The Lord Is My Strength - Homeschool Blogger

Our Verse Today

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:14:00 -0500

Psalm 101:2

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.

O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk

within my house with a perfect heart.

September 18th

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:00:00 -0500

Last week we had a huge blessing financially! We have been struggling for quite awhile now. It was nice to finally be able to get my kiddos a few peices of new clothing that they needed! God is good!

Austen also had his first football game. He had worked hard the past 2 weeks to make it on the A squad. To our surprise he did make it and practiced with A squad the week prior to his game. When he found out he was so exited because he had his doughts about making it. Well when it came to game time Saturday we were all exited to see him play. Every time ww looked out in the fiels we expected him to be in the plays........well they never put him in . First I was angry and then I just kept thinking Ok there has to be a reason so I will wait this out. Then as I sat in the stands, I saw him pacing back and forth and I could tell he was really upset. I began to become emotional. I looked at my husband and said 'Thats it Im taking him off the team!'

Then when B squad went out to play they played him?????? I thought why in the world would they practice him for 2 weeks with A squad? And then put him in to play in a game with the B squad? I still have no clue as to why this happened. I will be trying to talk to coach today.

We will be going to the church tomorrow to school with the other kids.

Thursday September 14th 2006

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:02:00 -0500

We are headed to school at the church with the home school group.

It will be a busy day, I am behind on my house work ::::eeek::::

I am going to have Austen ride with a friend to his football practice today, and that should allow me a few hours to catch up a bit!

Austen's hand writing has really improved this year!! I am so exited about how well he is doing!

Ok Im off for now, Have a Blessed Day!!

September 12 2006

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:10:00 -0500

I am feeling much better today whoo hoo!! My kiddos gave me their colds.

I layed in bed most of the day Monday until I had to take Austen to practice.

Last week went fine, just had to work out the little kinks. We did spend one day at the church schooling with the other kids. Austen slept in today a bit which I don't mind, as long as he is ready to begin by 9:00.

Dh had been working a ton. I feel so bad for him. I have been trying to have everything done when he comes home from work in the evenings so he can just relax. Austen has FB practice every day so there are days I drop him off and then dh will pick him up on his way home from work.

Trying to stay on task has been a challenge this past week. Austen took 2 of his tests Monday and then he will take one today. I am trying to spread out his days because in every subject on day 1 he has to write out the meaning of words and usually it is 20 per subject. It is a bit overwhelming !! Most of our homeschool group started a week prior to when we did so we are a bit behind, but that doesn't really matter I guess.

Our First Week Of HS

Sat, 9 Sep 2006 06:52:00 -0500

Well we made it through our first weeks :) Austen had a difficult time the first day (Tuesday), but by Thursday he was doing much better. His handwriting really is nice this year to my surprise!! He started football on Tuesday as well. It will be a crazy 2 months because he has practice daily from 5-7 pm and then a game every Saturday.

I had two hard days myself last week with migraine headaches both days.

Last night I took Austen out for a one on one date night. We planned on going to the HS football game, but we could'nt find a place to park so we decided just to go to dinner and then we bought a movie from Wally World. We enjoyed our time together.

I probably will join the other HS group at church a couple days a week. Austen likes to be with the other kids and it is a nice change of pace for us.

A New School Year Is Here

Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:27:00 -0500

A new year has arrived, summer went way to quick. Austen is beginning his 5th grade year. I am a bit nervous but i am confident God will be with us.

This year we will not have Jesse. So it should be a bit more realxed however i want to stay on a schedule. I am starting Blake this year he turned 3 in July. We will just do the very bascics just so he will have a bit of a head start.

Austen also starts football tonight from 5-7pm. For 2 full months it will be practice every day and games every Sat. Kinda crazy but it will be fun!

We are doing Landmark Baptist Press for curriculum and the subjects are:

Bible, English, Math, Spelling, Science, and History. Austen is being extremely slow today (being his first day) he is on subject 2 and started at 9 am it is now 11:30 lol. First thing this morning his mouth was running so I sent him to his room to do his work. Ugh.....this is so scarey to me but God is going to get us through it I just need to stay consistent and NOT let my emotions get the best of me :) I remember all the times I wanted to give up last year but I didn't cave in I just kept going .

