Todd and the kids have been asleep for a while now...I had to run to the grocery to grab some milk and a few other things-when I returned home EVERYONE was out! Woo Hoo! It has been so peaceful! Poor Todd...I know he was exhausted, after getting up before 3 a.m to get to work! It was nice that he was home by lunch time, though. This schedule is going to take a little bit to get used to-it's a swing-he'll have different days off, sometimes working the weekends. I don't look forward to that part-getting all six kids ready for church alone, but I know it can be done. We'll manage.
The kids have been driving me crazy about going swimming at my parents....we took the cover off the other day, the water was green-my dad had to shock it (a few times)-we were waiting to see how the water was going to turn out. I'm happy to announce we checked on it after church tonight, and it was crystal clear...only a small patch of junk on the bottom. Let the swimming begin...of course they're going to freeze their tails off...they always do at the beginning, but they're gonna get in, freezing or not! I can see them on the deck now, teeth chattering, purple lips, their whole bodies trembling, as they argue the water feels great! So funny...I know I'd probably do the same thing if I were their age. From here on out, that's what it's going to be every day, "Can we go swimming?" first thing in the morning. Oh well, at least it's something for them to do!
Miss Savannah has been flipping over like crazy here the last few days. The other morning I passed the girls' room and peeked in at her, she was fast asleep on her stomach. She looked so precious-it was the first time she'd turned over and slept. Every time I put her in the bed now, she thinks she's supposed to turn over. She's getting so big. I know, I need to post some more pics of her...it's always some kind of technical difficulty! :-) She will be 5 mths here in a week or so...where has the time gone? There are a couple of other birthdays coming up around here...Stuart's is Sunday and Spencer's will be the next Sunday. Everybody's growing up....
I guess I better head to bed. The kids will be up bright and early.....ready to swim! ha ha :-)
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A few quick things....
Todd started his new job today. I am happy for him-he was so excited. We do miss him around here today, though...especially me! It is so nice when he's here...he just jumps in and helps me. I have been spoiled having him home these months-of course he was in class some days-it's not like he's been here totally, but he was here A LOT. The kids have been arguing so much today...they were about to drive me crazy. After lunch (theirs, before I ate mine) I put the little ones down for their naps, and then I told the girls to go to their beds and Spencer went to the loveseat in the living room, just for a time out. It was wonderful!!! I ate my lunch in SILENCE...all except for Savannah cooing and smiling at me from her swing....but I can deal with that. :-) They stayed in there for about 15-20 minutes...Sarah Beth fell asleep....hmm who knew. Spencer and Shelby went outside to play....I told them-NO ARGUING!!! It makes me feel like such a terrible mother when they do nothing but argue.
Getting back to Todd's job...he got a call last Tuesday telling him he got the job and he would start today. He has been anxious to start and find out more about the place. I think I said before, but just as a refresher-he's doing maintenance for one of the biggest buildings downtown. The pay wasn't exactly what I had hoped, but I know the Lord has a reason and He's able to supply our needs. Todd has one more semester of classes, but his teacher and the company he's working for, have agreed to work with him so he can finish!
It has been so long since I've blogged...I'm trying to think what has been going on around here. Yesterday, we went to the cemetery where my Aunt Helen is buried. I was glad we went and took some time to think about her-I miss her a lot. The kids were picking up little flowers off the ground, laying them on her gravestone. Stu picked a white flower and laid it up there and said, "here's a flower for Helen"....precious. Seth was a little disappointed when we loaded back up in the car-he was having such a good time running through the graveyard.... Then, we made a couple stops at the Goodwill, Big Lots, ate some lunch at Ryan's, went to Meijer and then to my parent's house to check on the pool's progress. Their pool water was all green after we took the cover off...it was looking better-my dad has to add some more chemicals, I think. The kids are dying to get in. Of course it's gonna be freezing....
