Ok! my kids have decided that I need to blog again for it has been quite a while!
Its pretty hard to blog when life gets so busy with extra life!! If you know what I mean.
My mom is back in the hospital again dealing with a severe bloody nose! Complications from being on cumiden totally spelled wrong.  Anywhoo this alway adds extra stress to our days. I do love my mom dearly she just finds being under medical care comforting and then doesnt want to leave the hospital. She does have some medical issues that does need attention but being in the hospital for over a week is a little much for a nose bleed. Praying that they can help her to get this under control so she feels secure to go home. She was wanting the docs to guarentee her she'll never have another nose bleed, thats not going to happen!

Ok enough rambling of my beautiful mother I do love her and feel kind of guilty for being stressed over this!

This summer was a rough one living out in the rual area. We had so many chickens killed by our own dog ! And the monsoon storms out here are pretty wicked with nothing to stop or slow down the wind speed! We had whelping cages flying several times! Pretty amazing since these cages are huge and weigh quite a bit.

We finally have our Suburban back! I cannot tell you how frustrating our truck has been for us! We now have a totally rebuilt truck under the hood! I only wish the extieror would match! Its so falling apart, but for now seat covers will have to do!

Grass! we have finally started growing grass! It looks so green against the dry desert dirt! Its only in the front yard right now and is not quite all done but slowly it will be all covered! We also orderd some trees from Washington and they are do to be here this month! Yay! It will start looking much better with greenery all around.

We didnt get to do much this summer, no swimming, no camping (tents),no real vacation, but we did go to church camp that turned out to be a real blessing!
I wasnt looking to forward to it with all the mess and complications we have had at home with the Suburban and attacks on the chickens and storms and all. But God was so good to bless us with a wonderful time at camp. The speakers Reb and Beverley Bradley. They were so good addressing so many issues, they were so transparent and didnt come across as self righteous, or that hey you do these things and everything should be perfect! I really dont believe it when I hear people speak that they have this perfect homeschooling family! Its a hard job not only to homeschool but deal with all our real family issues. We all have them dont we! Thats why Christ died for us.  Dont get me wrong I love homeschooling my kiddos and wouldnt change it and feel so blessed that we can but it is a hard challenging job. If all we were doing was schooling then life would be so easy or at least less stressful, adding in taking care of the house, children, meals, mininstry ect. it for sure is a load!
We are going to be doing a boot camp approach at our house for a while as we redo our schedule and make it more breathable but in the long run getting more done! Im so tired of trying to do it all everyday! It leaves me feeling as though Im just trying to rush thru things to get it done and not enjoying it along the way. Im getting excited as we re-plan things and make more time allotted for life as that seems to happen so much!

Well I didnt mean to stuff so much in one blog entry! I will try and update much sooner!

Oh yes a great praise! Its Fall! thank the Lord above! I feel the coolness in the air, especially in the evenings, feels so good!

Blessings to all until later!
Debbie

Oh yes special thanks to Zachary for personalizing my blog with a jute box! Hmmm not to sure about the one bluegrass song but hey I do like bluegrass. Thanks Zach!