Saturday, February 1, 2014

Part 1 of the Powell Visit...

 I am at the library right now  (I was when I first started this post...We have been busy, busy, busy so I am now playing catch up.  the Powell's got here on Jan. 1st and were here until 16th) while Jake, Sam, and Anika are learning about aerodynamics and Saku is in a writers class at the library.  I love living in a town that embraces all their homeschoolers!  Tina and her family (minus Allen) are still here (have been since New Year's Day) and we have been enjoying their company.  They leave tomorrow (Jake and I are driving with them up to DC to get Mom and Dad's car and do a little sight seeing. 
 Jake welcomed them with a drawing on our chalkboard.  The people on the South side are saying "Does it snow here?" and the other person says, "Not really."  Gotta love Jake!




Saku and Sam spent a few nights at our house and were always ready to start the day with Lego's.....



...followed by jumping on the trampoline.


Everyone has been enjoying Nee/Grammie's story time.


And we have even worked in some school!  Anika and Jake had fun with Family Math one morning after Anika came home from Seminary.  She doesn't usually get to go (she Face Time's with her Seminary class at home), so she has been enjoying going to our Ward's.


Jake and Anika went to Jake's classic book club and had fun discussing Treasure Island and having a book scavenger hunt while Obi Wan Kenobi (Jake gave the Powell's a bag of his old clothes and his old Halloween costume was in the bag), other wise known as Ben....


...Sam, and...



...Saku enjoyed the kids section at our library.


We also enjoyed free Frosty's at Wendy's thanks to Nee's coupons




And a quick trip to the park in ch-ch-ch-chilly weather.  We had a couple of days of weather in the teens in the morning and in the 20's or low 30's during the day.  That is cold for the South!



More homeschooling....


...and some jumping and playing in the cold...



Learning to walk..


Lunch at Olive Garden before heading into Concord Mills to buy the Lego Store out!!!!





After the Lego Store at Nee and Papa's house there was some serious building going on!


Anika spent a few nights at our house too.  They worked together on a winter wonderland build for Lego Club.


Lego Club!
More of their visit to come...