This is a new mode of transportation. Not sure who's idea this was, but you can totally tell she has Ryan wrapped around her little finger!! That look in her eyes totally gives her away. Cheeky little thing.

Eat your peas please

Mom Wilson and I got creative for lunch one day. We saw these recipes in the Family Fun magazine and had fun attempting to duplicate them.

The one that looks like fish sticks and peas with ketchup is actually wafer cookies covered in peanut butter and rolled in cornflakes, with taffy rolled into tiny circles for the peas and jam for the ketchup.

Of course they wanted to eat the frog apple first, but we said the needed to eat thier "healthy food" first. (okay, i won't debate about fish sticks and peas being totally worse than apples and peanut butter right now!!) They were bummed but took a bite anyway. It was fun to watch the look on thier faces as they bit into a "fish stick" and getting something totally different, a really yummy treat! (now the really cool part was they couldn't actually finish the fish sticks and peas due to the sweet-ness, but they loved the apple and p.b , asking for seconds!)

Homeschool trip to the Hudson River

Sorry in advance for the kink you will get trying to see the picture. Can't figure out how to flip it for some reason. And for the sake of "being easy" I am going to leave it as is. Ok, deep breath!

Anyway, this is Henry Hudson (aka Ryan) and Queen Elizabeth (aka Frankie) doing a bussiness deal for before Henry had set sail. They had lots of fun with this reinactment!

The group after the Duck Tour

U.S.S. Slater

There was a film crew shooting a new movie with Jenifer Lopez! Nope, we didn't see anyone famous, but it was cool anyway.

Two peas in a pod, or should I say tow ducks in a boat?

The Halfmoon

The Anderson's Are Coming!!!

The Anderson ( Michael and Lisa, Kevin, Matthew, Christopher and Nicole) family has a special place in our hearts. I met Lisa on a homeschooling board shortly before moving to SG. Turned out they were moving there also! Coincidence, I think not. We talked quite a bit via email and finally met up in Sg within the same week we both arrived. There family has 3 boys and a girl, just as ours does, only they are a bit older.

The children really enjoyed playing together in Sg and we were sad to say goodbye to them a yr later.

We have kept in touch a bit over the yrs, so when they were driving through on the way to Boston, we said "Come on over"!! There stay wasn't nearly long enough, but we are so blessed to have seen them again. God is truly amazing the way He orchestrates friendships just when we need them. God bless your family!

My baby turned 11 this year, can you believe it!?! I have a hard time thinking about it sometimes, but in the same breath, its certainly exciting!

We invited a few home school families to the indoor soccer field nearby, Ryan's request. It was a great time, and I loved the fact there was no clean up!

Ok Leslie, I was so blessed by your comment, on missing my blog posts, I decided to put up some pics. :-) Thanks for giving me motivation, and a little kick in the behind! So, there is no order to the pics here, am just putting things up that have happened in the last month or so. I have actually started trying to be more "easy going" like Steve, and in doing so, my desire for perfection is waning. This is wonderful news for Steve, but it means I am slacking in so many areas right now. Guess I need to find a balance that works for me huh? None-the-less, I have fun memories and experiences to share, hope you like 'em!