Thankful Tree

 My birthday fell on a Friday this year, so I decided to pick the Family Movie Night movie since I was the birthday girl.  We watched 'Anne of Green Gables' and had a lovely time.   During the movie, when Eleonora saw Anne's hair looking like this, she decided that she needed to recreate the hairstyle.  She asked me to do her hair like Anne's, like a "weef" (wreath).  I was thankful to oblige!

 I was also thankful to receive many sweet birthday cards and gifts from students, friends, and family.

 All this thankfulness (and also one of my favorite blogs) inspired me to make thankful trees for my home, Jenno's home, and my classroom!

 The kids and I had a great time with this!

 Caleb's leaves.

 Ta-daa!

The Lord has done great things for us, 

and we are filled to the top with joy!

November 27

The kids and I were off of school the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, so we asked Poppa if he was up for an adventure, and of course he was!

He took us to Bald River Falls and Indian Boundary Lake.

 We enjoyed a little hike around the lake where Caleb got stuck up in a tree and had to ask for assistance to get down, and Eleonora turned into a reindeer.

 Thanks for a fabulous adventure!

 When we got home, it was time to get dolled up for our family Christmas pictures.

The truck wasn't quite ready for us when we got up the mountain, but with a little help from a four-wheeler, the truck made it to the meadow for some pics.

 We had about five minutes before the sun set, but we made the most of it.

 I alternate nights laying in the boys' beds to read to them (Caleb=Even Steven and Josiah=Odd Todd).  We also take time to watch funny YouTube videos from time to time, our favorite right now feature the funny duo Rhett and  Link.

  Not long after I made it from the boys' room to my room, Matthias had our pictures ready for us!

The End.

Meet-the-Teacher Day

New Haircuts

Back to School

This is the beginning of my fourth week back at school, and the third week for the boys, and second full week for Eleonora. So far so good!  Josiah is in sixth grade and still playing the trumpet. He’d already 

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