Happy 10th Birthday Esther!  She has already experienced much in her 10 years of life.  Dance, gymnastics, soccer, basketball, swimming, and pickle ball are the sports she has tried.  She loves the arts; drawing, painting, sewing, and piano.  Her adventure heart is contagious.  She loves to explore and experience new things.  She has a map of all the states she has already seen.  She is excited to visit all 50 states as soon as possible.  She is off to a good start, recently added Pennsylvania and will be adding New York at the end of February.

One of her most favorite experiences she does is BSF (Bible Study Fellowship).  She has been attending every week during the school since she turned two.  The Lord is evident in her life.  She works hard to learn and study God’s word weekly.  Most importantly putting into practice what she is learning about the Lord.  Her favorite song at the moment is “Trust in You” by Lauren Daigle.  Our prayer for our daughter is she will seek and trust the Lord always no matter what the cost.  Pray the training she has now will prepare her for the future plans God has for her.

We had a fun day celebrating her 10th birthday with a science party!  The guests made their own calzones, exploded diet coke bottles and made bouncy balls! Great fun was had by all!  Also the guests wrote a letter to future Esther.  I can’t wait for her 21st birthday to open the letters with her!  Happy Birthday to my courageous and adventurous 10 year old!

Chris

 

One of the reasons why we homeschool is so we can be spontaneous!  Like hop on Daddy’s flight and do some sight seeing.  That is exactly what we did this week.  We did an overnight trip to Philadelphia.  We saw the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and experienced a philly cheese steak sandwich, Dunkin Donuts & pretzels!

I enjoy being able to watch my husband do what he loves!  I’m thankful my kids get to experience what Daddy does when he goes to work!

We arrived in the evening in PHL.  We took a walk to do some sightseeing before dinner.  I’m so amazed at all the history this city holds.  We really only walked one street!  Crazy to think how much more history we could have discovered here.

We made the kids try a new restaurant.  They ended up loving the Philly cheese steak and cheesy fries!

We came back to the hotel and finished watching some football.  Love how much our kids enjoy exploring a new place.  In fact Jadon and Esther slept in their own hotel room.  Made this Momma’s heart worried, but they did great and loved it!

Living in Yelm we don’t experience a lot of people watching.  They sure got a good dose of it in Philly!  What better way then with a donut in hand!

We took a tour of Independence Hall.  There is such rich history in this building alone.  Our founding fathers were very wise men!

I was amazed at the size of the Liberty Bell.  The thickness of the bell is amazing.  Did you know there is a Bible verse written on it?  Leviticus 25:10  Proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants.

Rahab found this eagle hat.  She couldn’t stop giggling  🙂  Such joy she brings to our family!

After our morning of exploring the city, we headed to the airport via the train.  Its like a city under the city.  Its hard for me to wrap my head around all the underground trains with those skyscrapers above.  Crazy!  Jadon loved every minute of the train.  He couldn’t get enough!

Apparently Philly is know for their pretzels.  Of course we had to have pretzel before we left!  YUM!

The kids received trading card about famous people, places, etc.  They loved reading all the history on their cards!

It was a great overnight.  I’m glad we are able to do trips like this! And hope for many more to come as we raise our children.

-Chris

 

Lake Lawrence is frozen!  Frozen enough to walk, slide, and play on!  Its like I was a little girl playing on the frozen rink from elementary school.  Loved it!  Best part was I got to enjoy it with my kids and nephew today!

Bonus: Esther has been studying about ice.  We got to see the results of ice expanding.  The ice was buckling up against the dock.  So cool!

-Chris

Today we celebrated Rahab’s 5th birthday with great friends and family!  With a dance party for our dance lover!  It was perfect!  We did the chicken dance, hokey pokey, limbo, musical chairs, cha cha slide, and you can not leave out the bunny hop!  Very thankful for all the friends and family who came and helped us celebrate Rahab’s 5th birthday!

-Chris