First Blog

Hey peoples, my name is Halie, I'm homeschooled, have 8 siblings altogether, and my family is heeee-uggggggeee. No, I'm not pointing out the obvious immediate family, but I mean like my whole family! Other than that I guess you'll have to figure out on your own, slowly but surely. So today we took all of the kids and my puppy, Leah, (yes Twilight origin name) up to this big mountain for a homeschool meetup. A ton of people showed up and before long we were walking. Kids were everywhere and we followed a small stream. Yellow, blue, orange and white flowers were everywhere and the girls wouldn't quit picking them! We got to the top of the mediumish cliff (it depends on what kind of cliffs you're used to) and decided to go a little further - over the cliff - and then stop to take our picnic out. Little boys raced ahead, dangerously as adults tried, incessantly failing, to slow them down, keep them from the edges. The boys, heedless of both warnings and danger perched on the edge looking down. Of course. Might I point out that this is only the most typical boy behavior! The girls were careful enough and were a bit dully only interested in the wildflowers. They walked out with such big armfuls that my mom exclaimed "You're robbing Mother Nature!!" Dogs raced by excitedly and people snapped pictures with zillion dollar cameras of the natural beauty. Several people stopped simply to fly a kite. But they were amazing kites! Those 3D ones they make now. In any case the kids all slept all the way home, and even I joined, I had climbed up and down the cliff four times! But this was not the end of the kids' outdoor activities for the day, we dropped them off at grandma Kathy's house. Grandma Kathy lives only around the block from our house and you can count on some things whenever they go to her house.
1. She loves planting and growing things, her huge yard is filled with green, lush things. So she plants with the kids.
2. She loves to bake with the kids, especially around the holdays
3. She has a big tote of arts and crafts things so the kids always beg to use that
4. She's a sugaraholic (as is most everyone!) so the kids get spoiled rotten with sweets!
This particular day they had gone over specifically for the purpose of planting. I, as usual, was invited, but I was so tired I couldn't do it! I went home, took a nap and then got up and read my book, Right now I'm reading Lord of the Rings 1 by suggestion of some friends. I also made some granny squares. Yeah I know - GRANNY SQUARES??? Well I'm making them for a good cause. They're for and anti abortion help center and we're making blankets for women's babies. Anyway I'm way too tired for more tonight! Going to sleep!