Be a safe & courteous driver

I saw this sign a few weeks ago when I was dropping Damian off for his first day of Driver's Training. It is a good reminder to the students to be safe and courteous on the roads. Now, I realize how much more safe and courteous I pray others on the road are too; because today it became official, our oldest son can drive.

It all started a few weeks back when Damian began attending Driver's Ed training here in town. Before we knew what was happening he was jumping in the car with his official "blue card".



He had to wait almost a week, but on Monday he took his written test and passed. Today we went to the DMV and got his official learner's permit. This resulted in Damian driving me home from the edge of town. He was nervous; I was thrilled! He is one step closer to having the independence he deserves.



Way to go Damian!! We are so proud of you.

Hear me roar!

Can you hear her roar like a ferocious lion? Neither can we.

Instead all we get is yawns of boredom

She is so funny! Enjoy.

Did you get the memo?

Spring has been canceled this year.

Comment away

After I got an email from one of our friends I realize that I set up the comment feature on our page incorrectly. You can now leave us your thoughts, which we would love to hear, below each of the posts.

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Busting Gravel

We had a huge problem this spring with gravel in our yard from the road grader. In some spots it was kicked almost ten feet in and in spots piled an inch thick.

Scott decided to call a rental store here in town and see if they had a lawn sweep to try. They recommended using a tool called "Clean Sweep." It was amazing to use!

Before making the call we had tried to rake the yard and got maybe a few feet done in a half hour. With this little guy we were able to get half of our yard by the road done within an hour. Check out the pictures below to see it in action and before and after shots.

We are still awe at how quickly and effortlessly we were able to get this done. We would recommend this for anyone needing to get gravel and other items out of their grass.

MACHE conference

Over the weekend Scott and I attended the annual MACHE homeschooling convention in Duluth. As always we came home with lots of new ideas and a renewed understanding of why we do what we do.



One of our favorite speakers was Dr. Jeff Myers. His presentations on our responsibility to pass the baton on to the next generation left us both wanting to be even more deliberate in passing on character development to the boys.



We spent a lot of time going through the curriculum fair getting lost in all the books and educational supplies. I confess, this is my favorite part of the conference. Being the investigative type I could still be going through all the different types of items available.





After a long day of researching and listening to presentations we were off to our favorite place to eat. Famous Dave's! We stop here every time we go up to Duluth. Someday we will have to share the story of how Famous Dave's became "our place."

We came home with bags full of new books for next year and lots of excitement about the coming year. Once we wrap up this year's work we will begin the task of getting our lessons together for this fall. I love being able to do this during the summer when we can sit outside and enjoy the sun along with some good books to prep with.

Blessings!
Shelly

Spring is coming

Even though there is snow on the ground this morning we are very excited for spring to be here. For the past four days we have had a flock of robins in our yard. Yes, a flock. We tried to count but that was too hard. There are at least 30 birds out there if not more. Here are a few pictures from this morning.