Science Center

On wednesday we went to the science center in Pheonix with our home school group. It was a lot of fun! They also had the travelling exibit Narnia which the kids were so excited to go to. It did cost extra but I git to go in it on Saturday and it was so cool. You actually enter through the wardrobe and it snows on you just like in the book! We spent 6 hours there so the kids got a lot of learning in! We saw a show on volcanos and a show on digestion that was really cool.
Here is the group in front of Narnia:

Here are the kids and I:


The kids in front of the white witches chariot:

Here is Avery planting her garden:

Zack and his friend decided to build something with the pipes:

And of course the ever popular wheelchair races:

Here is a bunch of monkeys in the tree:

They loved hanging out in the airplane

It was such a great day to spend with friends and learn!

A Haircut and another pet!

Well Zack decided he was ready to get rid of the hair so he asked dad to give him a trim. Keith happily gave him buzz! He said it feels really strange after having hair for so long.
In the wrong order here is the after:


Here is the before:


And after living here for almost a year Zack finally has a lizard. He was so excited to catch him and he named him sky. He likes to have him sit on his shoulder like this:

Kids!

Overheard at the dinner table tonight as Avery was saying the prayer:

God is great, God is good,
Let us thank him for our food,
And God bless Santa for bringing us presents,
Jesus name
Amen

She is so funny!

AWANAS and a new pet!

Today was AWANAS day and the kids were so excited to go! I am so glad they really get into this and are learning their bible verses. Tonight Zack learned all the books in the new testament! He was so proud of himself. He already earned his shirt but they don't have any in yet. Kaylee earned her vest last week and this week Avery earned her vest and patch. She was so excited! It is amazing what a 4 year old can memorize. While we were at AWANAS a friend of mine found some cool catterpillars so we collected some for a science expiriment. They are huge and so cool looking. The kids each got their own. We are hoping they turn into some beautiful butterflies!

God Bless America!

As a military wife September 11th is a very patriotic day for me. My heart swells with pride at being an American. I loved watching all of the nation band together that day. I remember where I was at that exact moment, with my 2 small children living on a military base. I was so scared. My husband had to go to work and didn't know when he would be able to come home. We could no longer get on base. It changed our whole life. And then when my husband had to deploy to Iraq that was the scariest of all. My prayers go out to all those that lost someone that fateful day and all the lives lost fighting the war someone else started. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Irish step dancing

The kids all started irish step dancing this year. Kaylee was nervous at first but it quickly became her favorite activity! Even Zack joins in when he doesn't go to boy scouts. He pretends like he doesn't want to go but just look at his face in the picture. Avery is mixed about it but I think she likes it. She still wants to do ballet. Two older ladies teach the class and they are so cute. They even do it for free!

Stone soup

Today the kids and I went to see a play with some other homeschoolers. The local college in our town does different shows for the public schools through the year and opens them up to homeschoolers as well. It is so nice because most of the shows only cost a dollar! We saw stone soup and other stories today. They did 4 different stories from all around the world all found in books. It was really cute and the kids enjoyed it!