It's been a while since I've written anything here so in the next day or so I'll be transferring some posts I've written for friends and family on my old website to catch everyone up in one place. We've had a few birthdays since my last entry and we'll be having 2 more in March. The kids keep growing and changing and life doesn't slow down so that I can catch up with it all :) Spring is almost here and I am very much looking forward to warm weather and Spring Cleaning! More soon...

Wow, summer has been flying by and it is almost time to get back into some kind on schedule. We haven't done much 'school' over the summer like I had planned. I'm still working on decluttering the house (mostly the BOOKS!) and making decisions on curriculum for this year.

So, what's new here? Well, our 3 year old dd gave herself a haircut a few weeks ago. I had to remind myself that it WILL grow back.... Our 9 month old ds started walking! He looks so cute waddling around the house. None of my others started walking this early.... We've gone to a few of the free family movies at our local theater and that has been fun. It's always fun to go and watch a movie on that big screen (especially when it is FREE!) and share a bucket of popcorn. Next Tues. is the last one for the summer.... Our garden is a jungle of weeds. I've been slacking badly on getting out there and keeping the weeds under control. We still have corn and tomatoes growing anyway.... My dh found a job! After 7 months of unemployment we have an income again. Yay!.... I think that's about all.

I want to thank all of you that left comments for me. I don't know if there is a way to respond to them but I do read them and it is so nice knowing you care enough to let me know you are out there and reading my blog. I really do plan to post more frequently.

My dh took the middle 3 children to his brother's house and I'm sitting here browsing the "For Sale" ads on various homeschool message boards, reading email and catching up on the latest messages on the numerous homeschool-related yahoo groups I'm a member of but rarely make the time to post on myself. I should be cleaning up the kitchen, folding the mountain of laundry waiting on my couch, making a list of the books and supplies I have to sell on the message boards and/or ebay and getting them posted up there, etc, etc, etc. I seriously need to get some focus. I jump from one activity to the next, constantly distracted from whatever it is I should be doing. Would this be considered ADHD? If not, what is my problem? I don't know that I expect any answers or quick-fix solutions but just thought I'd share what's on my mind at this very moment. Have a safe Memorial Day weekend (although it's half over...see, I'm also a procrasinator!) ......sigh

I also thought I'd add a picture of the kids. This was taken in our yard for my mom for Mother's Day but the sun was shining in their eyes so there's lots of squintin'.

Since I haven't introduced myself or my family yet here is a quick one. I'm a Christian wife and homeschooling mom of six wonderful children - Andrew (14), Ciera (13), Tyler (8), Grace (5), Ivanna (2.5) and Lee (7 months.) The question we get asked more than any other is "Are you going to have any more?" so in case anyone is wondering, we certainly hope so! We'll gladly accept as many children as God chooses to bless us with.

We live in PA, not too far from Harrisburg, on a small 2 acres bordering State Gamelands so we have lots of territory to explore for nature studies. All of my children are outdoor kids and on most days they wake up and want to go straight out the door to play. Even the baby gets excited when we go out and sit on the deck, go for a walk or on the swing. We try to live as naturally as possible and are learning all the time. Last weekend we finally got this year's garden started. Besides gardening and raising animals (rabbits, chickens & ducks so far) our family enjoys playing games, riding 4-wheeler, nature walks, reading and watching family movies together. We don't have cable/satellite tv so we have more time to pay attention to each other and do things together instead.

The next thing I want to learn is how to add things to this blog, like photos and my LibraryThing list. I'll have to work on that another day since it's time to get the kids to bed now.

Well, I'm back and going to try this again. I had a blog here but it disappeared sometime around Oct./Nov. when my baby (#6) was born. Maybe because I wasn't posting enough?

Anyway, I have so much on my mind and I keep CHANGING my mind so I hope just getting it out here will help me to organize my thoughts. Once I have my mind decluttered I'll get working on my house, LOL. One of the biggest problems I'm having, maybe *THE* biggest, is choosing curriculum. I already own so much and I really don't think there is anything we absolutely NEED at this time BUT I am so tempted by a few programs that I am really considering selling a few of our Sonlight cores so that I can buy either My Father's World- Exploring Countries and Cultures OR Winter Promise's Children Around the World. They both look so wonderful!  I need HELP!