Well, we are back at school again. Matty is in first grade. She is still working on phonics and beginning math. We take it pretty slow. She is 6. My older children are in 7th, 9th and 12th grade so that has been fun figuring out the Biology and Algebra and other exciting subjects.

With all the craziness that comes with Christmas I haven't had time to write anything. We are trying to get school done even though I'd rather be out shopping.   We are having a Christmas party at our house for the first time ever on Christmas Eve so we are trying to get ready for that. We won't be seeing our family this Christmas because we saw them for Thanksgiving so that is sad. My son will be 2 in three days. He is having a Lego birthday with everything Lego. We got him a really cool Lego toy box to hold all the Legos in.

Remember JESUS is the REASON for the Season!

My daughter's new glasses finally came in. Little brother keeps pulling them off and breaking them.

This is what I woke up to this morning. The snow is beautiful but it's COLD!  It's going to be a long winter for this CA girl.

On Friday we dissected some cow eyeballs for our science class. It was kinda gross and cool all at the same time. Here are some pics. Don't look if you get grossed out easily.

Here is how the eyeball looked before we started. We ordered it online and it came preserved.

Forrest with the eyeball.

Ethan after we have cut some of the fat away on his eyeball.

Dad helping out.

Opening it up. The back and the front.

Separating the optic nerve.

The inside.

The lens. You can see how it magnifies the words.

This was definately a project for dad. He likes to help out with stuff like this.