Weekend Excursion to Breck

Over the last weekend, we went on an afternoon trek to Breckenridge, Colorado. We've been several times over the last 11 years. It's only about 3 hours drive. Usually, we drive up, park and walk around the cool shops. We usually end up at a favorite pizza shop. But this time we were on a mission to see a troll. His name is Isak Heartstone!

We didn't even walk around Breck this time! We took a little hike through these amazing woods. Here's some more pics.

There was this really pretty walkway which lead down next to a babbling brook. 

This really cool table built around a couple of trees!

We took the scenic route back over the mountains. 

This is the view from Hoosier Divide. 

Of course, we had to stop in Fairplay to get this pic. 

Gettin' prepped for the school year!

Well, it's that time again! Time to start gathering the curriculum and trying to schedule the upcoming school year.

We homeschool. I think I mentioned that. So I don't know about anyone else but I think that because we have taken the summer off it's gonna be hard to transition back into "learning". Not that we stopped learning. We just switched subjects. Math got switched to beating Lego Star Wars II on the Game Cube. Spelling got switched to building Lego structures. Reading the classics got replaced with a newfound love for "junior" graphic novels.

Oh well.

I remember with fondness the summer I got hooked on Scarlet by Alexandra Ripley. I read for hours and hours. I think that's the only book I had time to read that summer. It was long.

Anyways, back on topic. I'm planning our school year. Here's what I've got so far:

For the 6 yo and 8 yo
History- M/W/F

• Story of the World (Ancients) story book
• Story of the World (Ancients) Activity book on Fridays with our group
  
• Our Young Folks' Josephus-Antiquities of the Jews and the Jewish Wars

Math- daily

• Saxon 1 or Math u see(6yo)
• Math u see (8yo)

Spelling- daily

• A Reason for Spelling (8yo)
• Still not sure for the 6yo

Science- T/Th and Friday Lab

• Abeka Exploring God's World
• Science Experiments on Fridays with our group

Bible-

• Awana on Wednesday Nights
• Scripture Memorization
• Bible Stories

Anyways, that's what I've got right now.