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  • Welcome!
    • Quote Page
  • The Blog
    • Joshua >
      • Josh's Words of Wisdom
      • Josh's Reading Log
    • Claire >
      • Claire's Adventures
      • Claire's Reading Log
    • Andrew >
      • Andrew's Fun Times
      • Andrew's Reading Log
    • Peter >
      • Culinary Creations
      • Nature Studies
  • What's Cookin'?
    • The Recipes
    • Reading About Health and Nutrition
  • Homeschool Helps
    • Homeschooling Blogs
    • Great Educational Online Games
    • Homeschool Books
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      • Curriculum Plan 2012-13
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Joy in the Journey

A World without walls

everyday life while homeschooling overseas

Interesting...

10/22/2019

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Life has definitely been interesting the past few days.  People are very angry about the election last Sunday.  There were apparently some riots downtown here in La Paz and in other cities around the country.  I'm really curious to see if things will just calm down, or if it will get more heated?  Only time will tell. 
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Musical Dreams

10/20/2019

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This has been my dream for so long!!  My children playing together!!  I was playing with them, too, but I had to stop and take a picture of it, because it's just so cool!  Claire and I were playing some Celtic duets, and we played some Christmas music together.  It was super fun and we have lots of plans to do more together! :)
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Project #1

10/13/2019

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Here are some before pictures of Josh's big shop class project!  Just wait until I post the after ones!!!  He's been working hard re-scaling images to be just the right size, sanding, painting, gluing, adding in cables and battery packs and lights...It's going to be really incredible when he finishes it all off!
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Dessert

10/11/2019

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These two always have SO MUCH FUN together!  They're always baking and making inventive things for everyone...and there's always a lot of giggling coming from the kitchen! :)  This time, they made a fudge pie and a real British Trifle!  I heard nothing but super amounts of praise from everyone who got to eat these deliciously beautiful desserts! :)  A lovely feast for British Day at our house.

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Snow?!?

10/8/2019

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It hailed so much it looked like snow!  The kids even threw snowballs! :D
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Conference Weekend

10/6/2019

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Conference Weekend is always fun.  We eat a TON of candy...ok, the KIDS eat a ton of candy.  They get rather silly, too...like sticking Pixie Stix up their nose and sleeping with giant plastic bags on their faces.  Whatever.  Besides, look who's finally home!  It's so fun to have Josh home again after such a long time away!

I went to the RS president's house to watch the Women's session and it was a lot of fun to be with my Bolivian sisters and listen to the announcements and exciting changes that are going on.  I loved conference so much this session.  I always do, but there was just something so very special about this one.  I'm grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  I'm grateful to be a woman and I know that I am a special daughter of God who loves me.  Life is hard and full of trials and things that can make us cry, but there is peace in knowing who you are and in having made covenants in the temple and knowing that families are forever. <3

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Teen #3

9/29/2019

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We have another teen in the house!  Andrew is "FINALLY" a teenager (his words).  For his birthday, he requested lasagna and 'beer' (Guarana soda), and a super cool cake that was layers of cinnamon rolls!  Yum!  We love this kid so much!  He's smart and funny and dedicated.  Can't wait to see what this next year will bring! :)  Happy Birthday, Andrew! <3

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EnglishConnect 2

9/28/2019

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We've started a new round of EnglishConnect classes!  This time, we got two EnglishConnect 2 classes!  It's so much fun!  We really love our students and enjoy watching them learn.  Last time we taught, we held classes in the evenings two nights a week.  Now we've switched to all day on Saturday, and while it's a seriously long day, it's so much better than night time!  Although, it's STILL hard not to switch to Spanish when I'm explaining! :)

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Musical Culture

9/28/2019

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This is a pretty bad picture, sorry...  But we had a cool opportunity to go to a concert with some friends!  It was all Bolivian music played on typical Bolivian instruments.  What fun!  We enjoyed a fun night out with friends and some very cool music! :)  The theater was super old, very quaint and beautifully decorated.  I loved it!

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Singing for the AMazonas

9/27/2019

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The Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil and Bolivia has been burning now for almost a month.  SO SAD!  So Claire's Theater teacher decided to put on a benefit concert.  All the kids sang songs about helping the animals and forests and love and things of that nature.  We all had an entrance fee, and could also buy raffle tickets, and all the proceeds went to helping the families and animals that were affected by the fires.  It was a fun little concert, even if it was a little cold outside.  I always love watching my Claire perform! :)
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    As a Stay At Home Mom of 4 wonderful children, I have the amazing opportunity not only to home school them, but to do so in many different places!  I am married to the most amazingly wonderful (and handsome) man in the whole world!  Together, we seek out, every day, that Joy in the Journey that makes life exciting!

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    Emily's books

    The Da Vinci Code
    4 of 5 stars
    The Da Vinci Code
    by Dan Brown
    I like that the plot twists and turns a lot...and it makes you think. However, I don't appreciate Dan Brown's endings in his books. I find the endings incongruent with the rest of his stories--why make it a romance for the last chapter...
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    5 of 5 stars
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    by J.K. Rowling
    The Goose Girl
    5 of 5 stars
    The Goose Girl
    by Shannon Hale
    I loved this book. I'm a sucker for fairy tales/fantasy. This was so well written! I can't wait to read all the rest of her books!
    Princess Academy
    5 of 5 stars
    Princess Academy
    by Shannon Hale
    Austenland
    4 of 5 stars
    Austenland
    by Shannon Hale
    I'm reading this one again. I liked it the first time I read it. I'm still liking it for the second time around. I like all of Shannon Hales' books. **Still lots of fun the second time around! I do like this book for a comfortable...

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