Life at the Quinn Home: June 2006

Sunday, June 18, 2006

My Handsome Boys

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Our Home

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FIVE YEARS OLD!!

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The Birthday Boys!!

Monkies on the Monkey Bars

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Daddy and Brenda

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Daddy gave Brenda her first rose and a Teddy Bear celebrating Mrs. Marion's 50th year.

Granny, Brenda, and Mimi

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Brenda with her grandmother and her great-grandmother at her dance recital. It was a lovely morning

My Bathing Beauties

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Sunday, June 11, 2006

Twins' Birthday

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We are getting ready for the twins birthday outting tomorrow. They just turned five on Wednesday.

We are going to a water park nearby. I think they will have such a good time. This will be the first time they have ever been to a water park. They have water slides, a lazy river and a place for the littles to play.

The Quinns

This is a family picture from last year.

Saturday, June 10, 2006

The Sparrow's Nest

The Sparrow's Nest

This is one of my favorite blogs. Mrs. Wilt is always so encouraging!!

Summer School

Well, Troy has begun his homeschool/ Charlotte Mason/ summer school. He is loving it!! It's only been three days, but boy what a change!!

When Artie gets home from work, he can't wait to show him something or tell him about a story he read. He was wanting him to read his story of Lobo, the wolf from Seton's America. :-)

It is so good to see such a change.

Computer Problems

Well, as in my normal computer progess, the day after I got my new blog up and running, Artie's computer shut down.

This is a little bit of a big deal, since it is his work computer that I use in the evenings.

I guess I will just wait and see how it goes with his work and see if they get it fixed or not.

Charlotte Mason Conference - Gardner Webb

I had such a good weekend. I went to my first Charlotte Mason Conference (at Gardner Webb College, Boiling Springs North Carolina) and it was wonderful. I learned so much. One of the classes was on using technology and blogs were one of the topics discussed. I thought I would give it a shot.

We'll see how it goes.

Now I need to figure out how to include pictures.

Welcome to Life at the Quinn Home.

We are a family of nine - daddy, mama, and seven little one (who aren't all little anymore!! - 3 are taller than me!!), one cat - Princess (the cat formally known as Prince) and the newest member of the family - Toby, Brenda's PomChi. We live in a small town in South Carolina.

This blog is for my family ~ that they might know my heart for them during my life and after I'm gone. After my mama's death when I was young, I so wished I had some writings about her life. This is my attempt to leave some for my family, especially my girls...

I found an old post from Elizabeth at Real Learning today and decided to try it for myself.

I am from Count Chocula, Spaghettios and Little Debbies, shopping at malls and eating Chick-Fil-A and Long John Silvers (anywhere in a day's driving distance), grabbing a quick chili cheese a plenty from the Beacon (where my mama and daddy use to date) and listening to Elvis.

I am from bike riding, Girl Scouts, dancing and gymnastics. Reading more and more books, the older I get, the more I love them.

I am from a two story white house trimmed in brown, with a room of my own and a play room beside (one of the benefits of being an only child) with a piano in the living room waiting on me to practice!!

I am from a old fashioned Baptist Church - filled with my family and friends and stained glass windows on the sides.

I am from a little southern town, full of yes mam's and ya'lls. Summers spent toasting my body in the warm Myrtle Beach sun, watching the leaves change in the fall and even every now and then enjoying a little snow (even here in South Carolina!!)

I am from THE USC - a converted gamecock through and through.

I am from the USA, my daddy and grandfathers all serving in different branches of service, with my son blazing straight ahead to follow in their footsteps (against all his mama's better judgement!!).

I am from my nanny and papa's house, the one you had to get to by driving up the road covered in trees. I loved to look at the sunshine peeking through every time I road up the hill, sleeping in my papa's night night shirts and helping my nanny cook chicken pot pies for his lunch (we knew there were green peas hiding there - shhhh!! papa doesn't know) and then later playing nurse to my nanny as she was sick and dying.

I am from my Mimi and Grandy, who moved back home to help take care of me when my mama died.

I am from the Oxendines - the most loving people I have ever known, always good for a laugh and a hug, always make you feel better about yourself than you know you really are.

I am from the Clarys - strong, sturdy, God fearing, always there.

I am from my Carolyn, who always stood by my papa's side - even though she wasn't always appreciated for all she did by everyone - she has all my love and respect.

I am from Daria, who taught me what it looked like to love Jesus on the outside of your life.

I am from my daddy, a hard worker with a big heart.

I am from Artie - we grew up together. Picnics at Miliken, days at Carowinds, nights eating tacos and watching movies, hours upon hours planning our lives together (seems like there was talk of having a baby or two?), :-) lots of smooching in a little white Celica. :-) I am who I am because of him.

But most of all, I am from my mama. My heart and soul. My desire. My example.

Looking back over my life as I write, the coolest thing is seeing everyone who made me who I am - all love Jesus. I have been so blessed with such a godly heritage. God is good!!

Life at the Quinn Home