Wanted for HOME Invasion

I have NO idea who these strange characters are, but they're wanted for HOME invasion. If you see them, place them in custody. Their daddy will deal with them. Tickle Finger Torture is an effective torture ;-)

HOME Wedding

We homeschoolers are such a wierd bunch. We don't even leave home for weddings! It's all just done at home. So unsocialized ;-) LOL, j/k. A friend got married in Vegas last fall, and we joined her via computer. The "reception food" was tasty too ;-)

Animal HOMES

Prairie Dog habitat
This kangaroo has a joey in her pouch. It never obliged us by popping its head out, but you could clearly see it moving inside it's HOME. Momma seemed more comfortable lying on her back. I wonder why, LOL!

Sleeping HOUSE

Some people just have to have a little HOUSE to sleep in. Isn't he as snug as a bug in a rug?

Moveable HOME

My kids have their own house! Poppa built it for them. It's insulated, has screened windows, and electric. If you want running water, you have to get that from the river tho, LOL. We moved it from our old house. These are a few pictures detailing the moving process.
Here's the house in the woods at our old house. It's braced for the move, and in the process of being dug out.
Here it's lifted almost free of the ground.
DS was 2 at the time. He was glued to the window watching it all take place!
Yikes, is that a GIRL I see driving the big yellow crane?
Playhouse placed in its new home in our backyard. Funny, we hadn't yet moved into the house, but we needed to get the playhouse moved before winter set in, and the previous owners didn't care if we put the playhouse in their backyard. They were surprised when they came home and there was a new house out their back door ;-)

Alternative HOME

The kids enjoy sleeping in this HOME once in a while. Somehow they never last the night tho, and have to be rescued. Keep the HOMEfires burning, LOL.

Lighting the HOME

Just think! It wasn't all that long ago when HOME lighting meant dipping and burning candles! Whew, I'm glad for the flip of a switch when I want light. It's fun to recreate the past for brief moments, however ;-)

No HOME would be complete....

....without a cat curled up sleeping somewhere! This one prefers a fleece blankie. Have blankie, will snooze ;-)

Every HOME needs one of these!

Don't you need eye protection when you indulge in a juicy watermelon?

What we find around Our HOME

Every spring we are blessed by the bounty of the earth. We enjoy a harvest of morel mushrooms from our yard every spring. This was 2007's haul, including the largest mushroom which was found by DS (then 5). It was the first mushroom he found all by himself. This year his eyes proved to be even sharper than they were last year!

HOMEschool Moment

Proud HOMEschooling moment--DD is helping little brother with his schoolwork.

Inviting Little HOME

Doesn't this look like an inviting little home for someone? This is one of my favorite pictures. No, I did NOT arrange it to be this way--God did. Perfect beauty :-)

HOUSEful of Nuts

I don't know how I survive in the Nut HOUSE! Calgon, take me away :-)

HOUSEful of Books

Every HOME needs to be full of books! Here is the Queen Bookworm!

Yes, I do have a brain!

I'm just not sure where I put it ;-) This morning when I left HOME for work, I turned right. I'm supposed to turn left. I've been turning left all my life, to get to the town where I work. Right is the wrong direction ;-) I hardly ever even NEED to go right. Course, this coming Friday, HOME will become a camper at church camp, and I'll be needing to go right ;-) I woke up thinking about what to pack on the HOME on wheels, and obviously my brain just went flying right on over there with my body wanting to follow.

You'll be glad to know that I haven't screwed up at work today, despite the absence of a brain ;-)

HOMEmade Pizza Margharetta

What an awful assignment--we had to EAT our HOMEwork!

HOME Science Lab

Yes, homeschoolers do science. At home. Please, hold your gasps. It's so easy. Look closely--we even made the lightbulb (lower left) light up. Only had to get help from scientist Poppa once, tee hee ;-)

HOME Decor

Decorating the HOME is fun! I sponge-painted this bookcase for dd's room. She liked it so well that a couple of years later, she did another one for herself. Nothing like having a "signature touch."

Pretty nice HOME

DS and Poppa take a break from tending the HOMEfires, aka chopping wood to fuel the maple syrup cooker!

Welcome HOME Again!

A different kind of welcome HOME--this time for returning Civil War soldiers. OK, so we're 143 or so years off. A couple of years ago, dd attended a week-long Civil War history camp.
Welcome home banner
Recruiting poster
DD and her friend, in period attire
Welcome HOME parade
My kids, in Civil War uniforms of the North & South