I always think of so much I would like to blog about.  Sleep is just such a precious commodity for me right now that I choose it over blogging for some reason .  Steve is away at the Indiana Fellowship of Regular Baptist Churches (had to write that out since it won't be that for very long) Men's Retreat.  It is pretty much my tradition to stay up late when he goes to those things, so here I am.

Tonight was Nathan's Opening Ceremonies for T-ball.  He is so excited, and I guess I am too.  I was telling Steve the other day about how I had crushes on guys when I was younger.  I always had crushes on the most athletic kids in the class.  Steve snorted as he said that was how I ended up with him  .  Anyway, back in my former life (ya know, when I still had brain cells), I LOVED baseball.  I'm sure I'll enjoy all the games way more than Nathan's five siblings!

Tomorrow Sarah is going to South Bend for the AWANA Grand Prix.  Not that she has a fast car . . . The Gollners can sure build a house, but not a car!!  Hannah has her first basketball practice tomorrow as well.  Oh, and we have a combined birthday party for Sarah and Esther in the evening.

Here is something I've been pondering lately.  I subbed in a computer class last week.  I was shocked at all the kids that got on the High School Musical website (1st graders).  Steve and I were talking about High School Musical and Hannah Montana.  I know Plugged In recently had an article about Hannah Montana that stated she was good, so far.  My Hannah always has people ask her if she likes Hannah Montana.  She always says she doesn't even know who she is.  Steve and I were talking about how these two shows are "innocent" from what I can gather (not that I have seen them), but maybe not completely harmless.  I guess that is one of the benefits of homeschooling . . . my kids are just a little more innocent concerning these things. 

I'm really struggling to get the little kids ready for the "Scripturation" we have at church next month.  The older girls have so much Scripture memorized, and can work on memorization on their own now.  However, I'm finding very little time to teach Nathan his passage.  I wanted him to memorize the Nathan and David passage  . . . The Veggie Tales song "There once was a man, a very poor man" is running through my head right now.  So far he knows, "And the LORD sent Nathan to David."  Ha!  We were watching videos from Esther's baby dedication the other day when Hannah and Sarah (4 and 3, I think) quoted the Esther passage.  Wow! 

That leads me to my struggle with quiverfullness.  I've never considered myself "quiverfull", but I tell people I'm probably more quiverfull than 95% of the people they know.  I do want to allow God's natural design to work in our family and be blessed with godly offspring that I can raise for His glory.  I've really felt since Joshua was born that I'm maxed out on my ability to train all the kids the way I think they need to be trained.  I know I can do all God's will through His strength, but I think this Scripture memorization example shows it isn't happening the way I had hoped.  I remember telling my sister before our kids were even old enough to school yet that one of the reasons I wanted to homeschool was so I could really teach my children a lot of Scripture.  There is so much time wasted in the public school system (at least the ones I've been in), that homeschooling should be a huge advantage for using time to teach Scripture.  I just hate to keep saying I'll get around to Nathan later!

Okay, it is now 11:37 pm.  I really should go to bed.  I would like to include a picture, but I'm having trouble figuring that out!

Hummmmm?!

Still can't figure it out  . 

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