For the most part, we will finish school this Friday!! Hooray!! We still have plans for some activities, projects, and such, but we will not have any more sit down at the table kind of instruction. HOORAY!!!
Last night I decided that I was not sure that I wanted to use our same curriculum next year. A few hours later, I had convinced myself that I really wanted to do a complete overhaul. This morning I've been stealing away to the computer here and there to look at some options. As of now, I'm seriously considering changing to Sonlight. Of course Wesley will have a very BIG say in all this, but I think he will like Sonlight a lot. Guess we shall see!!
I think the seed for all of this began at a recent Mom's meeting where one of my besties, Heather spoke about different teaching methods. Thanks a lot, Heather!!! :) You should know that I went into that meeting not expecting to learn anything new!! HA!
Another factor in this decision is that this current school year turned out way different that I expected. Circumstances forced me out of my comfort zone, and I began doing things a little different. Turned out that I liked it. I was very, very much a traditional approach kind of teacher, but to my surprise I've liked some of the other approaches!
So for those of you who homeschool, what do you know about Sonlight? Do you love it? Hate it? Tell me everything!
More about all this later, I'm all out of time for now!
Sidebar: I've started several blog post and not finished them. Maybe I can get to them sometime.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
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Read this quote today. Liked and appreciated it...
"You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, and training them up in God's fear, and minding the house, and making your household a church for God, as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts."
Charles Spurgeon
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Happy Birthday, Papa!!!
Sure wish I was not singing so loud. I'm a terrible singer! Oh well, just shows how much we love you, Papa!! :)
Sunday, April 17, 2011
My GOD is BIG!!!!
So the plan was to get our house on the market this coming week. Hopefully Monday, but for sure this week! Last week we worked really, really hard to get it ready. We are almost there. For quite a while I've been praying prayers like these..."Lord, please send us a buyer. Please send someone to buy our house even before we put it on the market. Please send someone to our door who wants to buy our house." Care to guess what happened this afternoon?!!!! Yep, someone interested in buying our home came to our door today, and our house is not even on the market yet!! There's a lot that has to occur for this to actually happen. The family interested lives across the street from us in a home that they are renting. They heard that we were planning to sell. They came over to talk to us today. They said that they are very interested and that they plan to pursue getting financing right away. Obviously that is a long way from the house being sold, but I'm so very excited!!! Even if for some reason this doesn't work out, I'm so encouraged!! The market is so bad right now, and I've been concerned about whether or not we would find a buyer. I'm totally believing that God did this!!!
Please, please join us in praying for God's will in this situation! I will keep you all posted!!! Also please pray for God to show us the next home He wants us in and to bless the details in that purchase.
Dear Heavenly Father,
You are so BIG and so GOOD!! Thank you for this encouragement. Please move in such a way that we will be able to say, the Lord did this. Only the Lord, Himself could have done this! I think this precious family wants our home as badly as we want to move to a different home. Please give us both the desires of our hearts. Please use our family to minister and bless this other family. Please help us to make You known. Lord, whether in this house or another, I promise to continue to seek You and serve You. I commit myself and any home we are in to You for Your service. Thank you for Your continued faithfulness and loving kindness in my life. YOU are Good, all the time!!
Please, please join us in praying for God's will in this situation! I will keep you all posted!!! Also please pray for God to show us the next home He wants us in and to bless the details in that purchase.
Dear Heavenly Father,
You are so BIG and so GOOD!! Thank you for this encouragement. Please move in such a way that we will be able to say, the Lord did this. Only the Lord, Himself could have done this! I think this precious family wants our home as badly as we want to move to a different home. Please give us both the desires of our hearts. Please use our family to minister and bless this other family. Please help us to make You known. Lord, whether in this house or another, I promise to continue to seek You and serve You. I commit myself and any home we are in to You for Your service. Thank you for Your continued faithfulness and loving kindness in my life. YOU are Good, all the time!!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Totally Opposite
Does the man in this picture look like he's totally overwhelmed by a HUGE things to do list?
Does it appear as though he has 2 days left to completely finish a whole bunch of projects so that we can get our house on the market?
Does it look like he's a father to 5 young ones, he works 2 jobs, barely sleeps?
Do these pictures scream List Maker, Intense, Type A, OCD, High Strung?
Nope. I don't think you see any of that in these pictures, or in most pictures for that matter. No, these are pictures of My Sweet Hubby who prefers to cruise through life one day at at time, one thing at a time, with a smile, and leave the lists to ME.
Yes, his TOTALLY OPPOSITE wife is rather jealous. I mean, come on, just look at the way he's standing on that latter so relaxed like he's painting for fun!!!!
Me, the TOTAL OPPOSITE Wifey sees this and thinks, "Come on, Boys!! Move it!! Move it!! We still got 5 more list of projects to go!!"
He sees me, knows what I'm thinking, finds it entertaining, and smiles. Don't you love how perfect matches are made from TOTALLY OPPOSITE personalities!
OK, gotta go, you know, work, work, 5 lists, 2 days!!!!!!
Does it appear as though he has 2 days left to completely finish a whole bunch of projects so that we can get our house on the market?
Does it look like he's a father to 5 young ones, he works 2 jobs, barely sleeps?
Do these pictures scream List Maker, Intense, Type A, OCD, High Strung?
Nope. I don't think you see any of that in these pictures, or in most pictures for that matter. No, these are pictures of My Sweet Hubby who prefers to cruise through life one day at at time, one thing at a time, with a smile, and leave the lists to ME.
Yes, his TOTALLY OPPOSITE wife is rather jealous. I mean, come on, just look at the way he's standing on that latter so relaxed like he's painting for fun!!!!
