Easter

Easter! We started with the traditional baskets in the morning, church, egg hunt after church, then we headed to mom and Randy's for their egg hunt. 

 Golf cart rides!

Uncle Dustin giving rides on the golf cart.

Clairana did mom's hair.

Little golf practice with Uncle Dustin 

 Carrine with Lotte

 Uncle Nick and Aunt Emily with the crew!

Kelly and Reni switched times and came to church with us.

Primary kids sang!

 Clairana and I sang in a mother/daughter choir. It was actually my first time singing on the stand. 

 Bonnie took this off the live stream she was watching.

 Everyone wanted a picture with the baby.

 The Evans' Crew. 

 Look at her eyes. Excitement over new toys and a hairbrush for that tiny head. 

Kelly and Reni came over dinner and played games with the kids to round out the eventful day.

 

Homeschool Conference

I took our littlest love to Ohio for the homeschool convention. It was a great time as it always is and we made some co-op decisions after being able to see and compare curriculum in person. 

Rene and Woody were SO helpful in keeping the crew while I was away. 

 Alyssa and I with Andrew Pudewa - he is the face for Institute of Excellence in Writing which is the writing we use for elementary and middle school. 

 Millie and Lotte checking out what to listen to next. 

 Alyssa took this picture - about sums up our nights at the condo. Long days. Long nights. Loads of learning and fun. 

 Another talk evaluation while waiting on the elevators. 

 Took this for my dinosaur loving child. It was huge and made sound which I didn't know until I stood right next to it!

 We thought the kids would get a kick out of this one. 

 Dinner on the Ohio River. 

 My wonderful co-op team! 

 Aunt Rene came one day to take on watching the crew!

 

Solar Eclipse!

Yesterday, we headed down to Lebanon to see the solar eclipse with some of our co-op friends. The traffic going down was not bad but going home was a little longer. 

I had been studying the eclipse with the oldest class at co-op the past few weeks so it was fun to name out the stages and know what was coming next. 

It was better than I thought it would be. Very reverent and spiritual. Everyone clapped when it went dark and then it was quiet until it got brighter again. No birds in sight. The park was a great place - it was crowded but we had plenty of space and the kids could play while we waited. Thankfully, Joy got to the park really early and saved us a great spot. 

 Levi even had his job sites shut down so we went together.

 Mrs. Elliott brought crafts for the kids and brought a colander to show the shadows. 

Clairana