It is so close to summer, close enough for me, my younger two boys have finished up their school work, my oldest has about 10 days left and then we will be sendng his work to NARS. He is completing 8th grade this year but had taken primarily ninth grade course work and is very glad to have earned high school credits. He will be enrolled in NARS for 9th grade in September.

Even though the summer hasn't officially begun we are in a time off from school state of mind which makes finishing up really hard. It's going to be a busy summer and much of it is already spoken for. My oldest son will be going off the recruit trainings with his Sea Cadet group, we have the county fair with our 4H club, vacation bible school is coming up quickly at the end of June. I am hoping ot complete some of my course work towards my degree, lesson plan as much of my new 4H club year as possible, write a few more articles for associated content and I am building a homeschool art online website, slowly.

We will be doing a fun summer reading program, each child will have a subject to work in over the long hot weeks just to keep their skills up and before you know it we will be right back to September again.

Time goes by so quickly these days, I hope you all have a safe and happy summer, I'll check in now and then to keep up with friends here.

Take care,

Mary