I need to be putting away winter clothes or doing something around here, so my husband doesn't come home to a pig pen...of course, that's how it looked when he left-I'd hate for him to think he's in the wrong house! :-)
Sarah lost another tooth (on the bottom) at the end of last week. It wasn't necessarily at the time of her choosing, but after we noticed her permanent tooth coming through the gum behind her baby tooth, crooked, we decided it was time for it to go! She did okay...a little drama, not too bad.
We are enjoying summer break-we've been finished for a couple weeks now, maybe....I've already lost track. I need to get motivated to do some of the things I have been wanting to accomplish...haven't quite got there yet. We are still working on the basement....it's slowly getting there.
Hope all is well with everyone!! Have a good week.
Getting back to Todd's job...he got a call last Tuesday telling him he got the job and he would start today. He has been anxious to start and find out more about the place. I think I said before, but just as a refresher-he's doing maintenance for one of the biggest buildings downtown. The pay wasn't exactly what I had hoped, but I know the Lord has a reason and He's able to supply our needs. Todd has one more semester of classes, but his teacher and the company he's working for, have agreed to work with him so he can finish!
It has been so long since I've blogged...I'm trying to think what has been going on around here. Yesterday, we went to the cemetery where my Aunt Helen is buried. I was glad we went and took some time to think about her-I miss her a lot. The kids were picking up little flowers off the ground, laying them on her gravestone. Stu picked a white flower and laid it up there and said, "here's a flower for Helen"....precious. Seth was a little disappointed when we loaded back up in the car-he was having such a good time running through the graveyard.... Then, we made a couple stops at the Goodwill, Big Lots, ate some lunch at Ryan's, went to Meijer and then to my parent's house to check on the pool's progress. Their pool water was all green after we took the cover off...it was looking better-my dad has to add some more chemicals, I think. The kids are dying to get in. Of course it's gonna be freezing....
I need to be putting away winter clothes or doing something around here, so my husband doesn't come home to a pig pen...of course, that's how it looked when he left-I'd hate for him to think he's in the wrong house! :-)
Sarah lost another tooth (on the bottom) at the end of last week. It wasn't necessarily at the time of her choosing, but after we noticed her permanent tooth coming through the gum behind her baby tooth, crooked, we decided it was time for it to go! She did okay...a little drama, not too bad.
We are enjoying summer break-we've been finished for a couple weeks now, maybe....I've already lost track. I need to get motivated to do some of the things I have been wanting to accomplish...haven't quite got there yet. We are still working on the basement....it's slowly getting there.
Hope all is well with everyone!! Have a good week.
Monday, May 11, 2009
A few thoughts on Mother's Day
I know, I'm behind a little...what can I say. I just wanted to write a little about Mother's day...it seemed wrong to let such an important day slip by and not say anything about it. I am so thankful for my mother and for all she has done for me. Growing up my parents always had to work hard-when I was in elementary school my dad pastored a small church that he and my mother started-he also worked full time as a maintenance man for some apartments that were close to our home. My mother cleaned houses in the day time, and they cleaned a bank at night...they were always busy-either doing something for the church (visiting, having Bible study, going to nursing homes) or working. They were so busy, but yet they always made time for us. As we got older, I remember my mother telling us to write down qualities that we wanted our husband to have....I didn't want to do that. I figured it would be a long ways off, and I would worry about it when I got older. I don't remember if I actually wrote it down, but it did make me think. I am so glad that the Lord led me to a godly man. My mom was always getting after us girls (there are 3 girls in my family) about different things...my dad was so easy going....sometimes we didn't like to hear what she had to say. I realize now why she did certain things....and I'm thankful she cared enough about us to try and teach us right! She was the one who led me to the Lord.
I am so thankful for the relationship that we have.
