Boy, where has the time gone?? I cant believe it is the end of August. Well let me caught you up. As you know I did a bunch of painting this summer. I can happily tell you that I do not have one white or off-white wall in my whole house! Color is the best. I even finally picked colors for my room and bath. I love it!! Sadly I must report that we did not get as much school done this summer break as I planned but that is life.  We bought a new van this summer, that was one of the high lights. I took over a couple of  cleaning  jobs of some local businesses from a friend who was moving to finance that purchase. Chaya helps me with the work. Chaya is now an employed teenager, this finances her many hair colors. We made it through Princess dance camp, soccer camp and games, baseball season, which BTW half of was in snow! It took summer forever to get here this year. Must of Chaya's plans for camps fell through so she is very happy for dance to be starting soon.  She did go river floating with her yougth group, her legs are still looking like she spent most of her time in the water not on the tube.

We started school August 4th, doing just 2 or 3 subjects a day until September 2 when we will start the full load. I am still struggling to do as much school together as possible but it seems we are all on such different levels, it is getting much harder. We have been doing Exploring Creation with Botany and using Live and Learns fold and learn notebook for our notebooking work. I am very impressed with this and plan to use the one for zoology 3 when we get there. Chaya is doing Apologia's General Science this year. It is very impressive and very much a "big kid's" book. She will not be doing zoology 3 with us which is sad and reminds me she only has 6 more years of school. Which also means this adventure that I started 7 years ago and tried to talk God out of hasn't killed either of us LOL.  BTW God still hasn't said ok, send them to public school. Yes, I still ask some days more than others ; )

Ok now for the pictures......

my room

Chaya's room, is it not terrible? What can I say, yes I painted it and no I dont have to look at it much or sleep in there!!!Brushing Bowzer's teeth!! Hope that isnt my toothbrush!!!!

Swimming summer birthday party

Chesney masters her bikewith a little help from Dad

New look for Chase's room

Cade's new look for the summer. We cut the braid off a few days ago. He was over it.