Hello lovelies! Well, Spring break came and went here at {Home}...way too fast!
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Sky is making a farmhouse table using reclaimed wood. This table will be longer than our current table, so we can fit more Bible College boys around it. Right now we have a smaller table pushed against our table to make it longer. The table-top is made of curly-spalted maple wood and was left out in the open, has water-damage, fungus stains and termite holes. It has so much character.
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I put together a web-page for Sky for his woodworking, he is hoping to eventually sell furniture. It's in the very rough stages still, but it was a lot of fun to help him set it up and share with him my knowledge of working with wordpress, widgets, plugins and blog stuff. [I love talking blogging..love it!]
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Right before we were off for Spring Break, Josie did a report on The Diary of Anne Frank. She also did a timeline project from the book. This book had such a profound affect on me when I read it as a girl. It meant a lot to me to share it with her. We had many discussions and did further research on the internet to help her understand what the times were like for Anne Frank before and after her hiding. Once again, I grappled with describing absolute evil to my kids - and I struggled with the details I held back. Some things I just can't tell me kids about, yet.
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We continued art lessons during Spring Break. Amie and Teddy worked on charcoal tea-pot drawings. Here is Amie's finished work - love it! Art class is ending after next week. I am kind of relieved because gas prices are starting to take a huge toll on our budget. (I will, however, really miss my secret outings for a chocolate chip bagel & diet coke while they are at class!)
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Meg was hired to exercise some horses five days a week. She is so excited, working with horses is her dream job. It was a little tricky the first week, I had to drive her back and forth. I was really glad it was Spring Break because the driving would have added chaos to our day.
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Relief has arrived, though. Meg just passed her driver's license test. She can now drive herself to her job. I am equal parts relieved and terrified. I'm having a hard time with letting her drive off alone. I keep telling myself we were all new teen drivers and survived without incident. >Rinse and repeat...
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Here in Orange County we had dramatic weather shifts from beautiful sunny days to thunderstorms and rain. This messed with any beach plans. The girls fit in a few horse riding/care days at our friend's house. My sister drove up and we spent an afternoon at the Orange Circle instead of the beach. Whew, this vacation week just flew by!!