I also am thankful that I have the privilege to be a mother. I know there are so many women who want to have children and aren't able to....I don't know why the Lord saw fit to give me children, but I am very humbled and thankful that He did. I love my kids with all my heart; they are so precious. I am so glad they are willing to overlook all of my faults and love me anyway...even though I'm not always the mother I need to be to them. I know I mention my kids from time to time, but it's mainly just telling a funny story or something like that...I just want to mention a little about them in general.
Shelby is such a pretty, sweet child. She always has a big smile on her face...she is so loving-and she cares about people. She is so smart-she has always amazed me with how quickly she puts things together (for lack of better words). Just like when I was early in my pregnancy with Savannah, and hadn't told the kids yet...she figured it out. Although we didn't confirm her suspicions. She is such a big help to me and I love her to death.....my first born.
Spencer is a sweet boy. He enjoys helping his Daddy do any kind of job. Like the other night washing cars; he scrubbed those wheels-and they really looked nice when he finished. He loves to work-he'll make some girl a good husband. He's getting bigger, but still has that sweetness of being little. He does have the tendency to get a little hot headed....but I can't say too much about that....it had to come from somewhere.
Sarah Beth is a character. She is our curly headed, surprise baby. I know I've shared before, but will mention it again. Spencer was 6 mths old when I found out I was pregnant with Sarah. I was so upset....Todd was thrilled. I was okay after seeing his response-I've never been sorry the Lord gave her to us. She keeps us laughing all the time with the things she comes off with. She is so unique to say the least, as they all are....I always struggle with finding the words to describe her. She's totally opposite of Shelby...don't get me wrong, she's loving, too and sweet in her own way-but she DEFINITELY has a mind of her own...and doesn't mind to share her thoughts. You never have to wonder what she's thinking....you may wonder where it came from...but that's a whole 'nother show. :-)
Stuart is so handsome and sweet-he looks just like his Daddy. He enjoys working with the boys, too, but is still small yet. He loves playing at the property in the dirt with the big trucks. He is such a good brother to Savannah-he loves her to death. He is always talking to her, making her smile-in the car he sits by her sometimes and he'll hold her little hands and talk to her. Precious. He cracks us up repeating lines from Matilda-quotes from Miss Trenchbull....he changes his voice trying to sound like her....it's hilarious. Lately, he has been coming in to big church-he's about to get the boot from the nursery since he'll be 4 on the 31st. I was amazed at how well he does....he is so quiet! None of our kids have been that quiet when they first started coming in church. Just another way they are different.
Seth Garrett is so cute and always has a big grin. He sucks on his two middle fingers of his left hand when he's sleepy and holds a blanket up to his face...so precious. It keeps him little. He runs around and plays, but then there are those times when he just wants to be held and cuddled. He is all boy...covered in bruises half the time. He gets into things if you turn your head for very long....but he is 2...that kind of goes w/the territory. He can be doing something he knows he shouldn't do, and then he'll give you a big grin...it saves him, SOMETIMES! It didn't help the day I had gone to the basement to get laundry and came back up to find him standing there in a mound of powdered coffee creamer-he had dumped the whole bottle on the floor!!!! He loves to aggravate me, when I'm begging him for a kiss...and he's determined not to give me one. I love his dark brown eyes-which all the boys have-his just seem a little different, I guess because he's always smiling.
Savannah Grace is such a precious baby. I love the stage she is at right now...she just grins, and sometimes laughs. I love when I walk into the room and she sees me and seems to light up and grin....just like I'm the most important person-or that's how it makes me feel. I am so thankful the Lord gave us another little girl. I guess I just had myself convinced we were having a boy, although I wanted a girl...I guess I just didn't want to feel let down if the baby was a boy. I remember the night before I went in to be induced talking to the kids and the girls were saying how they hoped it was a girl, I tried to smooth things over, in case it was a boy...I just didn't think there was any chance it was a girl....going on heart rate and all-of course, Sarah was in the "boy range" the whole time, so I don't know why I let that influence my thinking. It turned out to be a pleasant surprise when she was born and I heard, "It's a girl!" I was shocked....so happy...and just couldn't get over the fact we had a girl! She is so good and rarely cries-only when she's tired and doesn't want to give it up, or hungry....and sometimes when you take her bottle away to burp her. I love watching them grow and change and learn to do new things. I'm so glad I get to be home with them.
