Carson Family

Friday, September 4, 2009

So what does a rented property with 2 fig trees, 2 peach trees and 1 apple tree brings you?

This is how I am spending my extra time lately. I am also apart of a fruit co-op. So I am getting a little more than I can keep up with right now but what a blessing. We will have enough fruit to keep us until next year.

Learning at home

There are so many things that I love about being able to have the boys home to learn. Here is our new thing. We have these beautiful birds (Steller's Jay) around our house. Jeffrey has started putting out peanuts for them in the morning. If he is late getting them out they will let you know. Here is one of them coming to get them.

Here Jeffrey is lining them up on the rail.

This is him outside doing his independent work. He loved sitting out there because the birds were coming right above his head to get to the nuts.

old things new

TAKING OLD THINGS AND MAKING THEM NEW

I have been amazed at some blogs that I follow where people have taken old things and made them new, updated them, added their own creative ideas. I have been wanting a bill organizer and when I went to shop around for one and the only two I found where over $20 which was more than I was interested in paying. While at the Goodwill I found this one for less than $6.

With some spray paint, ribbon and scrapbook labels I made it more to my liking.

Another idea that I saw that I really liked was taking an old box spring and taking the spring part out of it and putting it on a fence and then planting morning glories so they will travel up the springs. I have the springs now I just need a house with a fence.

TAKING OLD THINGS AND MAKING THEM NEW

Friday, August 28, 2009

So what have the Carson's been up to lately: Well let us see. Jason is now officially in dry dock, which means that his sub is out of the water and he will be home, crossing fingers, for the next 2 years. He is now 2 year away from retirement, we think that he is going to be in 6mths past his EOS date, I think that is what the letters are (when he gets out) but it is both good and bad. Good because it will be alittle more retirement and very bad because we thought deployments were over but they may not be. He is a hunt of his own bow since he provided everyone else one but not himself. Me, we are back to school both the boys and myself. As I have said before that is just a little to much school in one day for me. I am taking Philosophy, boy that is intersted. I think, I haven't quite figured it out yet. I am in the middle of canning the abundance of what the Lord has provided us with; apples for apple butter and applesauce, figs, blackberries, jams, cherries. Pretty soon it will be pears and more apples and hopefully some tomotoes for sauces. Jeffrey is keeping busy with school, soccer, scouts, piano and pokemon. Jonah is busy with school, flag football, piano and what ever else interests him that day.
We are also in the middle of trying to find a house. We decided, for now, Washington is where we want to retire so now all we have to do is retire and then find a job. We do love Washington and all that it provides. Well until the next update. Enjoy the pictures.

Birthday boy

Happy Birthday Jonah!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to You!!!!!!!

How is it that my little baby who was just learning to walk is now 5 years old. This boys is a ball of energy. You should see what we have to do while learning. There are days that I have to make him run around the house and yell answers to me, do jumping jacks as he is counting and his piano teacher has him stomp to notes as well as play football catch during other music learning times. This is the same boy that when he was a baby they had him do a cat scan because they thought he was blind and then were worried because he wasn't talking by a certain age and then wasn't walking by 1. There is no delay in this boy. He figures it out when he does and just like his brother it comes on his own time and with the learning that works for him. Jonah is a character. He can make you laugh and make you want to pull out your hair. Jonah your mom loves you so very much.

Jonah's reading

Here is Jonah getting to put another sticker on his reading chart. He is doing so good. I tell you teaching reading, along with spelling, is not one of my strong areas. There is so many exceptions but when you see your kids read it is so worth every minute. I remember when Jeffrey read his first word and I cried, he couldn't understand why I was crying. It is so amazing when you are able to experience your children learning.