WELL WE STARTED OUR SCHOOL YEAR ON THE 8TH . I SO FAR HAVE DONE WELL AT KEEPING TO OUR SCHEDULE. WHICH REALLY ALLOWS THINGS TO FLOW. WE HAD SOME ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENTS THE FIRST TWO WEEKS . WE ARE USING A MISH MOSH OF CURRICULUM THIS YEAR. ABEKA, BOB JONES, ACE, ROD AND STAFF. IM PROBLEY LEAVING SOMETHING OUT. ZACH IS IN 10TH , JAKE IS 8TH( HAS BEEN MY STRUGGLING LEARNER TIL NOW! IS IMPROVING IN HIS READING SKILLS SO MUCH I WAS ABLE TO PLACE HIM IN 8TH!) AND MY DAUGHTER SARAH IS IN 5TH. FOR THOSE INTERESTED THIS IS WHAT OUR SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE: WAKE UP /EAT/DRESS 8 AM BIBLE 9 AM READING ENGLISH SPELLING 9:30AM BREAK 10:30 AM MATH 11:00 AM LUNCH 12:00 PM HISTORY 1:00 PM SCIENCE 1:30 PM ART/MUSIC ETC 2:00 PM NOW WE ALSO HAVE THE REST OF THE DAY SCHEDULED TOO... MY OLDEST DOESNT FOLLOW OUR SCHEDULE HES MOSTLY AN INDEPENDANT LEARNER . WE JUST USE THE BIBLE AND THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEARN GODS WORD. FOR READING WE HAVE OLD ABEKA READERS AND WE READ FOR 20 MINUTES M-TH TOGETHER AND FRIDAY IS COMPREHENSION TIME READING QUIETLY. ENGLISH IS BJU 6TH GRADE FOR BOTH YOUNGER KIDS SPELLING IS JUST A LIST I GIVE THEM EACH MONDAY .THEY HAVE TO WRITE THEM 5X AND GIVE A SENTENCE FOR EACH AND TESTED ON FRIDAYS. NEXT YR I MAY VENTURE INTO THE SPELLING NOTEBOOK METHOD. MY OLDEST USED ABEKA PLUS HAS LITERATURE. MATH IS BJU FOR MY OLDEST (GEOMETRY) SAXON FOR MY TWO YOUNGER ONES HISTORY..WE USE ACE 8TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDY AND I READ TO THEM AND HAVE HANDS ON FOR GEOGRAPHY AS MUCH AS WE ARE ABLE. MY OLDEST USES BJU. SCIENCE MY OLDEST USES ABEKA BIOLOGY PLUS LABS, AND MY MIDDLE IS USING ACE , MY DAUGHTER IS USING ROD AND STAFF( I LOVE IT !!) I ALSO HAVE ABEKA ART FOR MY DAUGHTER. I WILL BE GETTING BJU GUITAR LESSON BOOK FOR MY OLDEST SOON. WELL THATS WHAT WE DO. SO FAR ITS WEEK 3 AND WE ARE GETTING USE TO WAKING UP EARLIER. LAST YEAR MY HUSBAND I HAD A RESTAURANT AND IT WAS SO HARD TO HOMESCHOOL AND HELP MY HUBBY ..I WENT IN MORNINGS AND MY SON WORKED LUNCH. BUT WE DID IT. WE HAD TO CLOSE OUR BUSINESS WHICH IS OK. I FEEL BLESSED TO GIVEN THIS TIME AGAIN SO I REALLY WANT TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF THIS TIME GOD HAS GIVEN US.

     It is amazing to me how fast time goes by .  Its been since Oct 16 since my last entry.  Wow. 

     This is a homeschool blog so i will blog about homeschooling.  Our hsing year is almost done til we take a break for summer;although we will continue in reading, cursive practive and multiplication practice. May 29th is our last day.  This year was more challenging then others but at the same time more exciting.  My husband and I have a restaurant now and we had a bit of a hard time trying to figure out how to have me at the restaurant plus effectively hs the kids.  We finally after many trials and errors we found out what works.  I go in while the kids are sleeping.  I go in at 5am and help open up and take care of breakfast shift and my oldest hes 15 in 2 wks wakes up @7AM.  And is independant in his studies.  Then @ 10 or sometimes 9:30 i go pick up my oldest and bring him in and he works til 2 or 3..then we close(during tues-thursday) anyway..i come back home and teach the younger 2.  

