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Surfing 101

Surfing 101

By on Sep 7, 2014 in General, Hailey, Kaatje, Kaelyn, Travel |

Wrapped up our trip to Maine with some surfing lessons. We had been talking about it for weeks- trying to convince Kaelyn to join the fun.  However, after having watched the movie Soul Surfer two years ago, Kaelyn had vowed to never set foot in salt water again.  A few months ago, just as she was beginning to weaken in resolve, daddy showed her the news article in...

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Loving Homeschooling

Loving Homeschooling

By on Sep 6, 2014 in General, Travel |

First week spent on the beach in Maine. We learned about ocean tides, marine life and skimboarding. Math is so much more fun when problems are written in the sand and the reward is puddle jumping

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So very cold

So very cold

By on Jan 7, 2014 in General |

Coldest weather I can remember in a long time. -40C (-40F) with the windchill. I should have captured the weather the night before but this shows it was pretty close. The truck showed -32C without the windchill when we started it up. Some interesting facts: – it was colder that parts of Mars – I checked TheWeatherNetwork.com and we were colder than the...

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Don’t hold back

By on Oct 24, 2013 in General |

Last night uncle R came by and played some Wii with the girls – a friendly game of Disney’s Think Fast. Well, he didn’t spare any feelings beating them all.

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