I am so thankful to have these kids-I am truly blessed. They are precious and I don't deserve them, but like I said before, I'm glad the Lord saw fit to give them to us.
Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's day. I know a mother's work is never done, and we feel unappreciated at times-it's a hard job! But keep it up....I know we'll be glad one day we did. Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
I am so thankful for the relationship that we have.
I also am thankful that I have the privilege to be a mother. I know there are so many women who want to have children and aren't able to....I don't know why the Lord saw fit to give me children, but I am very humbled and thankful that He did. I love my kids with all my heart; they are so precious. I am so glad they are willing to overlook all of my faults and love me anyway...even though I'm not always the mother I need to be to them. I know I mention my kids from time to time, but it's mainly just telling a funny story or something like that...I just want to mention a little about them in general.
Shelby is such a pretty, sweet child. She always has a big smile on her face...she is so loving-and she cares about people. She is so smart-she has always amazed me with how quickly she puts things together (for lack of better words). Just like when I was early in my pregnancy with Savannah, and hadn't told the kids yet...she figured it out. Although we didn't confirm her suspicions. She is such a big help to me and I love her to death.....my first born.
Spencer is a sweet boy. He enjoys helping his Daddy do any kind of job. Like the other night washing cars; he scrubbed those wheels-and they really looked nice when he finished. He loves to work-he'll make some girl a good husband. He's getting bigger, but still has that sweetness of being little. He does have the tendency to get a little hot headed....but I can't say too much about that....it had to come from somewhere.
Sarah Beth is a character. She is our curly headed, surprise baby. I know I've shared before, but will mention it again. Spencer was 6 mths old when I found out I was pregnant with Sarah. I was so upset....Todd was thrilled. I was okay after seeing his response-I've never been sorry the Lord gave her to us. She keeps us laughing all the time with the things she comes off with. She is so unique to say the least, as they all are....I always struggle with finding the words to describe her. She's totally opposite of Shelby...don't get me wrong, she's loving, too and sweet in her own way-but she DEFINITELY has a mind of her own...and doesn't mind to share her thoughts. You never have to wonder what she's thinking....you may wonder where it came from...but that's a whole 'nother show. :-)
Stuart is so handsome and sweet-he looks just like his Daddy. He enjoys working with the boys, too, but is still small yet. He loves playing at the property in the dirt with the big trucks. He is such a good brother to Savannah-he loves her to death. He is always talking to her, making her smile-in the car he sits by her sometimes and he'll hold her little hands and talk to her. Precious. He cracks us up repeating lines from Matilda-quotes from Miss Trenchbull....he changes his voice trying to sound like her....it's hilarious. Lately, he has been coming in to big church-he's about to get the boot from the nursery since he'll be 4 on the 31st. I was amazed at how well he does....he is so quiet! None of our kids have been that quiet when they first started coming in church. Just another way they are different.
Seth Garrett is so cute and always has a big grin. He sucks on his two middle fingers of his left hand when he's sleepy and holds a blanket up to his face...so precious. It keeps him little. He runs around and plays, but then there are those times when he just wants to be held and cuddled. He is all boy...covered in bruises half the time. He gets into things if you turn your head for very long....but he is 2...that kind of goes w/the territory. He can be doing something he knows he shouldn't do, and then he'll give you a big grin...it saves him, SOMETIMES! It didn't help the day I had gone to the basement to get laundry and came back up to find him standing there in a mound of powdered coffee creamer-he had dumped the whole bottle on the floor!!!! He loves to aggravate me, when I'm begging him for a kiss...and he's determined not to give me one. I love his dark brown eyes-which all the boys have-his just seem a little different, I guess because he's always smiling.
