We had a blast at Family Camp at Big Sandy, TX, recently (International Alert Academy). For those who'd like to see a few pictures, go to my xanga. I have two posts on family camp with a family portrait post sandwiched between. I highly recommend this as your next family vacation (October in northeast Texas). It was so nice to have a full week of fun together in one place, meals and lodging provided. Ahhhh. :-)
http://www.xanga.com/mom_of_seven
Hope everyone is having a great fall homeschooling. Monday was one of those horrible, terrible, very bad days for me--late sleeping, pouring rain, splitting headache. Ya know how it is. I feel *so* much better now that the weather has settled into sunny and beautiful.
I am off the THSC leadership retreat with a friend. An unexpected blessing...I wasn't going, but another friend isn't going to be able to make it, so I'm taking her spot.
Have a good weekend, everyone. | 
I see you don't use this blog anymore - that's too bad because you have so much richness to your life via having been through so many seasons of homeschool. I came about your blog because I was googling those that use ATI (I'm interested in it, thinking about it) and became intrigued with your posts. I could totally relate to so much of what you have written - I have two children in their late twenties, married with kids; two teenagers, and two in gradeschool. You articulated well the situations/emotions that arrive with all of that.
Antoinette