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{Our 2012-2013 Homeschool Year}

Thomas completed 5th grade and his third year of homeschooling, and Tanner completed 2nd grade and his first year of homeschooling. I am being completely honest when I share that, although challenging at times, this was the best school year yet! Adding Tanner to the mix meant some scheduling changes needed to be made, but once we established a routine that worked, our days passed quickly and the weeks, and inevitably the months, passed even quicker. 1st day of school- August 2012 I personally enjoyed watching both boys learn, grow, and mature over the course of the year. My favorite subject to "teach" them was history as we focused our studies on the Old Testament. I learned so much about God, the Israelites, and how it all relates to not only the New Testament, but to present day living. I know the boys did, too! After reading our daily passage, we often talked about how it applies to our lives today, or how we are/were like a particular person we read about in the

{Ohio...again}

The kids and I, except Tristin-Grace, are in Ohio for my sister's graduation from nursing school. Her ceremony is tomorrow, and she is having a party on Saturday.  Every time we visit, I try to take the kids to see a different part of the state. For this trip,  we went to visit Ohio's Amish Country.  Here are some photos of our trip thus far...  Main Street in Millersburg, Ohio...   Lunch in Berlin, Ohio... Since I don't like to be stared at when we're out in public, I didn't take any photos of the Amish people or their buggies. I used today's outing as an opportunity to discuss with the children about being different. I used our own experiences of being in public and questioned or gawked at for being different because we aren't the "normal" size family; the children understood completely!   Annie playing in my mom's backyard... Teagan wearing her new bonnet my mom bought her in Amish Country...