Savannah Grace is such a precious baby. I love the stage she is at right now...she just grins, and sometimes laughs. I love when I walk into the room and she sees me and seems to light up and grin....just like I'm the most important person-or that's how it makes me feel. I am so thankful the Lord gave us another little girl. I guess I just had myself convinced we were having a boy, although I wanted a girl...I guess I just didn't want to feel let down if the baby was a boy. I remember the night before I went in to be induced talking to the kids and the girls were saying how they hoped it was a girl, I tried to smooth things over, in case it was a boy...I just didn't think there was any chance it was a girl....going on heart rate and all-of course, Sarah was in the "boy range" the whole time, so I don't know why I let that influence my thinking. It turned out to be a pleasant surprise when she was born and I heard, "It's a girl!" I was shocked....so happy...and just couldn't get over the fact we had a girl! She is so good and rarely cries-only when she's tired and doesn't want to give it up, or hungry....and sometimes when you take her bottle away to burp her. I love watching them grow and change and learn to do new things. I'm so glad I get to be home with them.
I am so thankful to have these kids-I am truly blessed. They are precious and I don't deserve them, but like I said before, I'm glad the Lord saw fit to give them to us.
Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's day. I know a mother's work is never done, and we feel unappreciated at times-it's a hard job! But keep it up....I know we'll be glad one day we did. Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
A lot of catching up....
I'm sorry I've been so terrible about blogging lately. It seems now that the weather is warm, we are busy doing other things, then with trying to finish up school and my job...there's just not enough time to get everything done! I have still been reading blogs when I have time, just not making time to blog myself!
I did have a nice Mother's Day. We went to my parent's house after church and ate lunch-we were there with my sister and her family. The kids had a nice time playing together. I always loved playing with my cousins-I'm glad my kids get to be close to family. After lunch my sister and I went with my parents to the cemeteries where my Grandmothers are buried. It was nice to have the time to just stop and remember them. We didn't have church last night, so after visiting the graveyards we just sat around being lazy. We did go back to my parent's house so we could play on their Wii that my dad bought the other day. Sarah beat us all in bowling...crazy....Shelby beat Todd and Spencer in tennis, I think. It is a lot of fun.
Saturday, we went to our church for a little while for a yard sale, before going to Cassie (my niece's birthday party). After "partying" for a little while, we came home so Todd could cut the grass. I didn't know what to do for my mother for Mother's Day-she usually doesn't want anything and if she does decide she wants something, she just goes and buys it...so it's hard to know what to get her. While sitting on the porch, watching Todd cut the grass, I decided I would clean up her car for her. We loaded up the kids and drove down to my parent's house to get her car and headed to this new car wash close to our house. Todd drove our truck through (we had a coupon for a free wash-since it's a new place), and I drove behind him in her car. Then we pulled over to these pull up stations (it's set up kind of like Sonic) for the vacuums. They also had a machine that cleaned the floor mats. Then we came home and Todd and Spencer cleaned on her wheels, while I wiped down the inside. On her back window there are the words, Let me tell you about my grand kids, and then there is a character for each child and their name. My sister, Glenda bought them for her. Savannah hasn't been added yet and Timmy, my nephew was still shown as a baby in a crib. Glenda bought a person for Savannah and a different one for Timmy. So Todd worked on getting those put on, too. We finished up and drove her car back.
Friday, Todd had an interview at one of the tallest, if not the tallest building downtown (40 stories). It was a maintenance position-"building engineer". He seemed pretty interested-we'll see how it goes. When he got home I had to take Savannah to the doctor for her 4 mth check up. She weighed 15 lbs 5.5 oz and was 26 in long. She's getting so big. She had to get 3 shots and take an oral vaccine. She was highly upset about the shots. She was not about to stop crying....I finally gave up on trying to comfort her and just put her clothes on, so we could get out of there!
