Co-op - a few weeks combined

Science life with co-op - earthworm dissection 

Nursery on the playground. 

 

Teenager stole phone.

 Cecily doing a presentation. 

 Sonnet and Lotte with Mrs. Jensen

 Perch dissection 

Besties

 Crawfish dissection

 LCA moms this year! 

 

Cabella

Newest hunter in the house! Levi and Bella went out in the winter storm and she shot her first deer! 

 

General Lew Wallace Study & Museum

I took the kids to a museum in Crawfordsville and we had a great time and the weather worked out perfectly. Lew Wallace is famous for his military service and his novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

 Peeking in the basement window we spotted this!

 The grounds were beautiful. 

 Once the pond and fountain but now had been filled.

 Listening to the intro before the tour. 

 The pictures just don't capture how pretty this room was with all the paintings. 

 

Clairana’s Blanket

 Clairana has been working on this blanket for over a year. She finished it! 

 She sent me these pictures when she was babysitting. 

 

Temple with Coraline

Coraline will be going into Young Women's in January which means she can go with the other youth (11-18) to the temple. In the temple the youth perform baptisms which we reference the apostle Paul in Corinthians. 

She got to go visit the temple president and matron - thankfully it was very comfortable for her because she knows their sweet faces so well. Brother & Sister Connolly. We walked around and talked about Jesus Christ and the blessings of the gospel in our lives. Not pictured a handful of other friends that went with us and lunch out together. 

 Coraline and Mama!

 Brother & Sister Connolly with Coraline

 

Go Cart

Aunt Rene and Uncle Jack Visit! So much fun! The kids love when they come over. 

Go Cart Rides! Let the adventures begin! 

 Sliding down with Aunt Rene 

 Bella and Coraline - Yikes!

 Nephi with Lotte. 

 Teenagers

 

Halloween

This year we had a church trunk or treat, and we went to see the cousins and walk around in their neighborhood! C also went to a Halloween party for older teens.

 

 Cousin Crew minus Kreed who took off because I wasn't fast enough! 

 One house had little stands set up so of course we had to take pictures!

 Cousins helping Lotte! 

 The weather was perfect! 

 

Dr. Wile

This summer I reached out to the author of our science books and asked if he would ever be available to meet our co-op. He actually ended up being two hours from Lafayette so we scheduled a time to meet at a park and do his favorite science experiments. Some of the co-op came - mostly just our older group. 

 Nephi by the wood he worked on that is now at the new park in West Lafayette. 

 Some of our group with Dr. Wile. 

 Experiments - he told the kids he has a virus named after him. He also has a book about how becoming a scientist changed his look on religion and how he found Christ in all the connections in the world - great book - most of the moms in co-op read it this year. 

He shared his journey with the children too. 

Moms surrounding him afterwards. He is very kind and funny - I asked him for his picture at conference a couple years ago to show the kids which they found it awesome. Celebrity in the education world.