Trying a new thing here...uploading my files straight to the HSB so we'll see how this works. Thought I would show some of the everyday things we've done with our time this summer--swimming, playing Littlest Pet Shop(constantly!), visiting an old Gold Mine (we ARE in California, after all!) and celebrating Gabe's 13 yo birthday (with his siblings and other friends)
I've spent a lot of time this summer in prayer....prayer that our year would go well, that God would watch over hubby (and us!) as we prepare for another Middle East deployment this fall. 
Prayer for each child, that I can somehow help give them what they need from me in the coming year. For some of them, this has nothing to do with school, but more about letting them grow into who God has made them. Always a balancing act!
I love this verse, from The New Living Translation:
Philippians 4:6
"Don't worry about anything;instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus"
I am guaranteed nothing but the Lord's peace, and that is enough. But I love that picture of it guarding my heart and mind. He has not given me a task too difficult to accomplish. He cares more about my children than I ever could and will show me what each of them needs, be it a math or character lesson. God is so good!
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