After we left the doctor (Todd and the kids came along and killed time while I was in the dr) we decided to go to Todd's parent's house to visit for Mother's Day. It wasn't the best visit I've ever had with them, but that's how it is sometimes. We had been there for a little while, when these friends of theirs came by-we'd never met the people before. We were sitting there for a few minutes when the woman says to me, "so what are you doing with all these kids?" I just kind of laughed...not really sure what kind of response she wanted. Todd said something about trying to keep our sanity...like I said-I didn't really know these people and I wasn't sure where she's was headed. Anyways, we went on talking and then out of the blue a little bit later, she says, "So why do you homeschool, Gal?" I proceeded to tell her that we didn't want to turn our kids over to complete strangers (we live in a pretty big city)-we don't know people who work in the schools or anything...before I could finish she was making comments about basically how bad our society is and kids being into things at such young ages, I agreed with her (although that isn't our reasoning for homeschooling). Then, her husband chimes in and says, "Well, you can't keep them away from the heathens their whole life-when they get older they won't know what to do" or something like that. I told him, that wasn't our intentions (although it is nice that our kids aren't exposed to so many things) to keep our kids away from everyone, we just don't want them to be subjected to the teachings and philosophies of the world. For instance evolution....his response was they have to teach both sides in school. When I was in school, they didn't teach "both sides", it was pretty much evolution and that's it. But like I told him, they might have to teach both sides, but we don't have to send our kids to be taught that. I will be happy when I get to the place that I won't be defensive about the number of kids we have and different things we choose to do with them...if I ever get to that place....I guess I just never imagined all of the attention (good and bad) having several kids would bring. Not that I would change anything, but I just never knew.
I know this is turning into a novel (since I haven't talked about anything really lately), so I will tell a short story and quit. Last Sunday night at church, there was a missionary family presenting their work-they are going to Egypt. They had two children-a girl, 7 and a boy, 5-they are from North Carolina-where my oldest sister happens to live. The kids seemed to become instant friends....they were playing together in the nursery after church. I overheard one of my kids ask the little boy, "Do you know a teenager named James?" (which would be my nephew) I think he said no. Then they said, "Well, do your parents know a woman named Glenda?" (Surely they must know them, since they all live in North Carolina.) :-) It was just sweet watching them play....and how they think sometimes...it's just cute.
I did have a nice Mother's Day. We went to my parent's house after church and ate lunch-we were there with my sister and her family. The kids had a nice time playing together. I always loved playing with my cousins-I'm glad my kids get to be close to family. After lunch my sister and I went with my parents to the cemeteries where my Grandmothers are buried. It was nice to have the time to just stop and remember them. We didn't have church last night, so after visiting the graveyards we just sat around being lazy. We did go back to my parent's house so we could play on their Wii that my dad bought the other day. Sarah beat us all in bowling...crazy....Shelby beat Todd and Spencer in tennis, I think. It is a lot of fun.
Saturday, we went to our church for a little while for a yard sale, before going to Cassie (my niece's birthday party). After "partying" for a little while, we came home so Todd could cut the grass. I didn't know what to do for my mother for Mother's Day-she usually doesn't want anything and if she does decide she wants something, she just goes and buys it...so it's hard to know what to get her. While sitting on the porch, watching Todd cut the grass, I decided I would clean up her car for her. We loaded up the kids and drove down to my parent's house to get her car and headed to this new car wash close to our house. Todd drove our truck through (we had a coupon for a free wash-since it's a new place), and I drove behind him in her car. Then we pulled over to these pull up stations (it's set up kind of like Sonic) for the vacuums. They also had a machine that cleaned the floor mats. Then we came home and Todd and Spencer cleaned on her wheels, while I wiped down the inside. On her back window there are the words, Let me tell you about my grand kids, and then there is a character for each child and their name. My sister, Glenda bought them for her. Savannah hasn't been added yet and Timmy, my nephew was still shown as a baby in a crib. Glenda bought a person for Savannah and a different one for Timmy. So Todd worked on getting those put on, too. We finished up and drove her car back.
