Homeschool Fun

We had so much homeschooling fun in May!  We took a few fieldtrips.  First to Gilcrease Orchard to pick fruit.

Next we took a field trip to tour an old mine.  It was really interesting and we had fun!

We also did a whole science week full of fun experiments!

I think Henry and Lydia really loved school this month!

April 2021

 Rich and I finally were able to use our 2019 Christmas gift from Scott and Rachelle--we went rock climbing!  It was really fun! (But it would've been nicer without a mask!)

We had lots of fun for Easter!  We dyed eggs, visited the Easter bunny, and went on a neighborhood egg hunt!  Easter dinner was delicious!  The Easter/Conference weekend was wonderful.

Lydia and I spent some time on the hammock in the beautiful weather.

James and William got to back to school in person!  Hooray!!!

Our friend's, the Mathewson's, moved to Texas!  We got to spend a few last times with them.  We will miss them!

For Rich's birthday I got him tickets for a helicopter tour of Las Vegas.  It was a really fun experience!

Lydia wanted to learn to cross stitch.  She helped me a little and did a great job!

Rich took the boys camping so Lydia and I had a girls night.  We went to Target, grabbed dinner at Cafe Rio, and then watched Frozen and built her new Lego set.  Afterward we cuddled up for a story.  Lydia *loves* girls nights!

Random photo: Lydia as a "business woman."

Field Day

Henry and Lydia planned a super fun “field day” for us! 

Their games included the gauntlet, pool noodle baseball, hula hoop, wheelbarrow race, water balloon fight, and sponge relay. It was a beautiful day and we all had a blast!

March 2021

 Lydia started to write little love notes to everyone.  She is so sweet!

Henry, Lydia and I celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday.  Henry dressed as a Star-bellied Sneetch and Lydia as Cindy Lou Who.  They built a Seussville, ate Hop on Pop(corn), played with edible oobleck, searched for Whos in the backyard, created their own Seuss-like creatures, and read lots of fun books!  

 

I love taking our school over to the park!

We cuddled up in my bed to read in the morning.

The kids won the prizes for the winter reading challenge at the library.  Alex won a movie ticket.  Henry and Lydia won tickets to the Children's museum.

We celebrated Pi Day with Black bottomed coconut banana cream pie.

We took another field trip--this time to the Springs Preserve.  We even got a free train ride which told the history of Nevada (it was our history lesson for the day).

The Stake Primary put on a super fun Mother-Son Carnival night!  (It was so funny to watch Henry walk around with soda cans in his back pockets).

After the Mother-Son night we came home to watch a movie and eat Cafe Rio with William and Lydia.  (Rich was on a campout with James and Alex).

William woke up early one Saturday morning to sit in line at the DMV with Kate while she got her permit.

Alex was the first one of the kids who got to go back to school in over a year.  James was so nice to ride his bike with him in the morning and show him the ropes.

And of course we got to celebrate Rich's birthday!  He's the best!