* Dad flew out to Colorado and was gone from Mon-Thurs
* Prom shopping (clothes) for August
* August ended up flying out to Boise to take Cami to Prom
* Seth has been dog-sitting for the Tonini's
* Wet, rainy weather
* All the rain really greened up the place and we ended up mowing the lawn!
* Mother's Day!!
In Our Homeschool This Week...
* Continuing on with our Spring Cleaning! Deep, deep cleaning and Dejunking of bedrooms and the School Room were on this weeks agenda!
* Lively Letters, Letter Recognition, Blending Sounds, Letter Formation (these all for Nathan)
* Vowels, Independent Reading, Writing, Spelling (For the Girls)
* Novel Writing, Novel Research, Word Choices, Spelling, Grammar, Vocabulary and Typing (for Ben)
* The girls have been heavily into Magic Tricks! We checked out some books on "How To Do Magic" and they spent hours working on their tricks! When dad got home, they were excited to show him what they'd learned to do.
* Trip to the Library for new books! Yay!
* Cementing Left and Right by playing a LeapFrog version of Twister
* card games, dice games, math games, science books, science videos, coming up with our own experiences and testing out our hypothesis's, digestion and fort building (both with blankets AND Ben and Teagan building one with wood + nails)
* Adventures, bike riding, scooter riding, roller blading, playing football, baseball, basketball and trampoline jumping
Spiritually Speaking...
I love the power of prayer! With August gone to Boise (and Dad and I not really liking that decision) I have been praying a lot! And you know what?... I have felt at peace. After turning everything over to the Lord and asking for protection over August, what else is there to do? When the 3 of us prayed all together to get an answer, we felt that it would be good for him to not to go, but that if he did then everything would be OK and that it really needed to be August's decision. August said that he too felt good about either staying or going and after thinking about it for an additional 10 days, he finally decided to go. He has been very respectful of our wishes while he's been there and I'm happy that he's been able to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa Vogt.
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Also just an update on our reading 2 pages in the Book of Mormon as challenged to us by the Bishopric... We have done great! We have missed a day here or there (but then just read extra the next day to catch back up)... While it's not always easy, I have certainly felt a more peaceful calm in our home and love that we have this goal to work towards as a family :)
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