We are home from a wonderful vacation.  I am relaxed, refreshed and READY to begin our school year!  I love this feeling!  When we left town I did not even want to THINK about school yet!  I took all my teaching manuals with me and got really excited after reading thru the 1^st few weeks.  I knew when I ordered this year’s curriculum that this would be a fun year.  Now I’m even more excited about our year long history (His story) unit study- Creation to the Greeks.  We will travel back in time to Old Testament times as we learn about the history & culture of Israel & other civilizations; Egypt, Greece and Babylonia.  I am looking forward to recreating the feasts commanded by God that the Jewish people celebrated.  I hope to better understand these Jewish practices as the year progresses. 

We will begin school next Tuesday.  The first week we will learn about the Shabbat or Sabbath.  Wow!  There is A LOT of preparation for this 24 hour day of rest!  I’ll be exhausted & ready for a day of rest by the time we get all that done!!  haha

Before we start school I have a few more goals I need to achieve this week!  Haha  My big goal is to get all of our closets & drawers cleaned out then get the boys rooms cleaned & organized again!  I know I just did that at the beginning of summer!  WHAT HAPPEN?!!  ;o)  IF I can get all that done I will have accomplished every “summer goal” except cleaning the garage!  I’ll wait for a cool Autumn day to tackle that one!

I haven't loaded vacation pics on my computer yet but I'll post some soon.  All 3 boys learned how to waterski this week.  We also had a blast at Schlitterbahn!!  My favorite was getting some REST!!  NOW I'm ready to think about school!!  Keep us in your prayers as we begin our new school year.

Check back soon for pics....  Closets are calling me.....