New School Year!
Fall is Here!
2022-2023.
The Kids Started their new charter school last week. So far they have loved all of the fun things they have been learning. Everything from A’s first Spanish class to E’s fun new reading class. They both love having all new curriculum had their fingertips. Their first week of school the kids got to make ziplines and they had a blast seeing their toys zoom across the sky into their hands. This next week they get to do their own archeology dig. Both kids love digging… and I’m sure the third would too. A is into Egyptology and E is into Paleontology. Digging is pretty big in our house right now.
Undoubtedly we had a great summer. We may have traveled a lot less than in previous years but we made it count anyway. We had beach trips where we all let the waves kiss our toes, we explored secret tunnels, found new playgrounds and splash pads, visited with loved ones and spent as much time as we possibly could with one another.
It’s Summer ’22
It’s been an interesting couple of months! The kids finished another year of homeschool. They are growing up so quickly. It’s hard to keep up with them some days. This year Elijah completed Pre-K and Arabella finished 2nd. For the fall Arabella was accepted to Summit. Elijah has applied but we are waiting to hear back from the district. If they let him in as well they will both be going to their first Charter. I think they will enjoy it.
Arabella and Elijah went to summer camp this year. They had a lot of fun and really enjoyed learning all of the fun songs. Arabella made a friend named Haylee who was a little younger but they were like two peas in a pod. She was sad that summer camp was over because that wasn’t our normal church. Speaking of normal church we are kinda in-between churches right now. We’ve struggled to find a good fit after what went down at our last home church. The current one we are going to isn’t bad but they have no sunday school classes for kids from 6th grade up through high school. For now it’s a good temporary solution.
I can’t believe that it’s already summer. We haven’t had the chance to do much yet. I’m not sure if we will. It’s been pretty low key. Nothing very exciting. We did paint our Livingroom! It was brown and now it’s pale blue err I mean behr “Bellflower Blue”. It looks so much better. I despise brown walls.
Did I mention that we got a puppy? His name is Einstein Copernicus! He was born on March 3rd and we drove to Vernonia to pick him up during mother’s day weekend. He’s a sweet and sassy mini schnauzer.
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Same post every year! It’s been such a big year too! January started off with a bang as Luca graced us with his presence and completed our family. He is such a light (as his name suggests). We hit the ground running and embraced the year by trying to experience as much as possible together. As a family we had so many adventures. We hiked through the gorge and discovered countless waterfalls. We traveled all around Oregon and explored the outdoors as a family like never before. It’s been a beautiful year. It’s also the year I’ve been recovering from my 3rd c-section and was diagnosed with Hashimotos Disease. It’s been an adventure for sure! Now as another year begins… and as I close another chapter I get the chance to cross a few things off my list and add a few more!
The List:
_ Need to be accomplished.
X Been accomplished.
_ Publish a book
X Teach someone to read
_ Swim with turtles
X Graduate high school
X Try Sushi
X Go to at least one dance
X Learn to play an instrument
X Take an advanced course
_ Watch a play in NYC
X Dance at a Powwow
_ Go horseback riding on the beach
X Climb a mountain
_ Skydive
X Ride a Harley
X Watch a thunderstorm in the south
_ See the northern lights
X Spend a night trying to count the stars
X Learn how to use a gun
X Take a Self Defense course
X Spend the night in a castle
_ Go rock climbing
X Learn to swing dance
X Learn to play the drums
_ Learn to play the piano
_ Learn to play the guitar
X Learn to play the native flute
X Play a bamboo flute
X Learn to paint
X Get the lead in a play
X Direct a play
X Write a play
X Learn how to sketch
X Go on a mission trip
X Sing a solo in front of a crowd
X See the cougars at the zoo
X Pet a tiger
X Go to college
X Graduate college
X Go to graduate school
X Get my masters
X Get Married somewhere beautiful
X Have My Dream wedding
_ Fly a plane
