Coffee for Breakfast

Today, Aubree and I visited the Western Heritage Museum Complex & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame. She loved all of the Indian artifacts. Also a big hit was Gus the animated robotic cowboy thingy. (how was that for a description?) He was very life-like. You can ask him questions about ranch life and things. He will answer you by computer controlled technology. Pretty neat, but a little creepy. We even found out the ingredients for Son-Of-A-Gun Stew. Don't ask! I was able to buy a coloring book in the gift shop about New Mexico. Being the sneaky homeschool mom I am, she "did" school today without even realizing it! I picked up a few free brochures also. Sometime during our NM stay we will work on her notebook. She is learning alot about the wildlife, plants, and NM state symbols. I love homeschooling. Then we enjoyed the pool here at the RV park all to ourselves. I would have to say we had a wonderful week.

We had alot of fun last night at the corn maze!

Today was such a beautiful day. After church this morning we just couldn't resist being outdoors. Our older girls had a lunch to attend after church, so we decided to have a picnic. For our impromtu lunch we decided drive-thru fare would be right on time. Randy and I decided to have Mexican food. After a quick trip through Rosa's we drove through McDonald's for Aubree. We found a great picnic site at Lubbock Lake Landmark. We finished our lunch and made a trip through the museum. We then took a short walk along the archaelogical dig site. Here are some pictures of our day.

We began our school year last week. My camera is broken so I didn't get the "1st day of school" pictures this year. Maybe in a couple of weeks. We started out busy, but that's great. Kaitlyn and Kyla are playing homeschool basketball this year. Yay! They have started practice and love it. Aubree just completed a 3-day basketball camp. She had a blast. She can't wait to be on a team. Aubree is also involved in a homechool class this year. She is studying Europe and famous artists this semester. We have a fun year planned full of field trips, science projects with Dad, and lots of just enjoying being together!

These pictures are from our second day (in a row!) at the zoo.

Today we enjoyed our first trip to the zoo this school year. Kaitlyn (12), and Kyla (11) participated in a homeschool class at the zoo. This series of classes will last through March, 2008. Each month a different animal habitat will be covered. Today the class covered desert animals. Aubree (7), Courtney (19), and I enjoyed walking through the zoo while the other girls attended their two hour class. We especially liked the educational presentation and feeding of the penguins.