I thought I would share with you our recent home school activity. As a church last year, we held an activities for our home school kids. We began with five families and 20 kids. Three of those families do not home school any more so it is now our family and the Ruby family.
Great group of kids and we enjoy being together!
We started with a picnic at the Oxbow Nature Study Area. We then took a hike on the paths by the Truckee River. So beautiful!
Loved the beautiful ducks that came to visit us!
Still snow on the mountains in the distance but a warm 70 degrees in Reno. Spring is here! After the hike, we went to the nature center and heard a talk about all the animals that live in this area. Very interesting!
Then we took a tour at the Kimmie Candy Factory.
I think one of the interesting things I learned was how the world's supply of cocoa beans are grown on small farms. I loved that. And it is harvested by hand. I thought it was a great lesson of how important each person's contribution is to their world. You may feel on certain days that your life doesn't make a difference anywhere. But it does!
It takes all the small farms and family farmers to work together to give the world the cocoa bean...and it takes a family, a church family and a community of Christians to make a difference for Christ!
Speaking of chocolate...those dark chocolate espresso beans. Yum! We scored these treats for just a $1 each in the candy store.
Then the kids enjoyed a time of swimming in our hotel pool. Good times in the life of home school families. :)
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