X Shake hands with the president of a country
X Ride a train
X Get a tattoo
X Learn to drive
X Get my drivers License
_ Read a Tale of Two Cities
X Give an inspirational speech
_ Change someones life for the better
_ Hold a baby in a third world country
_ See a giraffe outside the zoo
X Get 7 piercings
X Send 100 letters to people I have never met
_ See the Red Sox play in Fenway
X Eat a dodger dog in Dodger Stadium
X Hold an office
X Plant a tree
_ Develop my own film
_ Learn Spanish
_ Learn Korean
_ Learn Japanese
_ Learn Potawatomi
_ Learn Sign Language
X Learn to cook
X Live in Portland, OR for a little while
X Live in Los Angeles For a while
_ See all 50 States
_Roadtrip across the states
X Visit San Francisco
X Visit Seattle
_ Visit Boston, MA
X Visit Hollywood, CA
X Visit Colorado Springs, CO
X Visit Potawatomi Reservation
X Visit Reno, NV
X Visit Las Vegas, NV
X Visit Mexico
X Visit Canada
_ Visit Venice
_ Visit Zurich
_ Visit Rome
_ Visit Sydney
X Visit London
_ Visit Manila
_ Visit Japan
_ Visit Korea
_ See the Great Wall
_ Visit Ethiopia
_ Visit Peru
_ Visit Prague
_ Visit Cairo
_ See the Museum of Cairo
X Visit Lochness and look for Nessie
X See where C.S. Lewis lived
_ Visit Brazil
X Go Sailing
X Go on a roadtrip
X Sing Karaoke at least once
X See the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland
X Start a drama group
X See a palm-tree in California
X See Yellowstone
X See Yosemite
X See the Redwoods
X See the Sequoias
X See Red Rock
X See the ocean
X Go Snowboarding
X Go Puddle Jumping
X Go Long boarding
_ Windsurf
_ Have a candle light dinner under the stars
X Swim in the ocean (not just wade)
X Go Backpacking
X Experience Love
X Do an independent research project
_ Go Surfing
X Go white water rafting
X Call my FP’s
_ Ride an elephant
_Ride a Camel in the desert
_ Take horseback riding lessons
_ Own a horse
X Color my hair
X Go to at least one reunion
X Take a million photographs
X Meet someone famous
_ Learn to read music
X See more than 50 concerts
X See my mother again before she dies
X See an Opera
_ See a ballet (Live)
X See a Broadway show
X Dance in the rain
X Write a song
_ Do one thing that scares me everyday
X Drive a Jeep
X Own a Business
X Be my own boss
_Apply to a doctoral program
_ Get into a doctoral program
_ Get a doctorate
_ Learn to Sail
_ Own A Sailboat
_Throw a mega party, invite everyone I know, and not care if anyone shows up
_Swim with dolphins
_Fold 1000 origami cranes and give them to random strangers
X Visit a Volcano
_Go on a Disney cruise
X Go to Disneyland
X Go to Grinchmas
_ Tell someone my life story to a complete stranger without being afraid to spare the details
_Have a food fight at a restaurant
_Go Whale Watching
X Go to at least one major sporting event
_Milk a Cow
_Go Scuba Diving somewhere tropical
_Visit a concentration camp and never forget
X Be the member of an audience on a tv show
X Eat Green Eggs and Ham
_Tango dance in Argentina
_Write a letter to my favorite author
_ Have my portrait painted
X Visit the place I was born
_Watch a lightening storm at sea
X Have a meal with a stranger
X Swim in a pool with all of my clothes on
X See Fireflies
_ Drink Chamomile tea at The Pink Door
_Have a pet goat
X Own a home
X Try Scallops
X Eat at one of Gordon Ramsey’s restaurants
_ Spend a Christmas at Disneyland
_Ride in a horse drawn Sleigh in the snow
_Visit Disneyworld
_Have a HUGE family reunion
_Feed Some Sharks
_Make sure my children experience many cultures
X Drive Maui’s Road to Hana and then continue the loop around the island
X Adopt a Dog
X Get a Passport
X Buy a Car
X Take my kids to Disneyland
_ Get Mommy and Me Pedicures
_Take a Cooking class
x Write my will
_ Visit the White House
_ See the skull of Phineas Gage
_ Visit the Museum of Neuroanatomy in Buffalo
_ Visit the International Banana Museum in Mecca, CA
_ Spend a night at June Lake
_ Do Financial Peace University
_ Pay off my student loans
_ Buy a home and stay there until we retire
X See the Dodgers win the World Series
X Take family photos somewhere beautiful
_ Visit the San Diego Zoo
_Stay at Hotel Del Coronado
X Take the kids to an aquarium
X Try a mint julep
X Color my hair something crazy
_ Try beef Wellington
_ Spend a Christmas in a wintery cabin
_ Spend an entire week on the beach with the kids
X Take the kids on an overseas adventure
X Stand at the northern most point of the USA
_ Stand at the southern most point of the USA
_ Sleep in an ice hotel
_ Visit a warm waterfall