The Button Family: May 2014

Discoveries While Doing Yardwork

Tate follows me around the house with water. He has figured out that I like to sip on water through the day, so he is ALWAYS getting me fresh water. The other day, I came up from the basement at about 7am after having worked out to find a cup of water with a “Fresh” sign on it. What 14 year old boy does that? Tate.

My Culinary Principles Final

Chicken Saute with Garlic and Roasted Tomatoes with Carmelized Onion Mashed Potatoes and Gaufrettes with Grilled Red Pepper Salad

Mom and My Aunts

One of my all time favorite pictures of my mom with her sisters.

Rubik’s Rules

Garett and his friend, Jackson, eat, drink, sleep Rubik’s cubes.

Hunter Boots

Kevin got me a pair of Hunter boots for my birthday. This was the stand-in/place holder gift until they arrived by mail. :)

Solving a 2X2 Rubik’s Cube in….2.32 seconds

Obeying God

Tate had to write a persuasive essay on any topic he chose. He chose to write about how homeschooled teens should be allowed to have an Instagram account. One of his points was: “God made us social creatures. Genesis 2:18 confirms this, saying, “And the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.’ ” Adam needed social interaction, and we are his descendants. We are in need of the same social contact. We should obey God and seek out social opportunities where they are presented.

I just thought his conclusion was priceless: Parents allowing kids to get Instagram is really obeying God!

Muffins with Mom

Weeeeeeellllll. It was Muffins with Mom Day at school. Yep. Totally forgot.

So when I realized it, I had to make some arrangements. I called our cupcakery and asked if they could top our favorite cupcakes with our names and put them in the display case so that I could surprise Marissa with Cupcakes with Mom. When we walked in and she saw them on display with all the other cupcakes, she was so surprised and excited!! Why eat muffins anyway when you can have cupcakes?

Recycling Queen

I can’t get away with anything. She pulls recyclables out of the trash can and takes it out to the garage to the recycling bin. She is going to save the earth, one can at a time.

Nashville Concert

Kevin got us tickets to go see the Nashville cast perform at Joe’s Bar in downtown Chicago. Honestly, I hands down loved it.

Easter

Easter Bunny

That darn Easter bunny can never be found! He still loves his jelly beans, though. Try as they may- they only find a trail of jelly beans every Easter morning.

Happy Birthday to Mom Breakfast in Bed

Tooks at the Barn

No Need to Eat

Rubik’s Cube must be providing some supernatural form of sustenance because he is not getting it from food sources these days.

G-Man’s 12th Birthday

Purdue University

Tate LOVED this riddle which was posted outside an honor student’s dorm room. Of course, he solved it! :)

Kevin and I have been trying to expose the kids to various universities. Over Spring Break, I took the kids to see our neighbor’s son, Zach, at Purdue University. Zach was a fabulous host- even taking us to the dining hall for lunch and to his favorite study hall (pictured above). He studies in the residence hall where Amelia Earhart lived. We even got to see her old office!

Marissa and Mom

Chef Jay

My professor from College of Lake County culinary class I’ve been taking.

Rockin’ Radioactivity

Tate’s 1ST PLACE science fair project proved that radioactive beta rays can travel through paper. We went to Fermilab in Batavia TWICE and spoke with countless scientists and teachers to help with this project. I will try to upload a video of his presentation!