issues, we have decided to look into it again to provide cleaner, healthier food choices for our family. We have chickens to produce our eggs.  We tried raising some to butcher this year, but they just didn't fatten out well.  We think we need to try a different breed of chicken. We raise goats.  We don't eat them yet, but we are considering it.  Not totally convinced we will like it. We bought a couple of cows a few years ago and are trying to raise our own beef, with lots of help from Meme and Papa on this one! We have grown a vegetable garden in the past.  We are planning on...

We are so loving the fall temperatures. Some days still get a bit warm, but we are able to enjoy being outside! This week in school: History: We studied about the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of Chinese culture. We also talked about how they have remained such a strong culture without many changes for so long. Science: We studied about fossils. Logan completed section 3 in his Biology 101. Math: Everyone continued on in their lessons. Language Arts: Everyone continued on in their lessons here as well. Music: No music this week. Art: Lillian is still doing all kinds of art projects in her co-op classes.  No art for the rest of us this week. Read Aloud: We finished "The Traveler's Gift" by Andy Andrews. We really enjoyed this book. I have not decided what to read next. Poetry: We had our first poetry tea time this week.  Savannah and Lillian both memorized poems to share. Logan read us a few from a poetry book. Co-op Classes: Everyone is stil...

Logan flew his drone while waiting for his turn. Fall temperatures have arrived!! We have really enjoyed the weather this week and spent as much time as possible outside. In school: History: We discussed Joseph and his life in Egypt.  Then we had our test over the time period between Abraham and Joseph.  We then discussed Hammurabi and the Israelite captivity in Egypt. Science: We started the week with a test over the first unit.  We then discussed the days of creation and the flood.  We really focused on the effects the flood would have had on the Earth. Savannah also did a water skin project.  She also made a igneous rock from starburst in her science co-op class this week.  Logan made a tornado in a bottle in his science co-op class and discussed the aftermath of tornadoes. Lillian is learning about ocean life in her science co-op class. Language Arts: There was lots of reading this week for everyone.  They also all completed ...

This has been another week were I felt that we were out of the house more than at the house! It was a whirlwind, but we accomplished some things. Math: Everyone did two lessons and took a test this week. History: We reviewed the stories of Abraham, Esau, and Jacob. We also have been reading stories from around the world and comparing them to bible stories. Science: We talked about Dinosaurs. Lillian learned about different types of bones in the skeletal system.  Savannah did an experiment to take the shell off of an egg with vinegar and she added some food coloring. Language Arts: Everyone did three lessons this week. Psychology and Photography: Logan did one lesson in each. Music: Logan went to music night. Savannah is working on a new song on the piano. Lillian has been singing, but hasn't done much on her borrowed mandolin. Art: Lillian did one pencil drawing. Co-op classes: These classes are going well.  Everyone is really enjoying their time s...