So we are continuing to do our schoolwork. The children are doing a fairly good job. Sometimes, we have distractions and other things that come up. But they do a good job for the most part of catching up. Grape Ape (our oldest), Noodle and Boo are all doing Wisdom Book Language Arts to go along with our Wisdom Books from the Advanced Training Institute.
Boo is continuing to do her Paths of Settlement materials. She is enjoying the books she is reading. She completed "Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics" and now is working on "Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology". She is flying through the Life of Fred Math books. Currently she is working on "Decimals and Percents".
Noodle really seems to be enjoying Mystery of History Volume I. Right now he is building a ziggaraut. I will try to post pictures of it. He is doing Exploring Creation with Physical Science and seems to be enjoying the experiments he is able to do. He is also doing Life of Fred Math and is in Pre-Algebra I with Biology.
Monkey (#2) is doing Alpha Omega Publications Monarch Algebra and English. He is also doing Notgrass "Exploring Government". He will be finishing that shortly. Then he will begin Civics. He is also doing Forensic Science and Introduction to Criminal Justice and seems to really be enjoying them.
Grape Ape (#1) is doing Monarch for Math and Civics. Then he is doing Speech and some other electives.
They are all doing Music - Grape Ape is doing Guitar and is singing with the family still. The younger three are all learning a brass instrument. They are also singing with the family. Plus the younger three are doing Worship Arts at our Salvation Army Corps, plus the younger two are doing timbrels. All the children are getting ready to hit hard and heavy the following: Latin, Art and Institute for Excellence in Writing.
Life is definitely exciting around here.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Wow
So alot has been going on around here. In the month of November, we had Corps Cadet Sunday. All of the Corps Cadets participated in the service in some way. They either read a Scripture, sang, did part of the Call to Worship or performed in our skit. I preached my very first sermon during Corps Cadet Sunday. In between the service and our afternoon activities, we brought home all the Corps Cadets and fed them. Dennis and I sang with our Corps Cadets along with some extra youth from our Timbrels program at our Regional Youth Praise meeting. Our Timbrels performed a number and did an excellent job.
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Jacob became a Senior Soldier. Dennis and Joseph were the Flag bearers for the service. After the service, we had our Thanksgiving Dinner at the corps.
Thanksgiving night our youth kicked off the Kettle Season by attempting to do a 24 hour marathon. I volunteered to help at one of the two locations. We only made it past 11 o'clock and then it got too cold and too dead to warrant us being out there. So we came back home. I was glad to get come back to my warm home. Then we went back out on Friday morning. Of course this was one of those times where our children did not really want to move.
This past Sunday, we kicked off the Advent Season. Dennis and I read Scripture verses. Nathan lit the candles to start the service and then blew them out at the end. Joseph laid a wreath during the Hanging of the Greens. All in all it was a beautiful ceremony. They lit the advent wreath, told various stories regarding Christmas, and Major Harris preached a wonderful message.
Now tomorrow night we will be singing at a local apartment building. Our family is singing "O Beautiful Star of Bethlehem".
In the midst of all of this, Dennis is finishing up his last class for his bachelor's degree. So by the middle of the month, he will be finished with school.
Also, we are continuing to move forward with our intention of becoming Salvation Army officers. So we are actively participating in various Corps programs. Dennis is helping with our Boys Adventure Club (think similar to Boy Scouts). And I of course am doing the Corps Cadets. We also take a turn doing the Sunday School opening and teach the Young Adults Sunday School Class (although I am not sure the name truly describes who is in the class). Dennis tends to be the only male in the class. But we have a good time, and I think the students are enjoying the class.
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Jacob became a Senior Soldier. Dennis and Joseph were the Flag bearers for the service. After the service, we had our Thanksgiving Dinner at the corps.
Thanksgiving night our youth kicked off the Kettle Season by attempting to do a 24 hour marathon. I volunteered to help at one of the two locations. We only made it past 11 o'clock and then it got too cold and too dead to warrant us being out there. So we came back home. I was glad to get come back to my warm home. Then we went back out on Friday morning. Of course this was one of those times where our children did not really want to move.
This past Sunday, we kicked off the Advent Season. Dennis and I read Scripture verses. Nathan lit the candles to start the service and then blew them out at the end. Joseph laid a wreath during the Hanging of the Greens. All in all it was a beautiful ceremony. They lit the advent wreath, told various stories regarding Christmas, and Major Harris preached a wonderful message.
Now tomorrow night we will be singing at a local apartment building. Our family is singing "O Beautiful Star of Bethlehem".
In the midst of all of this, Dennis is finishing up his last class for his bachelor's degree. So by the middle of the month, he will be finished with school.
Also, we are continuing to move forward with our intention of becoming Salvation Army officers. So we are actively participating in various Corps programs. Dennis is helping with our Boys Adventure Club (think similar to Boy Scouts). And I of course am doing the Corps Cadets. We also take a turn doing the Sunday School opening and teach the Young Adults Sunday School Class (although I am not sure the name truly describes who is in the class). Dennis tends to be the only male in the class. But we have a good time, and I think the students are enjoying the class.
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