Desert Ramblings - Living in the high desert of Northern Nevada

The weekend of January 28th – 29th, we traveled to Minden, NV for the last regular swim meet of the season. Minden is about an hour-and-a-half away, so we opted to stay the night both Friday night and Saturday night. … Continue reading →

Alex Rider returned Saturday from his annual Boy Scout Summer Camp located at Camp Fleischmann, Chester CA. He had set his goal for the week to complete the Mile Swim program that the Boy Scouts offered – and he succeeded! He … Continue reading →

All of this time, I thought that the boys would not take to doing lapbooks. In the past, when we had tried similar things (they were much younger), they didn’t want to do this kind of thing. Looking back, I … Continue reading →

I continued to research math programs, approaches, and sequences, even after I wrote this blog post on math recently. I have discovered that most other countries in the world, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Japan, China, and Singapore, … Continue reading →

I guess mid-year is as good a time as any to change things up in math a bit! Really, though, this was not planned. It’s just that the boys are growing and changing, so what worked 15 months ago may … Continue reading →

I was talking with Alex Rider last night and he said he just doesn’t have the same motivation that he had when he was younger to get his work done. He can remember how he used to just sit down … Continue reading →

There’s a game of tag circulating around the blogger world, and now, thanks to my friend Lisa over at The Joy of Learning, it’s my turn to play the game!  Here’s how it goes.  A blogger sends a list of … Continue reading →

Much to Alex Rider’s chagrin today, we spent most of the day exploring the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone – instead of looking mostly for animals! We hiked the Upper and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, including a 3/8-mile, 600-vertical-feet … Continue reading →

Saturday was our first day in Yellowstone National Park this vacation. We of course saw the many elk and bison that we have seen in the past, but not quite like this! We have seen many bull elk this time regaled … Continue reading →