    This year has been one of my favorite years because I have taken on more of a go with the flow approach and we have had more fun with science and history and just relaxed more..we have still had those days we all tend to have.  But I seem to lean more and more towards some what the Charlotte Mason Methods..although i don't proclaim to know all of her ideas.  Well i will enter more later..i have to go get the hubby and son...God Bless!!!

     ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE MY LAST ENTRY.  LIFE AS YOU ALL KNOW GETS SO BUSY.  SO MANY NEW THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND HAVE HAPPENED SINCE MY LAST ENTRY.  LET ME START BY SAYING  I AM MY HUSBANDS 2ND WIFE.  HE HAS THREE CHILDREN FROM THAT MARRIAGE.  THE KIDS GREW UP WITH OUT HIM FOR REASONS I WONT DISCUSS.  WELL ITS BEEN 18YRS SINCE HES SEEN THEM..UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO HE HADNT EVEN SPOKE TO THEM.  WELL THROUGH AN EMAIL I SENT TO THERE HALF SISTER WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM OUR CONTACT INFO AND LOW AND BEHOLD ..ON A SAT AFTERNOON WHILE CLOSING OUR RESTAURANT(ANOTHER NEW THING I WILL SHARE) WE GOT A CALL FROM THE OLDEST SON BRIAN WHO IS 28.  WHAT A BLESSINGS..AFTER SOME AWKWARDNESS AND SORRYS ..FORGIVENESS.. WE FIND OUT WE HAVE A DAUGHTER IN AND LAW AND A GRANDDAUGHTER!!  ACTUALLY ALTOGETHER WE HAVE FOUR GRANDCHILDREN~!!!!   OUR SON(MY STEP) ADAM IS A LITTLE CAUTIOUS AT THIS POINT..BUT THE SAT BEFORE LAST WE RECIEVED ANOTHER CALL FROM OUR DAUGHTER RACHEL!!! AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING TO WHERE SHE LIVES TO PICK HER AND HER BABY UP FOR A WEEK LONG VISIT!  WE ARE SO OVERWHELMED WITH GODS PLAN AND HOW IT IS COMING TOGETHER. 18 YRS OF A PRAYER.. GOD MADE A WAY WHERE WE COULDNT SEE A WAY..THROUGH GOD THE KIDS HAVE FORGIVEN MY HUSBAND AND THE THREE CHILDREN MY DH HAVE TOGETHER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO START A RELATIONSHIP WITH THERE HALF SIBLINGS.  MY STEP DAUGHTER AND MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER LOOK SO MUCH A LIKE ITS AMAZING..  WE TRUST THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OF THESE ADULT CHILDREN.  THEY HAVE EMBRACED ME AND THERE SIBLINGS THEY DIDNT KNOW EXISTED UP TIL A MONTH AGO..  OK NOW THE NEXT NEW THING.

THE PIC OF MY 18YR OLD STEP DAUGHTER AND HER BABY WHOS 6MOS OLD, OUR 14YR SON, OUR 12YR OLD SON, AND OUR 9 YR OLD DAUGHTER. 

     MY HUSBAND IS A CHEF (BY TRADE) AND HAS ALWAYS DREAMED OF HAVING HIS OWN RESTAURANT.  WE HAD ONE A LONG TIME AGO THAT JUST DIDNT MAKE IT .  WELL GOD HAVE THAT PASSION TO MY HUSBAND AGAIN AND AUGUST 13.  WE OPENED OUR DOORS TO OUR RESTUARANT CORNERSTONE RESTUARANT.  ITS BEEN A STRUGGLE TO GROW BUT IT DOES CONTINUE TO GROW.  SO MANY BLESSINGS AT ONCE!

     WELL THE THIRD NEW THING IS WE PUT OUR DAUGHTER IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL A HOP SKIP AND JUMP FROM THE RESTAURANT.  I STILL HAVE MIXED FEELINGS BUT ITS A VERY VERY SMALL SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE FOUR DAYS THEN THREE DAYS ROTATION.. I STILL HOMESCHOOL THE BOYS IN THE RESTAURANT WHICH IS HARD SOME DAYS.  I MISS MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHES NOT THERE BUT SHE IS DOING SO WELL THERE BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE AND WE ARE LEANING ON GOD TO MAKE A WAY .  I WELCOME ANYONES COMMENTS OR EXPERIENCES ON ANYTHING IVE SHARED.  IM SURE THERES OTHER THINGS BUT I WILL KEEP AS IT IS.