My Family

We went on a trip to see family!

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We went on a trip last month to see family in Indiana and Minnesota!

While there I took some half face shots of my nieces and nephews for a possible grandkids wall 😉

And Nick let me get a shot of him so now I have my whole family! Not sure what I will do with them yet. Got some family shots of my sister and their youngest (oldest is an adult so he was not there). We also took some group shots!

We were so close to having everyone!

My brother and sister and their families were not there and one nephew!

My parents have the nicest walking path nearby!

It was a beautiful time of year to walk on it! Nick went into the store to get all the kids that braved the walk a treat 😉 It was warm enough to swim while we were up there!!! The kids had a blast and I am glad we enjoyed the warm weather because it was about to get a lot colder on our next stop 😉

Camping, Hiking, My Family, Parks

Pine Cove Recreation Area ~SE Oklahoma

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This camping spot was very quiet and peaceful.

Which is really nice unless you are a family of seven with really loud kids and a dog…

I still really liked it though.

Beautiful

I loved the pine forest in the middle of the sites.

There was no hiking that I knew of but the walk around the campgrounds was beautiful.

The playground near our site was really nice! The only downside to this campground was the flooding that was going on and the location (it was in the middle of nowhere). We checked out a swimming spot I found on google the next day and it was flooded also so looked totally different than the pics. The kids still had fun even if they had to stay close to the shore. Afterwards we went to the Red Slough Wildlife Refuge to hunt for an alligator 😉 We did not see any but we did see a snake or two and this fawn.On Saturday we went to Beavers Bend State Park and it was kind of the start of a not great rest of the trip.

It happens, they can’t all be amazing.

Ha
This spot was pretty cool though.

There were just SO many people all over the park!And in trying to avoid the crowds I picked a difficult hike which had lots of climbing without the amazing views that make it worth it.It was one of those push yourself and be happy when you make it back to your car and can be done hiking type hikes…This was a beautiful campground though that I would not mind staying at again.

Just need to remember to never go to Beavers Bend on the weekend again.

Homeschooling

Curriculum 2020-2021 ~for 9th, 4th, & 1st grade

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Both my boys are doing 9th grade this year and here is what they are doing.

Science –Masterbooks General Science 2 (except for the Archaeology book, they did that with the Biblical Archaeology study)

History-Masterbooks The World’s Story 2 & 3 (trying out just having them read the chapters and taking notes, I quiz them at the end of the week instead of doing the teachers guide.)

Language Arts –Masterbooks Writing Strands Advanced 1 & Cursive Handwriting Practice for Teens

Math-Teaching Textbooks (for part of the year, they are almost done with the Geometry)

Spanish –Duo Lingo

Literature -Wulf the Saxon, Tennyson, Shakespeare, and other authors and books that go with our history study.

Electives -My oldest is doing a Python course with Udemy and my second oldest is taking a Blender for beginners class with Udemy.

Both do extra programming and math on Khan Academy as well.

 

My twin girls are in the 4th grade and here is what they will be doing.

Math –McRuffy Color Math 4

Spelling –All About Spelling Level 3

Reading –Christian Liberty Readers Book 2

Grammar –Brave Writer Wand Level 2

Handwriting –Prescripts Cursive and Letters

Science –Exploring Geology with Mr. Hibb (this will only cover part of the year. I have not figured out the next part yet. Although I am hoping to have them learn something similar to the boys.)

History&Geography –I am just getting resources that go along with the time period the boys are learning about.

 

My youngest is starting 1st Grade and this is what she is using.

Since taking this picture I have already dropped the Singapore Math, it just did not work well for us right now.

Math –RightStart B (I have to add this every year, right? Ha! I have been doing it with her though for the last two weeks and it is going well)

Language Arts –A Reason for Handwriting K, First Language Lessons for a Well Trained Mind Level 1, All About Spelling Level 1, and lots of readers.

Science, History, & Geography -same as twins.