Monthly Archives: February 2005

The car is ready, the kids only have a few more small homeschool items to complete, the Rizo family is on the way, and the excitement is building. We are all quite excited to head on over to Mount Bachelor … Continue reading →

Yesterday Lorena washed the car, got a couple of things on the car fixed at the car dealership, and then brought the car out and cleaned it up on the inside. It is immaculate. It really is like driving a … Continue reading →

We are starting to ramp down our homeschool a little as we move toward our ski weekend. Lorena spent a couple of hours really cleaning out the car. She is going to get a screw to fix one of the … Continue reading →

We had a leisurely three day weekend. It was really quite a good time. One of the highlights was Christian’s design of a logo and name for the new Albany swimming pool. You can see that here. He drew the … Continue reading →

It looks like we might have a new CNC router at the house in a month or so. We are ordering it from a company in Pittsburgh to make fancy rosettes for Quality Corners. I certainly hope that it works. … Continue reading →

Kelly, Christian, and I performed our first chemistry “experiment” last night. I put the experiment in quotes, because it really was not much of an experiment. The task was just to familiarize ourselves with the idea that all things are … Continue reading →

Last night we started in on RealScience-4-Kids. We read the first chapter on the periodic table of elements last night and plan to do the first experiment this evening. This really does feel like a good program. The first couple … Continue reading →

We have decided to go to Mexico for most of the month of June so the family can avoid most of our annual hay fever problem here in the Willamette Valley. We are pretty much on track to do that … Continue reading →

There is a Valentines Day party for all of the homeschoolers in the area today. Last night we went down and picked up cards with lollipops for Kelly and Christian to give out. This the normal homeschool play day that … Continue reading →

Joe Layman and Lyle Waldo came over to stay with us for a few days after gospel meeting yesterday. Joe wants to start having a informal bible studies with people we have over from our neighborhood. I was very happy … Continue reading →

Lorena and the kids went to their play yesterday at Linn-Benton Community College and they said it was great. They all reported that the costumes, set, and acting were all just excellent. A bunch of people from meeting went a … Continue reading →

Joe Layman called last night and asked if we could have a bible study at our house. It is going to be really great for us and our kids. Lorena is going to invite all the neighbors and I think … Continue reading →

We have quite a full week ahead of us. Today will be pretty normal, with just swimming lessons to get Lorena and the kids out of the house, but tomorrow, they are all going to go to a see a … Continue reading →

Today is a big day for the tortoise shell cat sisters. The are going in for a small operation that should make all of our lives a lot easier. Kiwi and Rubix will take their trip down to the vet … Continue reading →

We have a conflict in the house that needs to be addressed. Christian loves to do science experiments more than just about any other part of homeschool. Yesterday, he prepared and experiment to grow some different kinds of corn and … Continue reading →

A couple of hours after discussing the idea of doing something entrepreneurial, Lorena came up with the idea of making a tube based cat scratch post. Lorena and the kids both believe they will sell well at local pet stores … Continue reading →

Last Sunday, we had Jay and Karen Nelson and their five kids over for lunch between Sunday morning fellowship meeting and gospel meeting in the evening. Our kids are all about the same age, so the grownups had a nice … Continue reading →

The government school in our area has so many teacher in-service, conference preparation, and educational days off it is hard to keep track of them. Every time we turn around the neighborhood kids are home again during what for us … Continue reading →