So our week went something like this:

Saturday- worked at the clothes closet, then spent the afternoon moving furniture out of my father in laws house into our house, and furniture out of our house and into my father in laws house. Yes, it’s was as tiring as it sounds. lol

Sunday was church, morning and night services

Monday & Tuesday – the band practices scheduled for those nights were canceled this week. We did go to the clothes closet on Tuesday night to gather clothes for a family that whose house burnt.

4 teenagers on new to use couch & chair

Wednesday night was church again

Thursday night – Abby went to  a CR meeting at church

Friday, tonight, the youth are having a bonfire get together at church, so Abby & Zach are going to that. My husband & I will be going to the clothes clothes to get some household items for the family whose house burnt.

Saturday, we’ll be working at the clothes closet again.

Monday through Friday found Abby & Zach doing their regular school work, too. The public school here had Fall Break this week. We don’t take a fall break until Thanksgiving. So we’re just steadily working along.

This week, Zach finished reading Jim Elliot One Great Purpose, that’s linked to my review of it. Last night we watched Beyond the Gates of Splendor (affiliate link), documentary on Jim Elliot and the other missionaries he served in Ecuador with.

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Zach found an activity in his English book that he wanted to do this week. He made 20 cut outs of his hands to make a game.

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We took a couple of days off last week, as we had a wedding here! Our oldest son got married here at the house. And I made the cake. So it took extra time to make sure the house and grounds were ready for a wedding.

Abby and Zach have been doing great job on their schoolwork, so taking a couple of days off won’t effect them that much. I had planned on taking Sabbath weeks this year, like we have done in the past. Abby, however, doesn’t want to take any breaks. She wants to keep working ahead so she can graduate sooner.  Zach on the other hand wants to take the Sabbath weeks. In order to keep my sanity, I’m going to keep them on the same schedule. For now. I’ll keep an eye on Zach, and if he seems to really need some time off, I’ll let him have it. Other wise, we’ll keep working.I think we’ll probably take Thanksgiving week off. Then come back for two weeks before taking two or three weeks off in December/January.

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It’s been a rather slow week this week. Zach still isn’t feeling well from the cold he had. He still managed to get most of his schoolwork done, though. He didn’t even make it to church Sunday or Wednesday. Hopefully, he’s feeling lots better soon.

Abby is doing well with her schoolwork. Monday night, she helped with little kids band practice at church. She had her own band practice on Tuesday night. When I arrived to pick her up, I found her washing windows on the youth building.

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As I was looking on the SD card for pictures of our week, I found this one. Abby spread out her schoolwork that she does on the computer. And then took a picture. lol I didn’t know she did this until I found it on the card. lol At least she’s organized. lol

She has taken a liking to doing her school work on the floor. I snapped this pic this morning in the living room. As long as they are working, I don’t care where they sit. So they are free to sit wherever is comfortable for them. It also makes for interesting pictures. lol

Zach and his 4th, and final, online guitar lesson this morning with MacPhail Center for Music. Review coming soon! He was concentrating on what his teacher was saying, he wasn’t bored. lol He’s also had a cold this week, so wasn’t feeling the greatest.

He has really been enjoying reading the Left Behind for Kids series of books. We already had about 20 of them when he started reading the books. Now, I’m buying one at a time when he’s ready for them. He gets so impatient. lol Asking numerous times a day when it’s going to get here. lol The collection was getting too big for the shelf I had it on, the top of one of these black shelves in the picture below. I told him to move a few of the books on two of the shelves and move his collection. Some how, he translated that to remove ALL the books from BOTH shelving units. sigh.

His favorite Left Behind books are the black stack by his elbow. He said he was sorting out all the books. Ok, maybe it needed to be done. One shelf at a time would have been better, though! lol

So Zach will be busy putting books back on the shelves. And I’ll be back next week with another Our Homeschool Week in Review!

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I forgot to share that I ordered them homeschool id cards! I get nothing for sharing the link with you. Until September 30, you can get a free id card for up to 5 students. They look like they are going to be great!

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Our second week of the school year went well.  Although, Zach wanted to spend much more time reading than doing book work. He’s been reading through the Left Behind for Kids series. And loving it. He reads for a few hours every day.  I just had to order another book yesterday. I love Paperback Swap!

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Monday night, Abby went to help with the little kids band practice at church. She helps them learn how to sing the songs, and for the ones that can’t read yet, she helps them learn the words. Tuesday night, she had her own band practice at church. Her group has been able to sing at numerous other churches and events so far. She really likes it. Maybe some day she’ll let me post a video of her singing.  🙂

Zach had his second guitar lesson Friday morning. He’s having lessons over Skype using MacPhail Center for Music. Review coming in a few weeks!

Want to see a “real life” picture? Guitar lesson going on at one end of the table, and green bean processing by Hannah on the other end! lol

Zach used his birthday money to buy 4 Lego sets. So he’s been busy this week making, and playing with, those sets.

I’m late posting this because of all those green beans on that table. It is now Monday, and we’ve finished another great day of homeschool. See you again on Friday for another homeschool week in review.

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