New week...

Okay so here we are. It is a little after 8:30 and we are all dressed for the day. I have been to the gym and we have done school! WOW!!

Thank you Krista for getting me the new background...YAY cupcakes!

This time next week we will be on our cruise...WOW!

Okay Cyn is here gotta go and sew!!

E

Just life going on.

Newest photos of the kids...I am sure you have all been wanting to see their angelic little faces...

Well we are just trucking along here. Right now I am researching home school curricula for next year. UGH...I normally let my friends do this for me! But I am looking into the suggestions of what we will use a little more intently this year. There are so many good ones but for every good one there is a bad one or one that does not fit what we need or how we do school. So I am looking at them all again. It helps to have friends that have done this before!! I really enjoyed My Father's World last year with Dale, and we have a few weeks left to go before we are done so now is the time to decide what we are going to use for next year. And when I say next year I don't mean "next year" I mean for 1st grade. I know we will need some review to keep up until I make the decision once we are done but if I have the next years stuff then we can just move right into that. Anyway I am sure this is boring to some...The things I look for in curriculum is that is has to use the Bible, meaning it goes to it for a lot of what I teach. With MFW it did/does. For example for the letter A it used Apple...then went on to the fruits of the spirit. It went into character and then also nutrition. I loved how it all ties together. So that is what I am looking for. I am not against using MFW again but I want to make sure it is the best for us. Anyway enough about HS.

I have started doing a new Bible study and love it. THANKS Krista and Donna for the encouragement to do this study. Of course being so sick last week I missed another lesson but am keeping up with the homework and am really learning and enjoying it a lot. I am doing the "Esther" study by Beth Moore. Also in our small group we are studying the spiritual gifts. I find this fascinating. I can tell you what Stephen's is but mine is being elusive! It is great and reminds me to use the potential that I am to God's glory.

Well I better go and fix lunch for our company...

E

School

So today was another good school day. We did his math...then on to his print work...which is really lacking so we need to focus more on that. We read a story and are memorizing a verse. They are both doing this and Merideth does better if we start the day with including her in school work. She will sit and color while Dale and I do math or read. I called My Father's World and am going to use it for Dale's 1st grade. I love how everything we have learned points back to the Bible. I am not sure what I am going to use for miss Meri Ellis. The MFW stuff for pre k is really just toys...so I am going to look a little more. Mardels is opening here soon, PTL, and they have a great section for homeschoolers so I am excited about that!! So off to get lunch and work on taxes...E

Sickness...

Okay so we are home from a great trip. We had so much fun and enjoyed the beautiful place we stayed. We give a hearty 2 thumbs up to Veterans Holidays. We miss our friends, or as Dale calls them "our other family"...and I miss all the homemade bread, but not more than my friends! YUM!

Well I have a really bad cold...
Dale has the stomach bugs...started about 3 this morning...He says that he has bugs in his tummy...Merideth has stomach eggs...which means she is feeling sympathy for Dale. I pray that is all!!

We are doing school. I am determined to make this work...I need more consistency so with that I am not going to be as available...school and training needs some focus. So leave a message...ha!

We are still trying to sell the house. It is a heavy burden on me and I pray we are done soon with this chapter! I don't do so well with change and we have a lot coming up!

I better go check on the progress of my little scholar!
E