Hello Folks,

Forgive me if this week is late and short. I still don't feel the best. Still, I hope you enjoy.

Love in Christ,
Michael

I begin this week with my sisters and a couple Fournier sisters we are baby sitting. Why are we watching them. Read on and you shall find out.

The cure for too much desk work - rollerblading with your little brother.

.... and he is soaring through the air ...

What a landing!

Art

Yee haw

Cathy continues to teach the ladies of our family the finer art of beading

Marscel and I playing legos

Enemy approching sir

I am the enemy

... then die sir!

What a winter ... Matthew is hit once again with some fluey cough thing

Mom reads the Voyage of the Dawn Treader to Marscel

Melissa why you make 'dat face?

Would you believe there was a BEE IN OUR HONEY!!!

Thy Word is light unto my path (my Mom got this one;-)

Marscel shows off our favorite "sick" CD. No the CD isn't sick. It provides a most soothing atmosphere to sleep when you just can't because you're sick. In His Moments by Jordon Niedganel

A brief rise in temperature allowed us to air out the house and get some sun.

Melanie shows off the best meal we had all week!! It had sausage and pepper and seasoning and .... sorry I'm rambling. Trust me it was awsome!

Good bye Mother Dear. (Your prayers are appreciate as my mom travels to Switzerland for a couple weeks to an alternative health clinic)

Emily, why all the excitement?

Because Brian and his dear wife Holly have just arrived from Russia with their adopted baby!!! Welcome home Lillya!!!!

After church, my brothers began their "spring training"

Twoooo

Thaaaareeee

Art - After watchin' my brothers a few minutes, I decided to see what views I could see

Come ... climb with me

Art

Higher & higher we go.

Micaiah following in my footsteps

Art

Unfortunately, none of the trees in our yard are very good, the challenge is to find smaller trees to use to get up to the lower branches of a taller tree.

Framed across the sky, the adventurer swings from limb to limb

Micaiah's art

Art

To finish our Sabbath we made this SUPER easy and VERY tasty popcorn ball desert.

What fun it is to mold buttery, honey coated sticky stuff

oooooh! A such a gooey mess. Is it worth it?

... of COURSE it was worth it!! Recipe available upon request ;-)

Every muscle relaxes as Micaiah samples the delicious morscel

Mr. Fournier art

Well Folks,

Since I'm posting so late, and I'm not feeling the best, this will probably be it for this week (i.e. I don't think I'm going to post on Sun or Mon night as I try to do).

This week covers visit's with Grandpa, exhorting fellow homeschoolers and an amazing journey to Moses Lake, Washington.

One caveat, since Jeff Flynn and I switched cameras SO MANY times with each other, I can only claim about 50-60% of these shots.

Love in Christ,
Michael

I begin this week with our visit with Grandpa Paul. On this particular visit, he shared of the "old days" in Canada where his father ran a barrel making factory. The best part were his illustrations of the different machines they used way back when. Side note, from the 1600's untill the early 1900's the Thomas family was a family of farmers and coopers (barrel makers). The techiqniques used were closely gaurded family secrets

Aren't these drawings neat?!?!

Grandpa Art

The children played mow (the card game where speaking is prohibit). It was SO funny, because every time a game would finish, we could here absolute silence and then a chaotic roar of voices.

Children art

Last Friday, Jeff, Pa and I left for a church conference in Moses Lake, Washington. What a trip!!! For me the best part what just being with two like minded men on a whirlwind four day trip.

Jeff draws his camera with the speed of a practiced camera slinger ...

My poor father is caught in the crossfire of two enthusiastic photographers

One highlite of this trip was that Jeff gave me almost charte blanch (spelling?) use of his camera.