Friday, Todd had an interview at one of the tallest, if not the tallest building downtown (40 stories). It was a maintenance position-"building engineer". He seemed pretty interested-we'll see how it goes. When he got home I had to take Savannah to the doctor for her 4 mth check up. She weighed 15 lbs 5.5 oz and was 26 in long. She's getting so big. She had to get 3 shots and take an oral vaccine. She was highly upset about the shots. She was not about to stop crying....I finally gave up on trying to comfort her and just put her clothes on, so we could get out of there!
After we left the doctor (Todd and the kids came along and killed time while I was in the dr) we decided to go to Todd's parent's house to visit for Mother's Day. It wasn't the best visit I've ever had with them, but that's how it is sometimes. We had been there for a little while, when these friends of theirs came by-we'd never met the people before. We were sitting there for a few minutes when the woman says to me, "so what are you doing with all these kids?" I just kind of laughed...not really sure what kind of response she wanted. Todd said something about trying to keep our sanity...like I said-I didn't really know these people and I wasn't sure where she's was headed. Anyways, we went on talking and then out of the blue a little bit later, she says, "So why do you homeschool, Gal?" I proceeded to tell her that we didn't want to turn our kids over to complete strangers (we live in a pretty big city)-we don't know people who work in the schools or anything...before I could finish she was making comments about basically how bad our society is and kids being into things at such young ages, I agreed with her (although that isn't our reasoning for homeschooling). Then, her husband chimes in and says, "Well, you can't keep them away from the heathens their whole life-when they get older they won't know what to do" or something like that. I told him, that wasn't our intentions (although it is nice that our kids aren't exposed to so many things) to keep our kids away from everyone, we just don't want them to be subjected to the teachings and philosophies of the world. For instance evolution....his response was they have to teach both sides in school. When I was in school, they didn't teach "both sides", it was pretty much evolution and that's it. But like I told him, they might have to teach both sides, but we don't have to send our kids to be taught that. I will be happy when I get to the place that I won't be defensive about the number of kids we have and different things we choose to do with them...if I ever get to that place....I guess I just never imagined all of the attention (good and bad) having several kids would bring. Not that I would change anything, but I just never knew.
I know this is turning into a novel (since I haven't talked about anything really lately), so I will tell a short story and quit. Last Sunday night at church, there was a missionary family presenting their work-they are going to Egypt. They had two children-a girl, 7 and a boy, 5-they are from North Carolina-where my oldest sister happens to live. The kids seemed to become instant friends....they were playing together in the nursery after church. I overheard one of my kids ask the little boy, "Do you know a teenager named James?" (which would be my nephew) I think he said no. Then they said, "Well, do your parents know a woman named Glenda?" (Surely they must know them, since they all live in North Carolina.) :-) It was just sweet watching them play....and how they think sometimes...it's just cute.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Ramblings...
The kids and I have 6 days of school left!! We are so excited and ready to be done! I am so thankful the Lord has helped us through another year. We always hear from people, "Are you going to homeschool all of them" or "are you going to homeschool all the way through"...and we always answer "We don't know...we'll just have to see how it goes". As with everything in this house, we just take it one day at a time, or one school year at a time. I was so nervous to teach 3, especially since one of those was Sarah Beth, but the Lord has helped us and we've almost made it! :-) The kids have done well-I am pleased with their progress. We need to work on Spencer's facts some-he wants to count on his fingers way too much-but overall I think we're doing okay! I do know as for next year, we are going to be homeschooling because we already bought the curriculum-and Shelby is going to be doing DVD's w/a REAL teacher!
I hear Todd coming in...I'll have to post more later. There are several more things I wanted to share!
I hear Todd coming in...I'll have to post more later. There are several more things I wanted to share!
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