Aug. 7, 2009 - Getting Ready for School
TF, I miss hearing about you and your wonderful family. I hope you get a blog soon!!!
Summer is almost over and for the first time since Wes and I started dating we did not go on a vacation this year. That is so not like us! But with finances the way they are and the uncertainty of Wes's job, we've stayed put. The oldest three children did go to church camp this summer. I am so thankful for that. They all had a wonderful time and were truly blessed. We have been thinking about going to Six Flags or somewhere for a day or so. I would rather go when school starts back so it is not as crowded.
Monday will officially be our first day of school! Harley will be in 9th grade. This year will be not only her first year of highschool, but we have changed curriculim. Harley will be using Switched on Schoolhouse. She is so excited, I just pray this continues all year long. Her birthday is next Friday, so we went ahead and gave her her present--a new laptop. She is thrilled!! This is for her to do her school. I am praying that she has obtained all those years of Abeka and that she will be able to do this work without any problems.
Hank will be in 5th grade. I will continue to use Abeka with him, except for Bible and Math. He will also be using Switched on Schoolhouse for those two subjects. Unlike Harley, he does not want to do school on the computer. He has never used a computer much and I think that is what is intimidating him. We did the practice lesson Wednesday and he did wonderful. He learned to spell carnivore and characteristic. I think he was shocked, I know I was. Ha ha!
Halston will be in 1st grade. He will continue using Abeka. He did really well last year and I am expecting him to be reading before the year is up. He will be going to public school twice a week for speech therapy. He is excited!
Hatton is 3 1/2 and will be sitting in for most of Halston's lessons. He really picks up quickly. He also loves to watch Sprout. He learns a lot from watching Barney and other shows on Sprout. I also have some Abeka Pre-K and Harley likes to be his teacher. Fun times!!!
Harmony is almost 9 months old. She is growing and learning everyday. She can blow kisses and is waving bye bye. She won't be a little baby long.
I am so blessed! I remember crying out to the Lord as I dropped off a screaming little girl at school for kindergarten. I was told that she would soon quit, to realize that she didn't. Everday for three years, Harley cried when I took her to school. She hated it!!! And in my heart I knew that God wanted me to homeschool her. But we needed my income or so we thought. So I continued working. I watched as my second child was being raised by grandparents and I felt like a part time mother. I prayed!!! I so wanted to be home with my kids. I prayed that God would give me a sign if I was to quit my job. That sign came in the form of me waking up at 7:00 on a Saturday morning feeling my milk coming in, and I wasn't nursing. I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. I knew then. The road has not been easy. Our finances are a mess. We struggle. But we are so blessed! Our children are worth far more than worldly possessions. Thank you God for answering my prayers!!!! I am blessed to have the best job in the world!!
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Aug. 8, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Josephine
Josephine
Aug. 10, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by tf
Isn't it amazing to feel God working in your life? It sounds like you are doing great and YES we do have the greatest job in the world.
We didn't go on vacay either, we haven't since babies started coming lol. The whole bedbug thing at motels freak us out anyway lol so we don't feel too deprived.
I had a few security issues with my blog, my pc got hacked into and the hacker stole all my login information that I had saved in my browser, I was afraid if he looked at my blog it would lead him to my friends and the ladies on the qf blogroll and I didn't want them to become potential victims so I rushed to delete my account before he had the chance to do much snooping. I am still without a personal blog, but hopefully I will have time to get a new one set up this week. I did get a recipe blog set up I will email you when I get a chance.
