Can't believe how fast things are going. We just finished up our home schooling PE class for this year and it's sad not to be getting together with the other moms every week. Though I have made several more friends this year and look forward to seeing them over the summer. One lady and I are going to teach our high schoolers next year sign language for their foreign language course.  California requires one year of foreign language to graduate from high school and sign language is deemed a foreign language, it is also recommended for those with an audio learning disorder ADD is one of them. I did some research and found this course online that is free, I am really excited about it. ASL University go to the syllabi and scroll down to were it says ASLU Level 1 [Home School / Self-Testing. 

I have been so frustrated with Edu Track and I have read several blogs over the last several months of people who were frustrated with Edu Track and recommended Homeschool Tracker so I thought I would check it out. Oh man was it so much easier to use and the customer support was awesome! They have training videos, discussion group and live chat (haven't had to use the live chat) The people have been very curtious and helpful. I have been having a blast creating lesson plans and getting things ready for next year. Having several kids needing or going to need to use the same books over the next several years, I liked that I can make a lesson plan for say Math U See Zeta and be able to save it to use in the next coming years for the next four kids. All lesson plans are reuseable for years to come, hence make a lesson plan once and then assign it as offen as you need to, the work is already done. Plus there are already made lesson plans that are shared for free in a yahoo group that you just have to download them import. There is so much I can do with this, I love it!

Dear Hubby is on vacation for two weeks!!! We were given free 2fer tickets and went to California Adventure this last week. (Have pictures but haven't had time to down load them yet) We had a blast! None of us had ever been there before. This week we plan to go to Disneyland, "regular" school isn't out yet so it shouldn't be too crowded.

DS2 unsure about the tram from the parking lot to the park.

DD1 and DS1 with DD4's back of the head. They all liked the tram rideDD4 and DS1, excited about the day.

DD1, DH holding DS2, DD2 front row DD4, DS1 and DD3

Hey look a real family picture, I made it in the photo and with Goofy to boot, does that tell you something about us. LOLHad to take pictures of these doors, I could relate. Ha ha

Must be the government door.

HMMMM.

Aah my little peanut. She was my  riding buddy for the day.DD1 and DS1 were riding buddies.DD2 and DD3 were riding buddies.DS2 and DH were riding buddies, looks like son is starting to get use to the rides.Videos of trip will be loaded on my Facebook. Don't know how to imbed them in the blog.

We all got the flu Thursday night into Friday, it was yukky and painful. Friday DH and I were suppose to take my van in to get new tires, brakes and oil and filter change, neigther one of us felt up to going so tomorrow we will and have a breakfast date at the same time! Do to the flu, DD2 wasn't able to go to her PE class's swim party. I was bummed.

DD1 is off at the wedding of her youth pastor today. The wedding is at the church I grew up in and became a christian at. The reception is up here so when she is done she will call and we will go get her. I just got some more yarn in the mail yesterday that I plan on making a skirty for my daughter and longies or shorties for my son. DD1 doesn't think the blue is boy enough.

I will get to it one of these days. Now I love my friend Bridgets longies, skirties but unfortunatly she has no pattern for sale yet so I had to go and get an other pattern to hold me over.  I have knit both sleeves to my brother in laws sweater and a wonderful lady on Ravelry explanded how to attach my sleeves to the main body. Now do to not having long enough circular needles so my stiches wont commit suicide by jumping off the end of my needles, I contacted my "local" yarn store to see if they had the ones I needed, Well they are in the process of moving closer to me but haven't finished their move yet, but you can call or email them and if they have or can get it they will mail it to you. Great!!....but they emailed me to tell me they were in Idaho until June 5 or 6, so I just have to put the sweater on hold until they get back :(

Ok I am in the process of downloading my pictures and I need to use a new place to store them so maybe I will be back to edit this post with pictures. Oh an I believe there are pictures of the fire that was just across the way in the open field on Thursday afternoon. DD2 took pictures, after calling 911 to report a brush fire and watching it for a time I was feeling to achy so she took the pictures while I laid on the couch.

Yes this is what it looked like looking down our street. Thankful that the wind was plowing the other direction. Remember the sheep I told you about in an earlier post? This is why.