Random Photos

 

I love photographing sunflowers.

We took a recent hike to the lake.

Backyard photos:

Playing in the rare rain shower.

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Girl's Weekend!!

On the 27th of August one of my best friends in the world, Ruth, celebrated her 40th birthday!!

 

We were able to do a little get-away to celebrate her the weekend before her birthday! Her mom's cousin has a "barndominium" in the country that was perfect for a girl's weekend.

We got there Friday night and spent all day Saturday together laughing....

hanging out....

riding a 4 wheeler ATV.....

crafting.....

and enjoying each other's company!

It was a perfect weekend!

Working hard for the money...

On August 4th our local Chic-fil-A got a new smiling face!! Gabe is loving working there and especially enjoys taking drive-through orders. 

 We went to see him one evening when he was working at the counter and both Byron and I felt such pride at seeing him at work, but also so strange giving him our food order! Of course, I had to ask if I could take a picture. He has the perfect smile for a Chic-fil-A employee and seems to be a natural!! 

First Day of School 2022-2023

We have started school for the 2022-2023 year and this year we have a senior!!!

Gabe is only doing Dual Credit classes this year to finish up his High School degree. He is taking Pre-Calculus and English Comp 1 this semester and Comp 2 and Anatomy and Physiology next semester. He is spending any time not doing school working on college applications and ACT/SAT test prep. He is also working at Chic-fil-A and helping to lead worship for the church youth group. 

Selah started 10th grade. She is in year 2 of Worldview, Spanish 3, Algebra 2, Chemistry and piano. 

Mig is in 7th grade this year. His classes are Algebra 1, General Science, Spanish, Language Arts, History (Wars of Independence to Modern Times), art and piano. 

Faith is in 5th grade now! Her classes are Math 5/4, Language Arts, Spanish for Elementary, History (Wars of Independence - Modern Times), Science In the Age of Reason, art and piano.  

This is my 12th year of homeschooling. When you add it to my years teaching public school, it is 17 years total of formal teaching. This is my favorite gig so far, though!

We are ready for a fun year!!

 

Kids Praise Camp 2022

We always spend the last week of July at Choir Camp. I have been directing the Mini-camp for ages 3-6 for 8 years now. Selah and Gabe have been helping since each of them finished 6th grade and this year was the first year for Mig to help. 

We teach them 3 performance songs and some fun songs, too. We lead a Bible study each day, games, crafts and snacks. At the end of the week we are completely exhausted - but also so full!

The mini-camp theme this year was the Tale of Three Trees.

I always have the best youth helpers!

Such a sweet group of kids and leaders!

Faith is part of the Elementary Choir Camp and this year was chosen to be on the stomp percussion team! 

 

She had a blast!!!

She has a sweet group of friends!

Friday night is the performance. The Mini-campers perform 3 songs and a short skit and the elementary kids perform a full length musical all learned in one week!

It is always my favorite week of the summer!