Well thank you for the prayers while my daughter and I were on our trip together.  It was such a wonderful experience.  We listened to Becoming an Adolescence.  But more importantly we grew so much closer together as Mother and Daughter.  If you have never had this opportunity you must do it.  Riley and I have always been really close.  But never like this.  We talked and laughed and just played.  These are things that do not happen near enough in our daily lives.  I highly recommend doing this and we are already planning our next trip when she turns 15.

Now for what I came home to.  The house was okay but, not too great and the kids had eaten nothing but junk food while I was gone.  David worked it out so he did not have to cook even one meal for them.  His mother feed them 2 meals and his dad took them out and I fixed food and left it for the rest.  Now Clay (my youngest) was up during the night sick. I know it is because his little system is messed up because he had nothing but junk for 3 days. 

We are having a missionary family come and stay with us for several days.  I am really looking forward to it but, still do not know when they will arrive or how many meals that they will be here with us.  I hate not being prepared for this stuff.

Last thing.  Teenagers.  UGH.  My son Cole (14) is just driving me nuts.  He wants to be grown up and have grown up privilidges but, he fights with his siblings, argues with everything that I say, and is constantly needing to be reminded to do everything from brushing his teeth to staying on task while doing school.  The big thing around here is to get a drivers liscence when you turn 14.  Well at this rate he will be 30 before he can get one.  I just do not know how to get him to realize that being a grown up involves lots of responsibilites.  He just sees it as being a time in life where there are no rules.  What he doesn't realize is that the rules just change and we have a lot more things to remember and do.  I know this season in life will pass but, in the mean time I need help figuring out how to survive it.

Happy Homeschooling

Sarah