San Jose

Grant was out in the backyard with Kenneth this evening and in telling Kenneth about the day he mentioned, "San Jose came today." Kenneth said, "What?" Grant repeated what he said and then Kenneth realized what he was talking about: JOSE, the 'gardener' was here today to mow the lawn. Grant is convinced his name is San Jose. He cracks us up. (San Jose is the next city South of us. We are in the San Jose Stake. We regularly shop and attend preschool in San Jose. It's amazing what they pick up and how they use the knowledge.)

Oh- speaking about misusing knowledge- in an adorable way- I made naan (Indian flat bread) for dinner the other night and Grant said he was going to eat his 'flatbed truck'. The kid eats, drinks, and sleeps cars, I tell you.

Spring, School and Some Good News!

Hello everyone!! How's that for happiness! I love her smile. I got a new camera for Christmas and I have been playing around with it a little. I really want to learn.

Here is some more playing around that I did:

These gorgeous blumes are in my own backyard. Yes, it has been Spring around here for a while. There were already blooming trees in January. It is very strange for this Up-State New Yorker (yes, I consider myself to be such). But, I will enjoy the beauty while it is to be seen February or not!

We also planted another round of seeds in our garden (by we I mean Kenneth, of course).

Here are the peas up. Yum.

Homeschooling is still going well. I can't imagine Emma leaving us everyday! We'd miss her too much! It is an interesting process, this homeschooling. I really have no idea what I am doing. At the beginning, I tried to make it somewhat like the Kindergarten class I worked in. But, Emma resisted almost any structured learning time I would try to do. So, I pretty much let her do what she wants. This morning the girls chose on their own to do this:

Arianna and Grant are so proud of themselves when they point our California.

Upon completion, they rolled around on the ground. Why? I do not know. After they did it together, Emma did the puzzle again on her own. She told me she did it without even looking at the box. How's that for a geography lesson?

Emma is a great reader now and reads aloud for about 1 hour everyday- plus what I read to her. I figure for this age, that is enough. We talk a lot about everything. I really believe that Emma learns a lot just from everyday life. We also have a great library and make regular trips.

We are also thankful for good friends that we have kindergarten co-op with and meet once a week to learn Science, History, Music and Art. It is great. And of course, Park days with friends are the icing on the cake.

Life is good. And now for the good news. . . The PET Scan showed nothing to worry about. It was completely clean!! Hooray!!! Kenneth is feeling great! How thankful we are.