Making Memories....

As time goes by....

Well,I haven't blogged in quite some time.Been sick on and off...that' sno fun when the weather is really nice. :( Luckily,I have 3 great daughters that took care of me and cleaned house and brought me food since husband was working out of state.It's almost like we don't know each other since he's gone so much.I miss watching tv with him at night.I always look forward to that....we just go upstairs in bed and watch tv.It may not be much to some people,but it's a big thing to me...we get to spend time together. :)

Anyways,a few weeks ago my husband brought us to the Cuyohoga(I may need to check the spelling on that) State park in Ohio.It was so beautiful to see the Brandywine Falls,which,in my opinion was much better than seeing Niagra Falls.We had to climb a few steps to get to the top & get close to it,but it was worth it.It was so beautiful and calming....the sounds were so relaxing.A cool thing that happened while we were there was I saw this lady with papers in her hand & I thought I sw the word clues on it,so I told my husband she might be letterboxing,but I was too chicken to ask in case I was wrong about what I saw.Anyways,later on we pass by them & my husband asks them if they are on a scavenger hunt & they say yes,so I ask if they were letterboxing & she was like,"yes!"I was a little upset as we haven't started letterboxing & there we were where there were some letterboxes & we had no clues or stampers with us. :( I just thought that was so cool to actually meet someone who letterboxes since I thought it was a small group of people who did it...never figured I'd come across someone doing it.She said they were from California & would also go letterboxing in Michigan on the way back home...how cool is that!Now I really want to start doing this soon,but most are in areas I don't know my way around,so I have to wait for my husband to return home to bring us. :)

The weather has been gorgeous the past few days,so we spend time outside reading poetry & playing before the snow comes,which is just around the corner....burr!Tomorrow we will go to Chuck e Cheese's and also have our own little poetry circle when we come back home.The girls are busy writing poems and decorating the pages to share with us tomorrow.Maybe tomorrow I will post some of their poems that they wrote. :)They are really good poems in my opinion.

In today's mail we got a calendar of events from the library and the girls were thrilled with all the activities going on.There will be a showing of Hoot,they will have it after hours,so they thought that was cool.This year they have tween programs so my middle daughter was thrilled about that,there's a book club she will be signing up for,I forgot the title of the book,but it looks really good,something about the revolutionary war and kidnappings.I told her we will check it out so we all can read it since it looks so interesting.

We recently watched these movies from the library-

"Duma"-we all give that movie 5 stars

"Eight Below"-only my 9 yr old daughter thought it was interesting,but my other daughters and I thought it was pretty boring....I was hoping for more adventure. :(

I think our next movie on the list may be "Shaggy Dog",although I don't think it's too educational. :) I would love to hear any great movies you watched that you used as a unit study.I only got those 2 movies because others recommended it,so I knew we just had to see them. :)

Next week I think I'll let the girls start their own blog since they think it's so cool.They really want to get one of the virtual pets like I have.I told them they can post their poems,stories & book recommendations on there,too.

Oh,before I forget,let me post a picture of the waterfalls.

Ok,looks like I can't upload the pics right now,so will try again tomorrow.Good night! :)

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7:34 PM, Aug. 25, 2006 .. Posted by momma2aejsk

Hi Renee,
It's good to see your back at your blog. I hope your feeling better. Send me your address when you get a chance, Abby still wants to send her Flat to you guys.
Samantha

my waterfall!

1:26 PM, Oct. 13, 2006 .. Posted by molivo

I just had to comment when I noticed you talking about Brandywine Falls! That is where my husband asked me to marry him almost 10 yrs ago, and we try to get back there once every couple of years. It is so beautiful, isn't it? I don't know where you live--but I am writing you from Toledo Ohio. Just nice to hear someone describe a place that is so close to my heart! Have a great day!

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1:18 AM, Dec. 25, 2006 .. Posted by OurHomeSweetHomeschool

Stopping by to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas as you celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Blessings,
Theresa