Bailey Family

Just a picture overview to show some family vacation fun from December 2020.  We got there and settled in, then had family pictures, family slideshow, and a few days of games and sand and even hot tub! Every family took a meal to prepare/buy and clean up. It was really fun and full of memories. We all were well going, and we all left well afterwards! (That was a huge blessing - that we were all there and all well.)   We had such fun and funny cousin moments! We love matching pictures with cousins and sisters! Traditional arm wrestling competition (This is not my favorite activity, but the boys really love it.) It was a beautiful house with beautiful views. We had nightly devotionals. I'm so grateful that our family is united spiritually so that we can enjoy this sweet experience together. Funny vacation Gideon moments: Jared: [Pretends to grab Gideon's dino nuggets]. Gideon: [Shakes head no]. Jared: [Persists in attempting to grab dino nugget]. Gideon: [Reaffirms dino theft de...

 Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and I noticed my last post was when the 3 public school kids started classes. I was going to work on reviewing some math and chemistry tonight to help Carolyn, but I know some of you really enjoy these updates. I'll "write the book" first and post all the picture at the end. Enjoy as much or as little of this as you like. Although I enjoy everything I do, I am barely keeping up! I have found some things to take off my plate though. (I finally found a chemistry curriculum that does most of Carolyn's teaching - and that I watch to refresh my knowledge, and we sometimes watch a pre-calculus lecture on YouTube rather than me teaching the lesson, especially for subjects I like less. Like logarithms. Half of you probably don't even know what those are. Don't worry; they're a pain.) Gideon has been interested in knowing what words say, so we've started working on learning to read. (Very very basic...like knowing m says...