While downloading some pictures from my camera, I realized that I have a lot of homeschooling fun to catch up on blogging/journaling (hence the silence). So if you’re interested there will be more postings coming up in the near future as I catch up. And for those of you not interested, just pop back in when you are interested. =)  I enjoy blogging not only to share in our fun experiences, but for two other more primary reasons: 1. To have a fun history to reflect on and 2. To celebrate our times together and the fun stories we’ve made.

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One such story we made together came a week after studying farm animals. In our curriculum there was a three-week period of studying farm animals, more specifically the goat, cow and horse. We took the opportunity to go to an 1800’s farm with some dear friends during our cow study week. And while we rained out of our original date, Mat got the opportunity to take the girls on their other farm-related field trip to see our Pastor’s horse, Abijah.

Pastor took the opportunity to show them Abijah’s barn, talk about horse care and share some fun stories of Abijah’s personality of kicking all the hay to the corners of his pen so Pastor would have to stack it all back up in the middle for his bed. The girls enjoyed the opportunity to see Abijah’s food and water dishes, check out his saddle, pet him and even ride him.

Hannah enjoyed her first horse ride as Pastor led each of the girls around the horse pen on that windy evening.

And while I didn’t get a chance to go this time, I am thrilled at the pictures and the stories that the girls bring up randomly about Abijah’s world.

Thanks again, Pastor, for helping our books come to life. =)