~ Hope's 13th Birthday~

 Wow, I can't believe my little sis is a teenager!

Here are some of her baby photos...

She was my little big baby doll!

 

 

 

 

~Time for Tea~

Ribbons and Pearls, Teacups and Lace,

You are invited to a Tea Party

 at the Sanger's Place!

 

For February's Keepers meeting we learned about tea blends, 

etiquette, and had a tea party!

 

 

This is actually a bulletin board I have had in my room for  years.  Mommy asked if she could borrow it and covered it with  a piece of black poster board.  Chalk works great on the paper and even wipes off with a damp cloth.  I think it has found a new home on the kitchen wall!

 

 

 

Mommy did an awesome job decorating for it!

 

 

Grandmommy demonstrated her neat "tea toys": strainers, brew baskets, specialty mugs, etc.

 



Mya was able to visit us this class.

 

 

 We made 8 different kinds of tea the day before for taste testing.

 



 



After learning about different teas we were each able to make our own blend.

 

 

Then we stapled our blend to the back of these teapots which were cut out of black poster board.

Next it was etiquette class in the living room. To remind us not to be a "bull in a china shop" and to help with posture we played a version of follow the leader with books on our heads.

 

Then we read over different etiquette "rules" and verses from the Bible that remind us manners are important. 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

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Sister Melissa does an awesome job with the boys class.

They learned about eagles and then were able to make their own wooden wind lawn ornaments.

Joshua has started working full time at a fencing company so he wasn't able to participate.

 



 

 

 

 

David's Journal

My mom likes us to do journals as part of our school work.  We each get a binder every year that we keep them in.  Even though we don't like to do them, it's fun to look back through the years.

This is David's journal of his hospital experience.