We had a marvelous Mother’s Day weekend. On Saturday we took Lorena to breakfast at Elmers. On Sunday, we gave her the presents and cards Christian and Kelly made for her and let her pick out two hanging baskets of flowers for the front of the house. I really think she likes the “picking out” better than the “having”. On Saturday, I mowed the lawn, Lorena cleaned out the garage, and the kids played. Late on Sunday afternoon, Christian’s friend Micah came over and invited Kelly and Christian to go to the park. After that, the kids played a really cool “solve the mystery Nancy Drew computer game. We played it a little more after Micah left. I think this is going to be our summer project. Here is a picture of Lorena and all her kids we took especially for Mothers Day.

Mothers Day 2005

Here is Kelly’s article that I scanned for your reading pleasure:


Kelly's winning math article

Before we went to bed last night, we had just a little bit of time, so I started reading Swiss Family Robinson. It appears to be a great book. It was written in 1812 and has a theology that is very encouraging and well articulated. We are counting this as our first read-aloud of the summer, but we might finish it before the summer starts if it continues to be as interesting as what we have read so far!