Me, the TOTAL OPPOSITE Wifey sees this and thinks, "Come on, Boys!! Move it!! Move it!! We still got 5 more list of projects to go!!"
He sees me, knows what I'm thinking, finds it entertaining, and smiles. Don't you love how perfect matches are made from TOTALLY OPPOSITE personalities!
OK, gotta go, you know, work, work, 5 lists, 2 days!!!!!!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
There's Something New...
...at our house. You can just barely see it in the background of one of the recent pictures posted. Can you find what it is? Here's some hints...
1. It's something we've never had.
2. Something Wesley has always wanted.
3. Something that the whole family will enjoy.
Happy Guessing! I will post what it is, you know whenever I get free time in front of the computer again. Ha!
1. It's something we've never had.
2. Something Wesley has always wanted.
3. Something that the whole family will enjoy.
Happy Guessing! I will post what it is, you know whenever I get free time in front of the computer again. Ha!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Grace Turns 7
Here she is on her "birth" day.
And her she is today on her 7th birthday.
Stay with me because I've recapped Grace's last 7 years in photos at the end!! OR just skip straight to the pictures. That's the fun part, anyway!!
The house is quiet. Everyone asleep but Mama. I'm suppose to be ironing our clothes for church tomorrow, but instead I'm thinking about this day. Today Grace turned 7 years old. Earlier today we watched some video taken the day she was born. It's so hard to believe that it's been 7 years!!
I could never, ever have dreamed how special it would be to have a daughter. Crazy me use to think I only wanted boys!
I'm so proud of Grace and of the young lady she's becoming.
Grace is so much like me. Some times I find that endearing and other times it frustrates me.
Grace is such a big helper. I would be lost without her. Truly I could not manage to do what I do without her.
Grace,
I love you so very much, Sweet Daughter!! I love your passion. I love your smile. I love that you want to be like me. I wish you did not imitate the bad, but at least it keeps me humble and helps me to recognize my weak spots. You are such a special girl. You light up the room and bring joy to everyone you meet. Words cannot express how proud I am to be your Mommy. You are growing up way, way to fast!! Slow down just a little will ya? :)
Love you, Gracie!!
Mommy
Here's a walk through the past "Grace-full" years!! There's not a lot here from the first couple of years, because most of those pictures are not digital and it's just too much work to scan and add them tonight! :(
This is one of my all time favorite baby pictures of Grace!! She was 5 weeks old in this picture. I remember the day like it was yesterday!!
Who can forget how Grace use to suck her fingers, hold an ear (anyone's ear), and tuck her special "color" blanket under her arm. Her blanket is in there, but it's a little hard to see.
Grace has such a green thumb. She is very gifted when it comes to flowers, plants, and gardening. She loves to plant 'em, grow 'em, and arrange 'em, but she doesn't like to break a sweat! Ha! This picture was taken early, early one morning like at 7:00 AM. How precious is this?! Wesley had trimmed our shrubs the day before, and we had not finished cleaning up all the left over debris. She got out there and started arranging the limbs like flowers. She gets this from my Mom! Definitely not from me!! Oh, and she was singing as she worked!
I told you she's a good gardener!
I think the biggest thing that Grace and I have in common is that from very little girls we had (for Grace still has) dreams of being a wife and mommy. My dream came true!!
And her she is today on her 7th birthday.
Stay with me because I've recapped Grace's last 7 years in photos at the end!! OR just skip straight to the pictures. That's the fun part, anyway!!
The house is quiet. Everyone asleep but Mama. I'm suppose to be ironing our clothes for church tomorrow, but instead I'm thinking about this day. Today Grace turned 7 years old. Earlier today we watched some video taken the day she was born. It's so hard to believe that it's been 7 years!!
I could never, ever have dreamed how special it would be to have a daughter. Crazy me use to think I only wanted boys!
I'm so proud of Grace and of the young lady she's becoming.
Grace is so much like me. Some times I find that endearing and other times it frustrates me.
Grace is such a big helper. I would be lost without her. Truly I could not manage to do what I do without her.
Grace,
I love you so very much, Sweet Daughter!! I love your passion. I love your smile. I love that you want to be like me. I wish you did not imitate the bad, but at least it keeps me humble and helps me to recognize my weak spots. You are such a special girl. You light up the room and bring joy to everyone you meet. Words cannot express how proud I am to be your Mommy. You are growing up way, way to fast!! Slow down just a little will ya? :)
Love you, Gracie!!
Mommy
Here's a walk through the past "Grace-full" years!! There's not a lot here from the first couple of years, because most of those pictures are not digital and it's just too much work to scan and add them tonight! :(
This is one of my all time favorite baby pictures of Grace!! She was 5 weeks old in this picture. I remember the day like it was yesterday!!
Who can forget how Grace use to suck her fingers, hold an ear (anyone's ear), and tuck her special "color" blanket under her arm. Her blanket is in there, but it's a little hard to see.
Grace has such a green thumb. She is very gifted when it comes to flowers, plants, and gardening. She loves to plant 'em, grow 'em, and arrange 'em, but she doesn't like to break a sweat! Ha! This picture was taken early, early one morning like at 7:00 AM. How precious is this?! Wesley had trimmed our shrubs the day before, and we had not finished cleaning up all the left over debris. She got out there and started arranging the limbs like flowers. She gets this from my Mom! Definitely not from me!! Oh, and she was singing as she worked!
I told you she's a good gardener!
I think the biggest thing that Grace and I have in common is that from very little girls we had (for Grace still has) dreams of being a wife and mommy. My dream came true!!
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