Archive for the ‘WISH Team’ Category
Cole’s Nursery Rhyme
Posted by: Joe on: April 27, 2013
Dolly Madison
Posted by: Joe on: April 21, 2013
Chloe: As you may know, I go to a tutorial on Mondays with other homeschoolers. Last week, in history we studied colonial America. Two weeks ago, the class drew names of famous people in early America. Last week we dressed up as those people as wax figures in the Time Travelers Wax Museum. I was […]
The Gettysburg Address
Posted by: Joe on: February 24, 2013
Santa leaves a scavenger hunt
Posted by: Joe on: December 26, 2012
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To our great surprise, Santa left our gifts around the house with clues to help us find them. He also brought us personalized totes to collect the gifts we find. Seeing all the different trees around our house gave Santa the idea to create a scavenger hunt for us. The first […]
Saturday Morning Train Time
Posted by: Joe on: December 1, 2012
We decided this morning was the best time to build a tunnel around the entire train track. What do you think?
The Natchez Trace Parkway
Posted by: Joe on: November 27, 2012
The famous Loveless biscuit. YUM! 444 miles. All free from traffic lights, construction zones, 18-wheelers, billboards, hurried motorists and cheesy tourist stops. The Natchez Trace is a thread in America’s history that has stories to recollect and lessons to learn that we can’t learn amidst distraction. Just as the leaves flutter to the side […]
Trace State Park
Posted by: Joe on: November 16, 2012
We awoke this morning to a beautiful sunrise Our site is right on the lake. Beautiful sunshine this morning. We enjoyed 34 degrees this morning. Brrrr!
One night in Tupelo
Posted by: Joe on: November 16, 2012
Tonight we sleep in Tupelo. We enjoyed a delicious lunch at The Loveless Cafe and after a fuel “topoff” we jumped on the Trace and spent the afternoon on a lazy cruise through beautiful farmland and gently rolling hills. It was a beautiful drive. The slow 45-50 mph pace was therapeutic. Tomorrow, we’ll drive the […]
Reading on Halloween
Posted by: Joe on: November 9, 2012
Halloween morning, Chloe, Clark and I went to an Inner-City preschool to read to the children. This is a program Barnabas Vision organizes as an outreach. Chloe read first then I read to the children. The children were so attentive and polite. Chloe and Clark passed out candy before we left. We look forward to […]
The WISH Team trick-or-treating alternative by Clark
Posted by: Joe on: November 9, 2012
For Halloween the family went trick-or-treating for canned goods for Greenhouse Ministries. Greenhouse helps people who need food, houses, clothes and anything. We went to lots of friends’ houses to pick up the canned goods. I felt good for doing it. On Halloween, we loaded up 15 bags of food. Then we rode to […]