Hello!  My name is Jenn, and I am a Christian, homeschooling mother to 4 blessings.  My oldest, A, is 13 and is in 8th grade.  She resides with her father in another state at this time, and we are hopeful that in the future she will desire to reunite with us.  My other three children are boys...B is 7 and in second grade; R is 6 and in first grade;. and J is almost 3 and homeschooling preschool.  We reside on 7 acres in the GREAT Lone Star State (Yee-haw!), with Rosey Mae, Greta, King, Caeto, and Buckey (dogs), 7 chickens, and 2 goats.

Our homeschooling adventure began in 2000.  My oldest was attending first grade in the public school.  Every morning she shed tears as she got ready for school, exclaiming that she "already knows it all so why should I go?" and the fights we would encounter each evening as we tackled homework that she didn't think she should have to do since she "already knows it all...why should I do it?"  We had major behavioral problems at school that just about every day I received a phone call that she had been sent to the principal's office.  Oh boy....I was at a loss.  I didn't know WHAT we were going to do....until God had His plan ready for our family.  A family member started to homeschool THEIR children...and we were hooked.  

August 2000 we started on our homeschooling.  That first year, we used Sonlight Curriculum Introduction to World History One Year....the whole Language Arts, Science, Math, History, and Bible.  We DOVE into it.  Wow what a shock to a new homeschooling mama who also had an 18-month-old AND was 6 months pregnant at the time. 

We didn't have long enough to try to work out the kinks in our systems and figure out how things should flow....when I went into pre-term labor with water breaking at 29 weeks....Suddenly DAD had to take over, while MOMMA was in the hospital on strict bedrest for the remainder of the pregnancy.  All schoolwork came to a screeching halt while we waited for our baby to come at a safe time.  He was born 6 1/2 weeks early, was 4 lbs. 10 ounces...and spent 8 days in the hospital baby nursery. 

The remainder of that school year was a complete blur...we had a 7yo, a toddler, and a new, premature baby.  When the baby cried, the toddler would cry...life was a blur of diapers, sleepless nights, and feedings. 

Things got easier with each succeeding year, as life brought on new challenges...first with a toddler and a newborn, then a preschooler and a toddler (THAT was interesting!), and then two preschoolers, which brought about toilet training two at once!...then a kindergartener to homeschool and a preschooler....

When I found out I was pregnant AGAIN!  Baby J was born without incident when he was supposed to be born LOL.  This time, I was determined to nurse baby J with 3 other children running around.  Sadly to say, I relied on my own strength this time around and not that of the LORD...and thought it was best to put the oldest into 6th grade and the oldest boy into kindergarten....and then the next year 7th grade, 1st grade, and kindergarten...while there were numerous personal problems on the forefront that needed immediate attention. 

It is absolutely AMAZING what the LORD God can do to one's life...when you come humbly before Him, seek His face, and His Will for you and your family!  I had INCREDIBLE peace as my husband and I strove toward reunification of our family.  It was a difficult time for us apart...and we relied on the LORD to get us through. 

We decided that we would take our boys back out of the public school system and homeschool once more.  My heart leaped at the thought of having them home with me again and to be their teacher as the LORD has instructed me to do, and to be a joyful mother of children.  We started homeschooling again on September 15, 2006.