Have you ever visited Shakertown? It’s such a lovely place to visit in Central KY. This weekend, we were treated to our first ever overnight stay in one of the original village buildings! My father-in-law took our family and the horses for two days of trail riding, hiking, touring and dining at the historic restaurant. …
Mahayla and one of her best buds have been planning a camping trip since January. Yes, that’s FIVE months! After many revised lists, faxes to one another and late nights on the phone planning, the trip finally happened this weekend. The two girls and two other best buds (along with a couple of Dads and,…
We’ve known about a couple of sinkholes on our farm since we bought it six years ago. Of course, when you think sinkhole, you think cave. Especially living in Central KY and knowing that limestone is a predominate rock in our area. A couple of summers ago, we found cave dwelling salamander – fittingly called…
We have hawks on our farm that we’ve spotted before. Usually we see them swooping through the sky or hear their screachy call. On occasion, we’ve come upon one on the fence post, but it’s always flown away very quickly. The other day, though, we were given a rare opportunity by this red-tailed hawk to…
This post contains affiliate links. So here’s what I had envisioned. A peaceful day at the pond with children who ever-so-quietly and diligently explored life in and around the pond. Children who would pull out their nature journals at every interesting find, writing lovely poems and prayers. A day of discovery and awe. Here’s what happened….
I just wanted to share a few odds and ends this afternoon. Yesterday was Mahayla’s piano recital. She did such a lovely job! I’m afraid her talent is stronger than her desire right now , though. We’re taking a break over the summer to see if she might “get her want to fixed” before the…
School is officially out for the summer, but that won’t stop us from taking advantage of many great learning opportunities! This week we visited our local water treatment plant and the neighboring electric generation plant. If you’ve ever read The Magic School Bus At The Waterworks, then you’ve visited our water treatment plant! 🙂 I…
Our children have been part of a Bible Bowl team this year. As skeptical as I am about children competing over God’s Word, they really have learned inside and out the material that was covered this year. Since the group has decided to take a break next year, I wanted to be sure to grab…
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! This picture was taken last night at our church’s annual Mother-Daughter Banquet. Thank you gentlemen for a lovely evening!
As a fitting end to our Keepers At Home year, we had a little scrapbooking party. What great memories come from this group! (And, yes, even our boys have fun. But, ahem, shooting a foam deer with a bow and arrow in his Contenders of the Faith class at co-op was MUCH more manly! Thank…
Our final unit study of the year turned out to be a great one – even if it was on the lighter side of book learning. We had just finished an intensive study of the Middle Ages, which naturally covers a lot of Renaissance history. So, the main purpose of this study was to tie…
Don’t ya just love when kids use their imaginations and create really cool things? This afternoon, the older kids made great use of their free time (and I was able to get in a little discussion about simple and complex machines!) Caleb loves ladders, ropes, tools and other bits and pieces of boy stuff. Living…