A New Creation

Saturday, November 10, 2012

November is upon us!! One of the wacky things about Iowa (which I still find hard to get used to--even after living here for 18 years) is the quick changes in weather. Today was 75 degrees!! It was amazing and we had a great time playing outside. Tomorrow is supposed to be 33 degrees with strong winds. This kind of thing never happened in Texas or Florida..at least not to that extreme.

Colton is home for a quick visit. All is good with him, classes are going well. He brought 2 friends home with him and we've been cooking up a storm. Colton enjoys being back in the kitchen again.

Looking forward to Thanksgiving and a visit from my sister (and family--hubby & 4 kids) and my mom & stepdad. We haven't all been together since Thanksgiving 2009!!!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

15 months..

My little guy is keeping his 43 year old mother on her toes!!!! He is so curious and active and wants to do exactly what his older siblings are doing. He is not happy to be playing on the floor when they are doing school...he wants to be at the table scribbling on a page of work. He is not happy with a blank page..he wants his page to look exactly like theirs....

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

October update!!!

October has been a gorgeous month with temperate weather and pretty, colorful leaves. We seem to have had a hard time shaking various illnesses this month..mainly colds and sore throats. We have also celebrated 2 birthdays this month. Anna turned 4 and Julia turned 17! School, Awana and Church activities have kept us very busy. Now, all the leaves have gone and the weather is getting ready to make a change. We are looking toward November and the excitement of family coming to visit.
My 2 birthday girls:

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Happy 15th Alicia!!

I can't believe it's been 15 years since I brought my baby girl home. Alicia has always been so upbeat, happy and just an all around pleasant person to be around. She loves music, dancing and theater and is also an artist and writer. Can I say Creative with a capital "C"!!!!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Carlina's Graduation Trip

Can you guess where we went?

Sunday, September 2, 2012

School 2012..

We are continuing with our second year of My Father's World and loving it! I have 2 in High School and they are doing MFW World History. Julia is a Junior and is doing Apologia Chemistry and Teaching Textbooks Algebra II, as well. She is also working about 20 hours a week. Alicia is a Freshman and doing Apologia Phys Sci and Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1. ( I love homeschooling High School and wouldn't have it any other way.) Katie is in 6th Grade and Garrett in 3rd. They are doing MFW Creation to the Greeks together. Thomas is doing MFW 1st grade and Anna is doing a variety of Preschool activities. We don't do any extracurricular activities. We like to do family activities and try to do things that don't send the family to different places. Jesse has a really weird "swing-shift" schedule, so we need to be available when he is off work, which is usually not on weekends. We do all go to Awana on Wed nights and love to go hiking and have picnics when Jesse is off. Also, taking care of our place is a major endeavor, lots of mowing, trimming and weeding this summer plus, taking care of the critters.

I recently read a great editorial in my favorite Home School magazine "Home School Enrichment". The editors discussed reasons for Homeschooling and I agreed with all 3 of them. The first thing listed was that "God meant for parents to play the primary role" regarding education. We are homeschooling because "It's our Job!'. Secondly, they said that "Christian Education Still matters". "We separate God from our children's intellectual lives at our peril and to their detriment". Thirdly, "Our Children Are Individuals". I love the flexibility and pace that I can work with each one of my children. Thanks HSE for the great editorial and wonderful reminders of why I am Homeschooling my children..