What? am I actually posting to this blog?! Yes, yes I am. It's for you....my children, grandchildren and their wives of the future who are reading these yearbooks that are dusty in my basement. Are you actually reading this? Do you find it fascinating? BTW....how's life right now?... because the USA president (Biden) basically just said we're on nuclear Armageddon's doorstep....so...glad you exist....
ANYWAY....hi future SELF because let's be honest, YOU are the one actually reading this.
Okay I have a lot to unpack here, and I'm obviously in a weird mood, so here we go:
I left off when we were in Dubai. We continued to be in Dubai for awhile, and we saw incredible things including the TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD on Daniel's birthday.
But is that truly important? Is that what William paid attention to? Is that what William took photos of? NO instead it was any cat that crossed his path. THAT was what he would always take photos of.
And we did do school there. Here's some excepts from Hyrum's writing book which he finished (is this writing book several grade levels below where he should be? Yes. Is he severely dyslexic? Yes. Do I think that he has a chance at succeeding at life regardless? Yes. Will he get all his university English done before he moves out of my house? Yes. Do I still feel vulnerable about my kids academic levels? Yes.
Hyrum's writing just cracks me up. Seriously. And so does Daniel's, check his out:
And then we went back to the states. It was good to relax in Arizona for awhile. We were able to take part of their homeschool world there, which was so nice. My boys were even able to go to a reptile show at their library...or homeschool thing...or church...I don't know. Their Aunt took them, but I'll take credit in this blog for it. Sure.
And Aunty...or someone other than me...got them to decorate for mother's day and it was oh so cute..
And even with these things, we managed to do the bare minimum of reading writing and arithmetic as well! Even when catastrophes such as this happened:
Only those who have taught All About Reading can understand how the mere photo of such an event could strike fear into a mother's heart.
And then it was on to Utah where I was finally able to show my kids the Timpanogos caves! They were even way better than I remember when I would go there on field trips as a child.
And we went to a Utah thing that I had never been to before, the Boneville Salt Flats.
But the highlight of our Utah trip (beyond seeing my parents) was the LDS Homeschool conference. My boys LOVED it and the Peavoys came down!
One awesome thing was the talent night at which Maxwell displayed a 3d model he designed and printed of the Vanuatu future temple. and Hyrum did a "mentalist" type comedy show. Very fun
And then we were off to California! We saw cousins, and we went on many field trips. Including to Sacramento, where we learned all about the Pony Express, which was perfect because Daniel was writing about them anyway for his school.
And we went to San Fransisco, which was really cool because my kids LOVE the books by Virginia Lee Burton book about the cable car, so to go on a cable car was way too special.
But the absolute highlight of the trip was when the teenagers (yes....Daniel is a TEENAGER now!!!!) got to go to Trek with their cousins.
And YES we did do more reading writing and arithmetic. Enough that we got to the point where I feel like summer actually starts, which is when Rightstart Math books have been completed. I feel like I'm more excited than the kids when this happens each year.
(Abraham's math is on the top and William's is on the bottom. FYI)
And, hands down the coolest thing we did that summer was MORONI"S QUEST!
They were really affected by these things. In fact, to night as I started writing this, Hyrum and Daniel came into my room and read their scriptures on my couch before bed. Come on. How awesome is that?
Yep. I'm blessed.
That is all.
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