Homeschooling with Cystic Fibrosis
Nathan has been working very hard on his First Responder Skills as part of his Firefighter Training. We made a little video showing some of the things he’s been working on, but also how I decided to combine treatment and learning. With treatments taking up an hour and half of everyday it was hard to […]
First Year of Homeschooling Comes to a Close: How did we Score?
When it comes to ‘routine checkups’ Nathan visits a lot of medical staff. For instance, for his 5 year checkup he saw his pediatric nurse and pediatrician of course, but he also had a routine CF clinic appointment where he saw his CF nurse, nutritionist, CF social worker, pulmonology nurse, and pediatric pulmonologist/CF doctor. Now […]
Homeschooling – Age 4 – How It’s Going
Questioning Homeschool?
I was recently watching a documentary about the pressures put on many kids in public school. They are pressed to get the highest grades, but also challenged to get many hours of homework done, after going to school for 7 hours, plus sports practice. And that’s in upper grade school. The highschoolers are taking 6 […]
Homeschool Starts Soon
Our CF Story
Pregnancy and Birth Back in 2010 Andrew and I decided that after 7 years of marriage we were ready to start our family. God blessed us with a very quick conception; within 5 days of ‘trying’ we conceived. I had anticipated getting pregnant and had spent the previous year working out and weight training. Needless […]
Our Story : Vanessa’s Longer Version
RVing The Alcan In Winter
Driving the Alcan. Or as it’s now known, The Alaska Highway. It’s the long aspiring dream of so many people. Retire and take an RV trip all the way to Alaska. The adventure of a lifetime! But I guess we’re not most people. First, we’re FROM Alaska. Second, I think when most people envision their […]
Fireman Duley Visits Anchorage Fire Station 12
We recently finished the Firefighting Unit on Tools in our homeschooling and got a personal invitation for Nathan to visit Anchorage Fire Department’s Station 12 from an employee at C&T Fire; the place we went to learn more about fire extinguishers. Station 12 happens to be the location for all of the small tool repair […]