It's a Boy

Drew and Anne are happy to announce that they will be having a boy October 5th, 2005--or thereabout.

Anne is now starting her fifth month and we have passed the genetic tests of the amnio. For thse of you not aware of this procedure please see here. In any case we are doing well and we are wrapping up our studies for this semester. As a mater of fact Anne is almost done with her second masters at a 4.0. Way to go Anne.

We have a busy calendar for the next few weekends with teacher tests, bachelor parties, and weddings. We are looking forward to the lorson wedding. Eric has a new blog at http://www.killertunes.blogspot.com.

The digitalschools website continues to get better an the kids are using it more tan I ever thought possible.

Modern Ruins by Phillip Buehler

Modern Ruins by Phillip Buehler

This is one of the most interesting sites I have been by in a long time. This man captures history in photos. Long after some of these places have been torn down we can see what they were and imagine what went on back in days gone by. Do yourself a favor and check this out!

What's Happening. . . . .

Drew and Anne are done with "vacation" for spring break. Anne made it through the amnio ok and we are awaiting the results. Our due date for the baby is still early October and we are starting to get very excited. Unfortunately the amnio was a very long process and I missed my class on Tuesday. With the kids this week we are starting the War of 1812. In 8th grade they are handing in their first draft of the grade 8 exit projects and talking about the WWII holocaust.

Things have been cool as far as weather goes here and we now have the LSS car registered in our name after two trips to the New York Department of Motor Vehicle. Enough said.

The trees are really coming into bloom here in New York and we are looking forward to the last 35 teaching days left in the year.

Lessons for Westward Expansion

Transportation: Covered Wagons | eThemes | eMINTS: "cut "

For those who are interested here are some very interesting lessons for Westward Expansion that I found on the Internet. Included are some excellent activities to keep the kids interested.