We have long wanted to make a blog and now that dream has finally materialized. We are a Bible-believing family of nine, living in the plains of western Alberta in a fair sized town called Bow Island. We have been homeschooling for six years and would want it no other way. Right now we have five children in school full time and one that does it when she feels like it. That little girl's name is Elfrieda and she is 5 years old. (Waiting for her birthday in March as little girls are wont to do) She is the sixth child in the family with one younger brother. His name is Leandro and he is almost 3 1/2. Now I will start with the oldest and describe the rest of us.
Daddy is the oldest in our family and he is the best daddy in the world. (I know you disagree with me but I don't care) He is the paperwork guy for the business that he has with his three brothers and his Dad doing construction. Daddy has his office at home and we really like this arrangement because he is home most of the time doing paperwork.
Mama is next. She is our faithful teacher, cook, laundress, housekeeper, seamstress, and and and. You all know what Mamas have to do.
I'm next in line. And as I'm starting to write I think that maybe somebody else should do my description. But then. No, I'll write it myself. My name is Yesenia and I am 14 years old. I love to play the piano, read, put puzzles together, figure out computer programs, read blogs (and I think write them too), learn Spanish with Rosetta Stone, teach Elfreida to read, and I like to bake. (I'm starting to learn to make meals but it's still a big chore.) I would also like to learn how to play violin but that is in the future.
Bianca, Edgar, and Imelda come next and they are our 10 years old triplets. I will describe them separately because (as you all know) being triplets does not make them have the same characteristics.
Bianca is the biggest bookworm in the family. She just loves her books. Next comes her love to play. Although she is ten years old she still is very disappointed if she thinks there will be no time to play. The younger children really like her love for play because this gives them a lot of ideas. And ideas she has. One day it's a blanket tent, the next day it's a vehicle, and the next day it's a church that she's built. She is very sweet and we all love our Bianca.
The next oldest is the oldest boy and brother in our family, Edgar. His favourite pastime is being outside, (if he has something to do.) Although his imagination isn't as wild as Bianca's he's still fun to be with. He has a very interesting sense of humour, and often keeps us laughing. He likes to do Language Arts and play the piano. He often wishes we would live on a farm so that he would have animals to play with. But he's learnt to be content and find things to do in town. He often rides Ripstick and works in the garage building little things like stools and suchlike. He loves to work with Daddy.
Now Imelda is the one to describe. She is also a bookworm but likes to do other stuff too. She is often the one that helps Bianca fulfill her dream of a tent or something the like. She loves babies and little children and they love her. She's the babysitter at our family gatherings. She is enjoying her second year of piano lessons.
Samuel, our 9 year old little monkey. He likes to climb on Daddy and wrestle with him. He knows just how to make a funny comment about anything and everything but does it without thinking which make it even more funny. He likes to play Lego's and do math. He also likes to play with Elfrieda and Leandro.
So, there's a thorough description of our family. I hope you enjoy our blog and I will try to keep you updated.
So much for now,
Yesenia
We had lunch at Dew Drop Inn (A Mennonite Mexican Food Restaurant) It was very special for us children as we hadn't been there for quite a while. After lunch Mama's headache was almost gone, (Another sign of God's great faithfulness) so Daddy went home to get her. It was so much better after she was there. We finished cleaning up somewhere between seven and seven thirty in the evening. Grandma and Grandpa went to Taber and we went home for our baths. I was glad for one because at the end of a butchering day everything red on yourself looks or feels like meat or blood. The good thing was that we didn't have to deal with very much 'people' blood this time. Leandro cut himself in the morning and Samuel cut Imelda once a little bit but that was it. (That wasn't on purpose of course) Well that's all for a butchering day post and I hope that even those of you who don't enjoy butchering enjoyed this post. 
