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Well here it is again ....Summer Time. For us it's a time of break and regrouping. To update everyone on us we have had a eventfully first couple of weeks of summer. Jessica our dd who is 17 had her tonsils and ads out.. that was an adventure. The dr said the older you are the worse it is on you. After seeing her go through it at 17 ...mine will stay right where they are...LOL. She had a really rough 3 days afterward. They had her on a morphine pump for pain in the hospital. But since being home she hasn't needed any pain killers ..Thank God cause i didn't want her to get addicted to those things. Today is her 1 week check up...pray things will be healing well. Cause she is going nuts not being able to work or eat anything other then really soft foods.. The boys are actually doing really well with added chores since Jess can't do alot yet..It amazing me how they can be so lovely when need be but once she is healed...watch out ..>LOL Actually they are doing well. They are enjoying the time off...little do they know i'm planning to start a lite schedule of schooling for the summer. Don't them to loose what they have learned from last year by being off for 3 months.. This summer we have put in a bigger garden..but with all this rain and storms that are running through Iowa this year it's been under water...it'll either do great or drown. We are working our way to self reliant..and learning how to cook and store food..with gas prices and food prices we need a solution some where...and it's a great teaching tool. Ok more later must get this rear in gear.....lol
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Wow ..hard to believe it's 2008 already!! And a change for a new beginning. For us here we are starting a new system for school..so to speak. I 've be hitting around the idea of starting lapbooks but never really have. So what better time to start them then to start at the beginning of a new year. Right? The boys have told me..Mom, we need to do more things that are fun for school. So here we are with lapbooks. I let the boys pick what they wanted to do this time. And of course they pick ones with about 85 pages of cutting and folding. So the the past 3 days or so we have been cutting and folding then will get to the writing and researching. Wonder how it's going? They love it!! I even have one wanting to work on them when we aren't "schooling" ..if there is such thing, when you homeschool. And I want to do more craft ideas with them. Anything to make learning time more fun. I don't want to have a bored to death child. Man.. we can't have that here. lol Update in my surgery...on Dec 21 I had a polyp removed from the uterus..today went back to the ob/gyn all is fine. PTL. Nothing to worry about. Which deep down inside I think I knew that, cause I have a sense of ease threw this whole process. And I know Who is in control of all. And it is not me.PTL for that, cause sure as the sun is hot..I would mess it up.. BIG TIME. It still amazes me how calm I was through it all. Some that know me, know that I use to have major anxiety over little things. And Lord knows this was no little. until you find out what it is. But there was no anxiety over this. The Lord has blessed me yet again. Thank You Lord for you protection. And thank you for such good and prayerful friends, cause I know prayers have been flying. Thank you my wonderful friends!! |
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With all the hype on Christmas in this world. Many tend to loose track of what it is. Christmas should be something that is year around. Shouldn't we have that joy all year round? Should we keep it for only one day? I think not!! This year the kids reminded me off what Christmas should be. Yes even I lost track of what Christmas should mean. They came to me and ask Mom shouldn't we be giving instead of recieving? I about fell over, cause you know as I, that we teach and teach and something wonder is it really sinking in? I said well of course we are to give.. and in response I got...Why don't we do more of that then?.... |
Dumbfounded...I didn't know how to answer them. So we are working on ways to bless others. And not just at Christmas...for without Christ being born there is no Christmas right? But if we have Christ in us..aren't we suppose to have Christmas everyday? We are to work toward being more Christ like everyday....then what better way to do that then to be someone elses Christmas. In the sense of giving to others daily..whether it be giving of material items that are needed....needed not wanted...or just being that friend that has the should they can cry on. Even for our children to cry on ..so to speak. Yes i'm guilty of it. I get busy and one of the comes up and says ..Mom can we play a game or can you read this to me...and my answer is...not right now mom is busy. That's not showing a Christ-like attitude. Cause He would never tell us...not right now my child I'm busy!!....Something that I intend to work on this following new year. And to show my children as well as others...that Christmas should be all year long. When have only 1 Day devoted to the ONE that is EVERYTHING!! |
