You remember in the post about the strawberry picking I mentioned that we drove to the strawberry field. I also mentioned that Michael came and joined us. Well, those two things culminated in this post. When we finished picking berries we put the flats in the back. At that point Nicholas decided to plant himself […]
Strawberry Fields Forever
God is good. At the ages of two and three my boys started picking strawberries. They love fruit so much and eat it so quickly that I explained to them they would have to work for their fruit. Those first couple of years they ate more than they put in the buckets but it was […]
We’ve Made it a Year
Today is our one year anniversary of moving from here to here. I thought it would be nice to look back at how things have changed. I’ll zip through the changes we’ve made to the place. We’ve added some toys…..oh yeah, I’m supposed to call them tools. We cleaned a really dirty barn. We added […]
Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum Home...
On Friday the boys and I went to Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum. Each month, during the school year, they offer a homeschool class on a certain topic. The topic for the May class was VE Day. Although we are members and would be able to attend the class at a discounted rate, I chose […]
The Many Mothers That I Love
I hope that each of you had a great Mother’s Day. Here are my boys coming back from picking me lovely flowers. They often pick me beautiful bouquets. They also made me a delicious breakfast that morning. We decided to go our separate ways this Mother’s Day. Not out of anger or anything like that. […]
Joshua and Nicholas Attend “TeenPact”
Last September I signed the boys up for a one day TeenPact class at our capitol in Salem. We are less than a half hour away from the state capitol and this is the last year Joshua would be able to attend the one day class, since it is for kids ages 8 – 12, […]
We Boys go Camping!!
So, according to the Espalin school calendar, Karen and the boys had a week off of school, Spring Break. I chose to take a week of vacation during that same week. So instead of going to Daytona Beach like we usually do (yeah right), the boys and I had planned to go camping; camping trips are […]
Honda TL125 Refresh (aka dirt bike proje...
The boys and I have started a new project, refreshing this 1973 Honda TL125 motorcycle. The boys had some money saved up and we were looking at adding another Baja Doodlebug to the stable. You can see their existing one in use here from a previous post: The Boys Doodlebug. As we were searching Craigslist, we […]
The Latest Happenings on the Farm
Spring is in the air…. and I couldn’t be happier about it. Flowers are still popping up everywhere I look. The tulips have sprung from the ground. We have many different colors of Hyacinths. Daffodils…. […]
Backyard Camping in March
The boys decided that they wanted to camp by the pond with Dylan on Friday night. The weather has been so unseasonably warm that it was easy to say yes to their request. Our public schools only go to school Monday through Thursday so Dylan is typically over to our house at lunch wanting to […]
Nicholas Helps Make Snicker-Doodle Cooki...
In AWANA this last Thursday Nicholas needed to bring cookies to his small group. I gave him some choices of cookies and he chose Snicker-doodle cookies. He was kind enough to help me make them. He helped with the measuring of the dry ingredients as well as the wet. I taught him to crack each […]
Trip to the Gun Range
We are members of a gun range and have been for years. Even though we could shoot on our property , we find that out of respect for our neighbors it is still better to go to the range. The boys have been shooting since probably 5, started out with the air rifle/bb guns, and […]