Fall Farm News

The beans are turning and crops are looking good. (Small pix by L.)

A Little Birthday Cake

We made a little cake decorated with Yo-Gos for W's birthday.

First Day of School Field Trip

Most pix by Daughter L.

Seven Years Old

Today was also Daughter W's seventh birthday. We went to the zoo (field trip) and had Brother D and Mac over for supper. Daughter A was home too. Son J. had to work.

Dena's Dip

This is a favorite dip that my sister-in-law makes. Very easy, delicious and popular.

Dena's Dip

1 15 oz can Hormel Chili with beans
1 can Ro-Tel diced tomatoes and green chilies-well drained (we use mild)
1 block cream cheese or Neufantchel cheese (lower cal)-room temp.
2 c. shredded cheese-we use Colby Jack or Mild Cheddar

Smooth the cream cheese in a thin layer on a plate. Layer Ro-Tel tomatoes and chilies evenly on top, followed by the Hormel Chili. Top with the cheese. Heat in microwave until cheese melts. 3-6 min. Serve with corn chips.

First Day of School

First day of school!

New school books!

Laura is an 8th grader this year and has some great classes through our co-ops with other homeschoolers. Her co-op classes are Geography/Lit with Composition, American History I and II, High School Art, Meterology, Women's Choir, Intro. to Shakespeare (Lit.), and Mixed Choir. She will also have ballet and piano, and our basic classes at home.

Maren is a 5th grader and will have basic classes plus piano and ballet, with co-op extras of art, gym, choir, unit study (Spanish) and Poetry.

Whitney is in 1st/2nd and will have home classes along with art, gym, choir and unit study (poetry) in co-op.

Family Camp

Our homeschool co-op family camp was a blast. The facilities were great, and the company was the best. (Above) Play time and freezies with board games.
Handsome husbands and handsome food, co-oped with Gerdes friends. (below: The camp had lovely pool facilities, which our group used extensively.)



Below: There was a volleyball contest between parents and teens. We found a gap in their education: many of them had never played volleyball before. The adults won all three games, but the teens improved greatly with each game. They took the adults on in Ultimate Frisbee, but the adults won that, too. *grin* (Many adults needed Ibuprofen and the hot tub afterward.)


Our camping group after church on Sunday. A wonderful group, a wonderful weekend. See our other worship opportunities at my fellow co-op friend's blog, anabragahenebrysjournal.blogspot.com. (See my blog list for a link.)

Field Days

We enjoyed a great supper of steak and twice baked potatoes at the recent elevator field days.

Two of Me

With niece Olive at her second birthday. (pix by Lissa)
With Friend Ana at a graduation reception. (pix by Jordan G.)

Education Book

A Thread That Runs So True, by Jesse Stuart

I found this excellent book on education at a thrift shop in Branson for 50 cents. I read most of it yesterday on the way home in the car.

Jesse Stuart's sister was beaten up and thrown out of her Kentucky mountain school by a pupil. The next year, Mr. Stuart, as a boy of 17, successfully taught at the same school for the full year. He went on to finish high school and college and was a principal and superintendent by his mid-20's. He became a famous Kentucky poet and author.

Illuminating.