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{Retro Post} Back from St. Lucia

Abby showing off her pretty new bracelets.

James showing the cross necklace.

Lovely conch shell that Teresa talked Kevin into purchasing for her.

Teresa's shell collection

Teresa had several requirements in relation to her J-term project. She had to log her hours daily and explain what she was doing during that time. She had to write a written report on the project. Finally she had to prepare a visual display of the project and then present it by video to her on-line instructor.

Here she is working on displaying her pictures.

I thought she did a very nice job on her display. The blue and yellow were main colors in the St. Lucia flag.

Here is her rendition of the St. Lucia flag.

Here is a map of the Caribbean with the main islands labeled.

{Retro Post} Mission Accomplished ` Jan 21, 2012

James got this major Lego Star Wars building set for Christmas. Putting it together has been a challenge to say the least--the project has been started several times only for the pieces to be eventually thrown back into the box in frustration. But finally!! perseverance has paid off. Here are Scheri and James justly proud of their accomplishment.

{Retro Post} Water Water Everywhere ` January 19, 2012

So far we have had a remarkably mild winter. Well, we had lots of snow on Jan 18 and then the next day it rained and rained. This was the view at the Elementary School when I went to pick up Abby, Caleb and Steven. This shallow river is where the waiting parents usually park!!

This small lake was down at the end of the school's front lawn.

Here's the water running along the edge of the football field.

{Retro Post} Clear the Roads! ` Jan 13. 2012

I thought this was too cute not to photograph because I love to see good imaginations at play. Here are Caleb and Steven driving through the living room. Steven is holding a captain's hat as a steering wheel. I can't remember what passenger Caleb had in his shopping basket.

{Retro Post} Off to St. Lucia ` January 10, 2012

Both Teresa and Kevin had the wonderful opportunity to go to St. Lucia (tiny island in the Caribbean) for a MAPS project this year. This is Kevin's 4th time on one of these approx 2-week building trips. For Teresa the timing worked out perfectly with Idaho Virtual Academy for her to go and earn credit for her J-term service project. The goal of this MAPS project is to erect the block walls of a new church. I drove them over to Twin Falls where they met up with our good friend Terry Archibald. He was driving them and Pastor Tellez from Hagerman Assembly to the Salt Lake City airport.

Terry's truck loaded and ready to take off.

{Retro Post} The chefs at work Jan. 3, 2011

Here are Steven and Caleb ready to put in a batch of fresh Play-doh cookie bits.

Here are Abby's creations. I was so proud of Scheri for working with her younger sister to show her how to use the cookie cutters.

{Retro Post} January 2, 2011

God is so good to us. We still have a house!! While we were gone, our neighbor/friend who was watching our home for us thankfully noticed a gas odor. Sure enough when the guy from the gas company came to check it out, our old stove was TOAST. Just imagine what could have happened if Tina had not been here?
So here's our purty new stove with our old microwave that Kevin was able to repair beside it.

All four of our boys bought light sabers at Disney Land. Here they are in way-too-much action.

Eating at Arctic Circle with Joy's parents. It seemed like forever since we'd been together. I am sooo glad this was not a back-to-work, back-to-school day.