Ice Skating

Tuesday of last week we went ice skating for Callie's birthday and the whole family enjoyed it! We should do it more often. My friend and I (Tucker) would skate from one end and slide and hit the wall on purpose but after a while our pant legs got wet and then we stopped. Skating was two hours long and once the two hours were up we got our skates off and went to Burger King because it was Callie's birthday. Then we went home and had cupcakes and ice cream. Usually we have cake but she wanted cupcakes instead. Mom and Dad gave her a bike and Courtney and Trevor gave her a Camelback water bottle. Ithink she likes it too!

~Tucker

Sheryll's haircut

Before

After

I was feeling the need for a little more "bounce" and less heavy. I am liking it...I hope you do too.

Our Weekend - by Courtney

Sisters...

Sheryll coordinated a homeschooler's day at the local ice skating rink. Here's Timmy showing everybody how it's done.

Mom helps Callie learn how.

Tanner skates with the help of "the learning bar."

We went to a Family Camp with fellow home schoolers at Crystal Springs Lake near Jamestown, ND. Here we are relaxing on the shore of the lake.

Carrie...

Brothers...

Trevor enjoyed the jet ski! He enjoys pretty much anything he can drive.

Taking the canoe for a spin.

Sisters

Putting up a playhouse for the kids. It says it takes 20-24 hours for two "moderately skilled" people. So far we've had Randy Zachry, Grandpa Paulson, Tim Seavey helping me. Not sure how much time we have invested, but we're not done yet...

Grandma and Grandpa were here for a couple of weeks, and we were able to have Dad dedicate Carrie at one of our home church gatherings. What a blessing! We so enjoyed them being here...it was just too short!

[Editor's Note: My sister, Donna, suggested that we have the children blog as part of their schooling. That way the blog would be kept more current and they could have practical writing assignments. We thought that it was a great idea! Here's the first one.]

Last Saturday we were invited to the Hughes for a night of volleyball and fellowship. The Hughes' house is only about 1/4 of a mile from our place, so the older kids often walk. When we got there we played a few games of regular volleyball and then we picked teams for speed volleyball. After that we went inside to eat. Then all of us, except for Dad, came home to give the little kids baths and do chores. Some of the chores were already done so I (Courtney) finished chores while Trevor and Tucker milked Bell. After chores were done, Mom was stayed home to give baths so Trevor drove Tucker and I back to the Hughes' house. The Hughes are enclosing their garage, and the service was in there. Mrs. Hoverson had made some bars that were kind of like Hello Dollys without the coconut. They were very good.

On Sunday morning we went to the Nelson's house for home church. After lunch we watched a little bit of a Lew Sterrett DVD. He teaches/preaches while training horses.