Joanna's first day of second grade

Happy 41 to Chris

Kids play Mario on the Wii for the first time!

Joanna cooks!

Joanna cooked pasta by herself, with my supervision, while I made a homemade marinara sauce from Jason's tomatoes. I was peeling and de-seeding tomatoes. She was so proud. Thomas was happy to eat and they both wanted seconds so she then made another batch!

Vacation - Thursday

Today we went to Hammock beach, after chasing down nets.

Then our afternoon was rainy and Joanna and daddy napped. Jason asked Joanna why she put on her pajamas after coming in is she's not going to nap and she said, "Well, mommy puts on her pajamas after work and she doesn't go to bed!"

We learned another part of yesterday's verse, "...seek and you shall find it..." Or "...keep looking and you will find it..."

-Amy

Vacation - Wednesday

Today we learned "Ask and you will receive." Or " keep askjng and it will be given to you."

Rachel and I had fun with this one. I said keep asking just like you always do, "mom, mom, mom, mom!"

We enjoyed the pool this morning and had charcoal-grilled steaks for dinner.

We dutifully watched our fire with the fire-putter-outer handy, then after we were done, Jason put out the fire with water from the creek using the garbage can lid!

Vacation - Tuesday

Today we took it easy inside, out of the sun. We went to see Disney/Pixar's "Inside and Out."
We ate Mcdonald's for lunch and took a nice nap listening to C.S. Lewis' "Prince Caspian."

I slept in this morning and I'm ready for an bedtime. I guess I'm taking my much needed rest!

We played a mean hide-and-seek tonight as Joanna's reward for learning Ephesians 4:32 mostly. We got the first part, "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted,"