Something new...

First, the past two nights have been amazing. We have had the most beautiful full moon. The past couple of months, every time there is a full moon we have had huge wind storms and rain to go along with it. But last night, was AMAZING!!!

We are well into week 2 of homeschooling. It's a lot of fun! Eden and I have really enjoyed our time together. He tells me everyday, that this is way more fun that "regular school" except he misses his friends. But we have him in soccer in Superior and we go regularly to church. So, he still get quite a bit of interaction.

I was looking back on an article that a community member shared with me. It's titled "Why we homeschool" and is written by Lawana McGuffey. She has children that are both biological and adopted into her family. They are an inspiring family and helped me make the final decision to homeschool Eden.

As I said, I read her article again (for about the 100th time) and still have the same warmth in my heart, knowing that I am doing what is right for my child. He is being educated in intelligence, knowledge, love, relationships, manners, the gospel and so much more at home. We say the Pledge of Allegance every morning, have an opening prayer, sing a primary song and begin our day after this.

Thank you Heavenly Father for opening my eyes to the needs of my child. I wouldn't have it any other way!

Love Staci

Home School Day 2!

Every morning, we start with the daily bulletin, Pledge of Allegance and a prayer.






Eden working on his ABC review for the day.


Well, we started homeschool yesterday (Monday). So far, so good. Eden and I are both enjoying are time together and learning even more about each other through this experience.

We have converted our play room downstairs into a classroom setting. All the toys were put into sealable pins and stacked during school time. Eden has his own desk, chair and work area. He says that is really important at our "home classroom" so he feels he is in class still.

His classes are english, reading, science, math, history, art, pe and music - same as any other school facility. Although the same, different in so many ways! We researched and researched to find a great curriculum for Eden to study and learn. Finally, we found a christian based instruction and fell in love instantly. It goes through 8th grade and completely accredited. I'm very excited about it!! I've reviewed the books a dozen times and feel more comfortable about our decision every time.

Eden was able to attend yesterday (Monday). We had 6 hours scheduled and he was done in 2! Since it is the beginning of the year, a lot of it is review for him and he didn't get stuck during any of it. I'm so proud of him. He says, "I must be really smart to get it done so fast Mom". Yes, yes he is.

Yesterday, we had planned to go to Missoula. I had a surprise set up for the entire family. We got a pup! A large pup, lol! He is a purebred Lab and 10 months old. So, he is almost full size and very much still a pup. He came to us with the name "Rex". We were able to get him from a young family that bought him at 7 weeks and couldn't afford him after having triplets! (I got to see the babies too. They were darling and only weighed in the range of 7lbs at 3 months! They were so precious.) After bringing him home, he was pretty excited and our other dog, Abbey, was not caring for another animal coming in. We knew she would have a protective instinct. Abbey did well and continues to do so. She is testing her patience and giving him room to get adjusted. I've found that Abbey stays close to me now. She hasn't left my side except to eat and go outside. Which doesn't last long at all.

We had a family meeting today and discussed how excited Joel and Eden are for Rex coming into our lives. They both haven't stopped petting and playing yet, and the dog is just eating it up! We start training with him tomorrow. He is completely house trained and does not chew on anything. What a blessing! He does have a chew rope that he carries with him - which is really cute to watch. Rex has the cutest brown honey eyes that melt my heart.



I need a better camera. This does no justice to Rex. He is much more beautiful!