Shadow

Shadow is one weird puppy. He loves to lay in the kiddie pool that was put in his kennel. This poor pool only lasted one day with Shadow, but he loved it! I guess we will have to buy him a hard plastic pool that he can't destroy. I have never seen a dog that loves to just lounge in the water as much as he does. He is so cute!

We're going green!

NOT!!!! Kendrick was kind enough to be our model today so we could show how we do our daily spelling practice. We used notebooks at one time, but one day Johnston asked if he could do it this way. It was awesome!

All you need is dry erase marker, wet rag and tile....bam....you can be green too! Think of all the trees we are saving!

When the kiddos are ready to be tested I give them a test on paper "gasp" and then I file that for our school records. The kids have a blast doing their spelling now. I love finding new ways to do schooling in an unusual way. Now this is not for parents who have children that might go off and draw on every surface of the house. Our kids know that writing on anything other then paper without permission is worthy of banishment to the dog house so we are safe.

Feel free to leave any ideas for schooling in unusual ways!

Our pool is up!

Each summer we put a pool up. It saves us from having to load up and drive someplace else to swim. This saves gas and my sanity of having to count 11 heads every few minutes to make sure we still have all our kids.

Each day after school and chores are done the kids are free to swim to their hearts delight. It has been a wonderful incentive for them to not only get stuff done on their own, but to accomplish this with wonderful attitudes!

I love summer!

Mendell is 3!

We spent the day at the beach for Mendell's 3rd birthday. She had a great time!

She played and played.

Happy Birthday Mendell!

Count your blessing!

Count your blessings name them one by one!

Baptised!

What an memorable opportunity to be baptized together.

My Hero!

Tim pulled a young man out of the ocean. He was out in the waves and paniced. Instead of putting his feet down and gaining ground the pour guy just kept swallowing water. Tim heard him crying for help and reached him in time. The rescue came and pumped his lungs. Within the hour he was back playing volleyball with his friends. Praise the Lord for His protection!

This is the rescue crew who were quick on the scene!