Yearly Archives: 2006

We finished another one of those awesome books from Christian’s Sonlight homeschool curriculum last night. It was the award winning The House of Sixty Fathers written by Meindert DeJong and Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. It was a Newbery Honor book in 1957. We … Continue reading →

We have enjoyed our Christmas very much. Christian got a rock polisher and some memory for his Palm Zire 31 so he could do more stuff with it like use it as an MP3 player and play more games. Kelly got an … Continue reading →

We are very happy that Christmas has finally arrived. I will have four days off and do not plan to do anything other than hang out with the family. Last night Jay and Karen Nelson stopped by to say hello and greet … Continue reading →

Today is the last day of homeschool until the New Year. We are now three weeks ahead of the local government schools. They are scheduled for only 170 days this year while we are scheduled for an additional two weeks or 180 … Continue reading →

Grandpa Lauro and Grandma Conchita made it to Oregon late last night. Lorena and Grandpa Milo went to pick them up at the airport. It will be great to have them here for awhile. They got in so late that I am sure … Continue reading →

There is no homeschool today. Lorena and the kids are running up to Portland today. Lorena is going to go out shopping on her own while Kelly and Christian are going to go shopping with Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah. This evening, they … Continue reading →

It feels like we have finally arrived at the Christmas season now. It is getting cold, the kids are getting out of school, the decorations are going up, and there is Christmas music everywhere. It is especially good this year because Grandpa … Continue reading →

We had a power outage last night. It started at about 8:30 and went until about 4:30 this morning. When the lights went out, we were all sitting in the bonus room. Christian and I were at the computers while Lorena and Kelly … Continue reading →

I am back in Oregon with the family and should be able to start posting in earnest again on Monday.

I am still marveling at Christian’s experiment. What a cool, cool thing to think of doing. I fly home tonight and will try to take up regular posting tomorrow morning.

My uncle, Ed, died last night. He was a great guy, always friendly and helpful to us kids. The things I remember about him was that he loved his job as a sawyer at the Weyerhauser sawmill across the river from his … Continue reading →

I am still down here in California. I worked through the weekend and got a lot of stuff done that I thought would take me most of the week. I am still hoping to fly home on Wednesday if nothing comes up. The … Continue reading →

I found out Thursday afternoon that I might have to travel to our Livermore, California office for the weekend to work.  They are shutting that office down, so I am now down here finishing up a project that will be … Continue reading →

I get early enough in the morning to go to work that I almost never get to see the kids start their day. The most I get is a walk in their room to give them a kiss and tell them … Continue reading →

Last night in our gospel meeting, our minister spoke about being in the yoke with Jesus. The scripture he read was Matthew 11:28-30. The salient part is in verse 30. ”For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” His theme was that … Continue reading →

Here’s another poster that I did for Cub scouts: