Great Grandpa Twitchell

Our Sweet Great-Grandpa Twitchell came to an untimely end last week. Well, I dont' know if you can call it untimely, seeing as he was 93 in dog years. My mom and dad had Twitchell for 13 years and this week, on my mom's birthday, he ran into the yard of the wrong dog and was attacked and killed. It was a sad day, but here are two things that made us feel a little better about the situation:
#1 We gave Twitchell tons of hugs and cuddles right before he went out for his ill-fated walk.
#2 Twitchell died an honorable death in the heat of battle. A death any dog can be proud of. :)

You were a good dog Twitchell. We hope you have a nice soft stinky slipper to lay your head on in Doggy Heaven :)

The Klein Academy Press

We are excited to announce the launch of our new school virtual newspaper at www.kleinacademypress.blogspot.com . You can also link to it from this blog. If you're ever interested in what in the world the kids are studying, you can check it out. We also have "This day in history" and the "Astronomy picture of the day" among other things like fun links to kid friendly websites or funny videos the kids find. Anyway, we'd love for you to check it out!

Elise at 18 Months

This is a picture of Elise on her first day of Nursery at church. She didn't even look back when we dropped her off. She loves playing with the other kids and I'm glad it's been such an easy transition-but I can't believe she's already so big :).

Elise-Thank you for being such a fun little sister and baby girl!

Visit from the other Klein's

Hunter, Hayden and Hanna came to visit Grandma and Grandpa and so the kids got to spend some fun time together. We went to the baseball game and the amusement park together. It was so fun to see them, all three are growing up so much :)
This game, by the way, is where I was lucky to be featured on the Jumbo-Tron doing a rendition of my hill-billy dance. That was a moment to remember :)

Grant and Hayden both got balls from the game. Grant caught a foul ball, and the third base coach threw the other ball to the boys. They got them signed after the game :)

First Day of Homeschool

Today was our first day of Homeschool and the day that I fall off the radar :) I am excited about the program that Jeff and I designed, though. I really want to focus on self-motivation and independence. This year we're centered a lot on setting goals and having the kids chart their own progress. Then it's all tied together with some healthy competition. I hope it works :)

Here are some random pictures that have nothing to do with homeschool :)

Congratulations to my baby brother David and sweet new bride Megan.