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Everyone is happy to be on summer vacation.  Well, if you can call it that!  We never really take summer vacation, we just change up what we are learning.  The learning becomes very relaxed.  It's wonderful!  There's no pressure of having to get anything done.  We are going to be using Mona Brookes' book, "Drawing with Children" this summer.  We are still reading missionary books for family read-alouds.  Of course, the nature notebooks are still being filled.  We put in a  huge family garden.  Everyone was here to help put it in.  Even our married children were home for are annual planting the garden fun.  Each of the kids went off to plant there own personal gardens when the family one was put in.   "Summer vacation" started on Friday and I started spring cleaning on Saturday.  What are you doing this summer?  Any relaxed learning involved?  My kids love to read, so there will be plenty of reading material on hand.  They will be working around the farm fixing fences and playing with the animals.  They are hoping that their father will be taking them on a roofing job!  There are plans for plenty of camping out, going swimming, fishing, boating, and making s'mores.  The younger kids have started their own little business of selling fish worms.  They are outside every night picking night crawlers.

Sarah Jane is still growing well.  She is seven months old now!  She weighs 14 pounds and 3 1/2 ounces!  Her doctor said that he couldn't tell that she was a preemie by just examining her.  God is soooo good.

Have a great summer!