This past week, we were able to visit Jon’s family in west Tennessee for the first time in over three years. Jon’s grandmother, Geraldine Rimmer – fondly known as Mamaw, passed away at age 86. Here’s a picture of Mamaw taken a few years ago.

She was a sweet woman and was always happy to see [...]

My family likes to travel. In the past year, we’ve been to Washington, D.C., the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, Pipestem Resort State Park in West Virginia, and Jeffersonville, IN/Louisville, KY – along with a few day trips nearby.
As all parents know, traveling long distances with kids can be more of a nightmare than a [...]

If you haven’t already, see the photos from Day One and Day Two.
Well, Saturday night consisted of much vomiting on Robert’s part and much cleaning up on the parents’ part. Surprisingly, though, when we all got up Sunday morning, Robert seemed absolutely fine. He walked around, talking, and laughing like normal, and rifling through the [...]

If you haven’t already, see the photos from Day One here.
On Saturday morning, we had breakfast at the motel along with about a hundred 10-13 year old boys (a traveling basketball team). We then drove several miles to the nearest Metro station. It took us a while to figure out how to buy the tickets, [...]

In mid-November, we took a semi-spur-of-the-moment trip to Washington, D.C. It was a fun and eventful weekend in more ways than one. We rented a car, since our van is old and on its last leg, and left on Friday around 10:30am. Here are a couple pictures of the boys in the backseat of the [...]

You learn something new everyday, and I’ve learned more than my fair share over the last week.
1. Wanting a vacation – even if it’s not a typical vacation – is a strong desire.
2. Homeschool conventions are F – U – N!!
3. Browsing the book fair is even more fun than listening to [...]

I mentioned a couple days ago that I have cabin fever. It happens to me every year about this time, especially when we’re having relatively warm breezy days. I’m ready for winter to be over, and I start wanting to go on vacation!
Last year, Nicholas went to summer camp for the first time. [...]

My favorite lessons plans are ones that are interactive, hands-on immersion studies…and, boy, did we have some great immersion studies this past weekend!
On the spur of the moment, my husband and I decided to take our sons on a weekend vacation to Virginia Beach, VA. The boys had never been to the ocean before [...]

Wow, it’s been a really long time since I last posted. Shortly after my last post, we found out we’d be moving to West Virginia after all. I was busy cleaning and packing for a couple months, and then moving….
We thought we’d stay with my parents for a few weeks until we found [...]