Ok well yes I have been a little lacked in keeping up with the blog.. A sense of calm continues to feel my heart and soul. I was told that it could possibly be the "C" word. And if it is we deal with it when the time comes. Or it could be nothing. But we can't worry about something that may never come true. We rest in HIS hands and let HIM handle all our worries and fears. I can't say the thought has never came into my mind that it could be cancer. But with HIM in my heart it never stays long in my mind. HE is my sense of calm and continues to be. How wonderful it is to bring things to HIS feet and LEAVE them there. Yes somethings aren't as easy to leave there. But if we don't leave them there, how can we have a sense of calm? |
So going to get caught up here..bear with me could be lengthy. lol. Lets start in November..went to the doctor for the yearly check up. After her exam I was told I have to have an ultrasound cause she feels that my uterus walls are abnormally thick..So off to the ultrasound..got threw that and of course the tech wouldn't say a word to what was on the pictures. So then a 3 day wait for the results. After the wait, I'm told I need to see an ob/gyn. OOOK..so onward to the next appt. where he schedule me for outpatient surgery which was on the 21st of December.. Through this whole thing I have this very real sense of calmness. It's a bit hard to explain. But it's just the comfort of knowing you aren't the one in control. That HE has everything in HIS hands...you what I mean? Anyway during surgery he removed a polyp and did a biopsy..and of course did the d&c. Was told to take it easy until the 8th of January when I return for the results. Yeah right Doc...I'm a homeschooling mom of 4..take it easy isn't in the vocabulary..lol....but I have had no pain no nothing with surgery.
I have come to realize that there is a time for planning for the school day..and a time to just let the kids run with whats on their minds...cause being a Lord lead school we can do that ... But i feel like that somedays we need more of structured school day..But I would be lost without our planner..For in our state we have to show a lesson for the ps who oversees us...I don't like it..but we all have bridges to cross. And with Him leading the way I have no worries..Yes it's a little more work on my part..but better then the latter...having my children in the ps system..and if all I have to do is doing some paperwork..then so be it....For I know the Lord will take care of whatever must be done....Granted there are days when we do 'run free'...and sometimes those days are better then the planned ones....but all in all ..we all have things we don't care to do...but we must...Just enjoy the fact that our children aren't in the ps system...and I, myself, praise the Lord everyday for the time with my children..and for the ability to stay at home and school my children...With so many ways to homeshcool no one set way it perfect for everyone...and i think that's what is the most interesting part of being in a support group for hs...we learn what others do...but doesn't mean that it'll work of all....we take bits and pieces for others..and make it work for our own families.....if nothing else that i have learned in the past 12 years is that no one form of homeschooling will work for everyone .. PTL for that...just like every child is different so is schooling...and I thank God for His help in every area of our lives...for raising our children to schooling them...for without Him we are nothing ...and without His Son there is nothing for us to be thankful for..without His payment of blood we couldn't go to the Father and ask for His help in any area of our daily lives....Thank Father for your Son whom died for me and for all who believe in His name...Amen |
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No child...not even a homeschooled child likes to get out of bed...lol.....even some of us mom's are not so willing...But with the Lord's help we all to shall over come... So continue to pray with us for a great school year...and with a new year is a new adventure....for we are trying new things this year!! Hope the kids enjoy something new for a change..and not the same old ..same old..... Here is wishing everyone a great new year of schooling in HIM!! For without Jesus nothing is possible..To HIM be all the glory ..for it si HIM that directs all our paths.......Thank You Father for you wonderful Son...for whom without ...we are nothing......Amen!!! |
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Well we had a great Thanksgiving...But come Friday we all ended up with the head stuff. Everyone is stuffed up..and just icky. So I'm praying we don't get too worse. This lovely Iowa weather where it's 50 one day..and 35 the next. We never know what we are getting. So the viruses are running wild. I'm hoping to kill the little buggers soon. Other then that we seem to be fine.. |
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We have been hsing for 11 yrs now...hard to believe at times..The JMSS is made up of ....Jessica who is now 16 yrs old...Mykel our first son is 10 yrs old...Sam the middle son is 7 and Spencer the baby of the bunch is 5...It's hard to believe we have been hsing for 11 yrs now....they are all doing very well in their homeschooling travel... |