I haven't been on here since I don't know when.  But it's been quite some time.

Things are going alright for us.  We have adjusted to our older son being in a group home.  He is doing wonderfully though and seems very happy there.  We are able to get him and bring him home often since he doesn't live far away from us.  He starts a new school though, next month and might cause some complications with his autism.  We are already praying about that. 

On the homefront, our daughter is going to be working in a beauty salon as an apprentice.  She's been wanting to go to beauty school for awhile now, but the cost is more than she or we can afford so this apprenticeship will really be something doable for her.  Ahhh, we will miss the Starbucks coffee she brings home for her rent.

We will be starting school up next week.  I'd like to try and do a year 'round type school since he needs extra practice in certain areas such as reading comprehension.  He's doing well. He's got an excellent memory on things that he 'wants to remember' that is.  He just celebrated his 11th birthday last month and will be going into 5th grade.  I get a bit more nervous the higher grades we go since things like math get more complicated.  Hey, I'm just trying to remember how to do the fractions and whatnot, it had been so long and we all know math is probably my most hated subject.

We've had a nice summer so far.  My dad came down for a visit and spent Father's day with us, which was nice.  We had a good time with him coming down.  Nathan sure liked his visiting with Papa.  In fact, he got a little something in the mail yesterday from Papa, and he immediately wrote him a short note back.  He sent a magazine page of presidential facts.  Nathan loves facts about the presidents, who was the tallest, who was the oldest elected, who had the most kids, who was the largest, etc.  In fact, he already knew over half of the facts.

We joined a new church as well, a few weeks ago.  It's like going back to our grass roots.  It's a Baptist church and it feels good to sing the hymns that most churches don't sing now.  Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy praise music the upbeat and uplifting kind, but there's just something about a hymn that really makes your heart joyful.  The most important thing about the church is the pastor unabashedly preaches and teaches repentance and about Jesus Christ being the only way to the Father.  Again, alot of churches nowadays are pulling away from this sort of thing, adopting an almost new age philosophy of God being in everyone. 

I've been doing alot of research the past year on various things relating to the end times, which I believe are here.  I've been looking up information on just about everything relating to the end times and getting into the Word more.  The Bible is so fascinating and the more I read, the more I get to know the Lord and His ways.  My bible is starting to get all highlighted and underlined now with verses that I remember my mom reciting to me all the time.

Time this year has gone by faster than any time I can remember.  It seems the older I get, the faster it goes.  And that old question, where does the time go, really applies.  Once it's gone, it's gone. I and think, what have I done for Him today?

God bless!