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Tehatticup Mines

What an awesome field trip!  It is amazing how many neat things are in our backyard.  I never knew a that guided tour for a real gold and silver mine was available just outside Las Vegas.  Just take I-95, heading towards Searchlight, then turn off on NV Hwy 165 (Nelson's Landing and Eldorado Canyon).  Stay on that for about 15-20 minutes until you come to...

Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours

It's a cute little town that was rebuilt by the people that own it now.  When they first purchased the property they were only looking for a couple acres to rent kyacks.  Soon enough they found out that they struck it rich on an old gold/silver mine.  It was soon decided that all the collapsed buildings would be rebuilt and the mine cleaned out for tours.  Walking through the mine was the perfect way to finish off our study of Nevada History.

 These are some pretty ladies

 Watch out they can bite.

Nathan, Colin, Joey

Victoria and Joie

Joie, Cali, and Cloey

Piano Time

Joie loves to play the piano.  Though she has never taken any lessons she has been able to learn many songs mostly by ear, but YouTube has been a great help as well. 

Her finger clap at the end was a surprise for me and made me chuckle. 
Happy homeschooling=)

Celebrating the Traditional Sabbath

November 2, 2012

THE SABBATH

 Dressed in Our best for the Friday Evening Meal.  Our cousins, Megan and Daniel, joined us for this informative celebration.  I am not going to go into all the details of this night because I am behind on my blogging.  I am pretty sure blogging is supposed to be done as it happens, but what do you know, Life got in the way and I don't want to skip sharing somethings.  I will tell you that our information about the Jewish feasts cam from the book Celebrating Biblical Feasts In Your Home or Church by Martha Zimmerman

Jayden's Challah Covering

Joie's Challah Covering

I think it's very sweet to see how Jayden's inspiration came from Joie.  This experience was truly remarkable and one we will do again.

P.S.  Make the bread.  It is worth the time.

Exhausted Homeschooler plants Seeds

 Homeschooling can be wear you out when you combine it with all the regular things that still must be done.   Maybe it's the cold wintery season or the fact that my family has been sick, but I am exhausted.  We had some warm temperatures sweep through our city the last few days and I felt a little more energized, but today, my fingers and toes had a chill that wouldn't go away because the sun was hiding it's beautiful face and I felt like taking a nap all day.  I don't like lethargic days like this.  They always have me feeling like I'm not doing enough, but goodness can't a girl take a break? Gotta say, I am looking forward to spring =D

Last week, we planted some seeds.  Hoping we planted the tomatoes early enough to get a few tomatoes before the sun burns them.  Yesterday, we saw a sunflower seedling sprouting.

We are starting all the seeds indoors in egg cartons.  I'll keep you posted with how they do.
I'm planting seeds even though I am wiped out;)