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This weekend (May 13th to the 15th--this post has been in my drafts!) our family went to our local homeschool conference.  I had a great time!  Jeff Meyers from Passing the Baton ministries was my favorite speaker.  We also got to meet the Wissmans!!  On Friday night they had a concert. Hopefully, I can post pictures in a future post.  I encourage you to check out the Wissman's blog!

Graduation

Yesterday we went to the Hubble's house for Tara's graduation! As usual--I forgot the camera. =-(

We had a great time! There was a ton of food, and Lydia, Grant and Vince had a terrific time in their pool. Noela loved riding on the horse for her first time (WHY can't I ever remember the camera?), and Lance enjoyed it a lot also.

Jam~and other things

Yesterday, we went over to Grandma and Grandpa's to make Strawberry Jam! We had a great time! My job was to boil the gelatin--the hottest job, but in my opinion, the funnest!

I forgot to take along the camera. :-(

I also have a bit more of Daniel chapter six: "Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against this Daniel, but they could find none occasion or fault, forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error nor fault found in him. Then these men said, 'we shall not find occasion against him, except we find occasion against him concerning the law of his God."

Notice all the 'thens'? Over half the verses in the chapter-at least from the KJV-start with 'then'!

We have a lot going on that I haven't posted. Grant's baseball team played on Monday--they lost. Over the weekend, we went to our Aunt's house and celebrated Father's day with Grandpa and Dad. On Saturday, our Grandma and Grandpa from Tennessee came for a visit, which brings up a good point. The reason they were here is because our Uncle David has liver cancer. Would you please pray for him? He is not a believer, in fact, he is an atheist. So pray not only for his healing, but that he would come to know the Lord. Our Uncle Kyle also came to visit on Saturday. Pray for him also, because he not a Christian either. Also pray for his upcoming marriage. Three of our cousins are also engaged, most of whom are not Christians. Pray for them also.

Thank You!

Love~Haley

Oh! one other thing: Yesterday, our neighbor, who works at a landscaping business, came over and asked us if we wanted any vegetable plants. We said, "Great!", so she gave us a bunch of plants. Yesterday, we planted around forty cayenne pepper plants, ten banana pepper plants, along with cabbage and leaf lettuce, and now we need to find a place for broccoli, cauliflower, and forty zucchini plants! From a small garden to a large one!

Pets

Hello! You've seen all my widget pets (including my very unlady-like frog), so I thought it was about time to introduce you to our real pets.

This is Piper. He lives up to his name with his loud squeals! We got him from the Humane Society.

This is Peaches. She doesn't look very nice in this picture--she was scared of the camera. We got her from the neighbor. We were bird-sitting her, and when they came back from vacation, they said, "Just keep her!" After that, they got a dog. She was our first pet, other than fish.

This is Anthony. We found him. Mom, Lance, Noela, and I were in the van when Mom pulled over and said, "Haley, look at that, a black rabbit! Why don't you see if you can catch him? He probably got away from someone." I jumped out and walked up to him. When just a step away, he hopped. Lance and I chased him around for about 45 minutes like this, finally catching him under a strawberry box. He is a very sweet dwarf rabbit.

We also have guppies, but I don't have a picture. Sometimes, we will find a newly hatched turtle in our yard to keep until fall, letting it go in September so it can hibernate. We have not found one yet this year.

Our Yard and Nature....

I thought you might enjoy seeing some fun picture of our yard. Even though we live in the city, we are blessed that we are still surrounded by God's beautiful nature.

A pretty little plant

We have plenty of birds!



A picture of our garden

One of the many corners of our yard

A look out back

A different view

Our pool

Our pool, shed, and the back of the garage

Some flowers growing in the back yard.

The wind was blowing when I took this picture!

Another look at the back

Some twirlies on the tree up front

A wild climbing rose

The front yard. This is also where we play wiffle-ball with the neighbors and guests. Dad and Lydia are standing at 'home plate'.

These little bunnies have made their home in our front flower garden. They're so cute, smaller than my hand!

When we took these pictures, it was early in the morning, and they were in the front yard eating grass.

We're spotted!

At first we thought there must be three bunnies, but as we watched, a fourth rabbit hopped its way across the yard and joined the others, who were overjoyed to see it, jump and leaping over each other in a little pile.

Some tree trimming

Our swing set that Dad built for us.

Grant, Vince, Lance, and Lydia love tree climbing!

Isn't he cute?

This fawn had been living in our mulch pile for some time, although it has moved to a nearby spot, probably thinking that we are much too noisy when in the pool.

It is less than three feet high!

She was very well camouflaged, and we accidentally threw the mulch on her several times!

Some ducks who make their home and raise a family in our swamp every year. There are also many geese, who always have a good number of babies, but they look nearly full grown by now.

Aren't robins eggs so pretty?

A frog that Vince brought in to show Mom and I.

They put him on the window and tried to get a good picture, but this is the best we got.

One of Lydia and Grant's favorite climbing trees. That is a robins nest up there.

Queen Anne's Lace that is growing in our front yard.

Isn't our swamp pretty?

We live in the city, but I wouldn't trade our house and yard for anything!

Dance Performance

Today we have two dance performances to do. Some of the students in the class before us asked us if we would help them to give a performance for their schools. We agreed, so today at 2:oo and 3:00pm we will be dancing!

Also today, we will be getting a dog to watch over the weekend. Her name is Annie.

Later, Lydia and I are going to go with Grandma to her friends graduation open house.

I read in Jeremiah today.

Some flowers and an ear surgery.....

Some flower pictures that Lydia took......

A weed :~)

Poppies

Iris

Forget-me-nots

Roses

We were quite busy today! Dad had his ear surgery today, so Mom and him left at noon. Lydia and I had dance tonight, and because Mom and Dad wouldn't be home, there was some juggling to get us there!

When Dad got out of surgery, he felt fine, but he is in A LOT of pain now. Please pray for him!

Other than that drawback, we've had a great day!

Happy Memorial Day!

Freedom is not free.

Don't forget all those who died so that we might be free! And remember...we must keep on in our battle for freedom!

Hello!

Hi! My name is Haley. I have three brothers--Grant, who is ten, Vince, who is seven, and Lance, who is four. I also have two sisters--Lydia, is twelve, and Noela is the youngest, nearly two.

I am homeschooled along with the rest of my siblings. We are par

t of many homeschool communities, including Christian Home Educator's Support System (C.H.E.S.S.), Information Network for Christian Homes (I.N.C.H.), Celebrating Home Under Rome Christian Homeschooling (C.H.U.R.C.H.), and the Home School Legal Defense Assosiation (H.S.L.D.A).

Lydia and I lead a Bright Lights group together. Bright Lights is a discipleship group for girls. My group has girls ages 8-14 in it. We have had lots of interesting topics such as Witnessing, Being Fully Dedicated to God, Truthfullness, etc. The meetings are every first and third Monday. Our last meeting (the 18th) was on Mercy.

Today I got up at 5:30 and went jogging with Mom, then came home to read my Bible. I read in Jeremiah today. I also practiced Irish Step dancing.

Verse of the Day:

Jeremiah 9:23-24 "Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord."

Lance (before he gave himself a haircut)

Lydia and Grant at the keyboard

My precious sister Noela

This is Vince. Doesn't he look funny? I'm not sure, but I think he is eating extra-specially spicy meat and potatoes.