School Yesr Finished!!

Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:38:00 -0500

Yes surie! Austen finished his testing this week. We are all set for summer. I did go and get him 3 good books to read this summer, and we will still continue every other day with math.

I am still up in the air about next year, as far as Reading-Literature goes. Also I really wouldn't mind getting a different curriculum for history. I really like Lanmarks curriculum but the materials are quite boring. There are very few pictures and its all black and white. But as far as Biblically, it is right on!

The church is also talking about having a school there but I really don'r forsee it happening right away because we will not have our new building for a year or two.

Blake fell today and hit his chin on the counter and his front teeth went through his tonquetalk about panic ugh.....he has a hole in his tonque. Poor lil guy. I finally got the bleeding to stop and then called the advice nurse. She said just to watch it and make sure it didn't swell. He's doing good tonight.

I started a graphic list with rated "G" tags. I send Mon-Wed-Fridays, if any of you are interested. They go to your e-mail box.

This Week

Thu, 1 Jun 2006 05:34:00 -0500

We have been busy every day reviewing for the state test coming up next week on the 5th,6th,7th.

I went over english,and math Mon-Wed and today we will review History mostly just the states. Austen doesn't seem at all concerned with the test. I am actually really glad that last year he was in public and had the experience of taking the WASL. Im sure this IOWA test is much in the same. It will be taken over the course of three days and just a few hours each day. We will take it at our church and two of the the home-school moms will administer it .

Blake broke out again yesterday, but just a small amount on his legs, so I didn't give him any medicine. We are also potty training and boyee is that a challenge. He doesn't like to keep his clothes on and then he has just started trying to dress himself (ugh). He comes out with 2 or three shirts on and they are all on backwards.

Well it's 3 am in the morning another night of no sleep I have had this cold and it has settled in my chest. My thraot is hurting soooo bad. I have been drinking tons of tea. Today is Jessee's last day with us so we are suppose to go to the Hilander (fun center). But Im just not sure I will be up to it.

Dh will be getting up here in an hour, I figure i might as well stay up and get him off to work. I get up every day with him at around 4:30am.

Some recent pics to share

Wed, 31 May 2006 13:13:00 -0500

Our last visit over to my MIL's we got to see a new baby :)

My SIL had to bottle feed because the colt could not get up to feed.

The kids really enjoyed seeing the new baby :)

Blake and Shelby (cousins) they had so much fun playing together.

Ok.......here it is :)

Wed, 31 May 2006 07:17:00 -0500

I know..........it's been a long time since I have updated. And I see you all have been so faithful with your blogging. Well since I last wrote Blake has been breaking out in rashes. He has had 4 separate incidents. (oh please forgive my typos......I am just waking up.) The rashes seem to vary. The first time they were mostly on his legs and back. The second time, mostly on his arms and tummy, third time very different looking than the others but he had it on his face and all over his body. What I do know is that they ARE hives. I took him in April 7th and the doctor said they were definatly hives but we could not pinpoint what it was that caused them. He said either a virus or an allergic reaction. He did run a short fever that time. Still we are at odds as to what is causing them. I am keeping track of evertything he eats and what is in his enviornment as well. I am praying that we will get some insurance for the kids as they are now not covered. The second time I took him back into the doctor he gave me a stronger anihistemine for him. That was the ticket to getting rid of the rash in about a day or so. But then it keeps coming back.

I took some pics of the first time he broke out.

On the homefront........

Well we decided to stay put for now and NOT sell the house. While the market is booming right now, and we would make quite a bit from equity we would habve a difficult time getting into something with decent payments. Property is just crazy !! I am happy and content here for the time being, until God gives us peace about moving.

On the school front.........

Yippppppppeeeeeee we are all done with school except for this week we are reviewing for his state test next week. He will be taking the IOWA state test. Math we will still be doing all summer because I did put him back in 3rd grade text beings this is his first year of home-school an dthe 4th was just to advanced. This is also the last week I will have Jessee. He has been a blessing and made it easier on Austen to adjust to his first year of home-school. I still can not believe how fast this year has gone.