Thursday, September 11, 2014

September 3rd 2014- A Daily Valencic


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9/3/14

Juliana is giving two of her brothers a very big hug!

I love how homeschooling our children gives them more time to get to know each other.  Even the little ones!

September 2nd 2014- A Daily Valencic


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9/2/14

Liberty, just because we can.

Hello!  This girl is about to be a homeschool kindergartener!  She can already read and do lots of other things, but we can still do kindergarten and have a blast!

September 1st 2014- A Daily Valencic


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9/1/14

Canning apples on Labor Day... cool peeler, too.

And again, the look of SO MUCH EXCITEMENT! on Jules' face.

August 31st 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/31/14

All of us at Far West, Missouri.  My brother John came to visit us over Labor Day weekend and we went to some of the local church history sites, including Far West and Adam Ondi Ahman.

August 30th 2014- A Daily Valencic



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8/30/14

Benjamin after work... arrrrgh, me hearties.

August 29th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/29/14

Kids on our newly finished picnic tables!  What fun it is to eat outside!

The look of sheer joy on Juliana's face is priceless.

August 28th 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/28/14

Michael and Virginia, looking outside.

August 27th 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/27/14

Family band going here... all right!

August 26th 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/26/14

Timothy lost another tooth!

August 25th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/25/14

A good reason for not starting school yet... friends with pools!

Ginny is LOVING the water.

The other kids are loving it, too.

August 24th 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/24/14

Making homemade salsa- with our own tomatoes and our own peppers (cowhorn.)  We added onions and spices we already had...

Go us!

August 23rd 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/23/14

Cute little teething girl.  Getting so big!  Babies grow so fast.

August 22nd 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/22/14

Purple pepper from our carnival pepper plants.  So cool.  Not sure if we'll get anymore, but what fun this was!

August 21st 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/21/14

Dinosaur week... by Christopher.  We have lots of dinosaur themed items in our home, including plastic dinosaurs, stuffed dinosaurs, books, and blankets.  Then we went and checked out a bunch of dinosaur books and watched some dinosaur shows.

Best fun ever... according to the kids.

I guess I need to go find dino chicken nuggets and use that dinosaur cookie cutter...

August 20th 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/20/14

Super Zebra!  With Cheerios on his ears... go figure.

August 19th 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/19/14

Little virtuoso.

August 18th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/18/14

My daughters and my husband during Family Home Evening... Juliana is asking me a question here... it might be "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? or ARE WE DONE YET?"

All my sons are on the other couch.

August 17th 2014- A Daily Valencic-


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8/17/14

And what are we doing while NOT homeschooling yet? (Even though the rest of the area started school last week...)

Family chess tournaments, for one.

August 16th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/16/14

We love homeschooling.  Samuel and I match.
The shirts say "My children are (or "I am...") homeschooled, and so were..." with a long list of historical figures who were educated at home.

August 15th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/15/14

More of our hard work bearing fruit!

Samuel with 4 fabulous green peppers.  yay!

August 14th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/14/14

My 2nd daughter (Liberty) looking especially happy today.

August 13th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/13/14


This is my cute baby girl... now with teeth!

11th babies have got to be the most adorable...

August 12th, 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/12/14

She's pointing out how fuzzy Benjamin's leg is.

August 11th 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/11/14

Some of the fruits of our labors... more of them.  We love green peppers!

August 10th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/10/14

Yes, I have two teenage boys.  Goofs.  I sure love them, though.

August 9th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/9/14

Really.  All my babies are BALD.... but especially the girls!  (and check out how well she's sitting up!)

August 8th 2014- A Daily Valencic

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8/8/14


This boy needs goggles.  In Amarillo on the 4th of July 2007... he had an eye injury while playing with Lincoln Logs.  No medical attention needed.  Last August (2013) he got an eye injury that needed special meds and used a blacklight to see the scratch... metal toy kite piece. This August, Ginny scratched his eye.  Not as bad as last year but still needed meds in the eye.

Get him some goggles.  Or fake glasses!


August 7th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/7/14

Very tired two year old!

August 6th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/6/14

Some more of Michael's fridge artwork.  Doctor Who!

August 5th 2014- A Daily Valencic



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8/5/14


Apparently August 5th is National Waffle Day... so we had waffles.  With fun syrups.  It was a hit :)

August 4th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/4/14


Ginny playing with an empty milk jug :)

Oh, and her shirt says "Current Family Favorite!"

August 3rd 2014- A Daily Valencic



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8/3/14


My three tiny minions!

July 27th 2014- A Daily Valencic


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7/27/14


We're going to miss these people.  They're leaving for Montana!

I know we'll see them again, though. 

August 2nd 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/2/14

Ginny playing on the floor.  Already 6 months old!

August 1st, 2014- A Daily Valencic


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8/1/2014

Liberty actually falling asleep on the floor...