Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving..... have a great time with your friends and family this weekend.

Thanksgiving.....

As Thanksgiving approaches, I am reminded of all the things that I am thankful for. We have a tradition at our house of everyone telling what he/she is thankful for. My girls say things like... I am thankful for my mom, dad, and my grandparents , etc..... you get the picture. I am thankful for my wonderful family, but what I am most thankful for is God loving us so much that He sent his Son to die for us. What a wonderful thing Christ did for us! I have been blessed beyond measure during my life time.... I have been healed of asthma, migraine headaches, and much more. Every time I have needed something, I pray, and He has met that need... What a wonderful thing to remember this Thanksgiving day...... The Blessings that Christ has given us.
Thank you Lord for your Blessings on me.

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving Day!

A Wordless Wednesday Post...

Corn maize Fun!

We had a great time at the Corn maze! Here are some pictures from our fun filled day.





Janelle posing on a bridge in the middle of the maze.

Kalyn jumping (or trying to jump) on the corn popper!

We all came home sunburned and tired, but what a great day filled with good wholesome fun.

the perfect homschooling world

Thought this devotional was very timely for my house. I just wanted to share it...

The Perfect Homeschooling World
Sunday / November 01, 2009

• In a perfect homeschool world, your children would greet you with a smile each morning and help prepare breakfast and clean up afterwards.
• In a perfect homeschool world, there would be no sibling fighting, lost workbooks, or unprepared students.
  
• In a perfect homeschool world, your children would learn their lessons the first time, eliminating any review.
  
• In a perfect homeschool world, you would have brilliant applications and visual aids prepared for every subject area you are teaching each day.
  
• In a perfect homeschool world, the laundry would clean and fold itself, so you could enjoy the evenings with your spouse.
  
• In a perfect homeschool world, there would be enough money to buy all the curriculum you wanted.
  
• In a perfect homeschool world, you would find encouraging notes from your children thanking you for being such a wonderful parent and teacher.
  
• In a perfect homeschool world, you would always have the right answer to every one of your children's questions.

Unfortunately, this world is not perfect. We live in a fallen and sinful world that tempts us (1 Corinthians 10:13). Every day I must go to the One who is perfect for strength, wisdom, and guidance to live my life as a shining example of His love to my family and to the world. I am not perfect, but He is (Hebrews 7:25-26)! I rejoice that although my homeschool world is not perfect, I know the One who is. He goes before me each day and prepares the path in which I will walk. Today, I trust Him again to take everything I experience as a homeschooling parent and cause it to work together for good (Romans 8:28).

Last week was a total bust

School last week was a total bust! It started out that Monday, I was feeling glummy and tired; so skipped school so I could relax. Tuesday came around and we did school, but I was still feeling glummy, but school went on as planned. Wednesday morning rolled around and I was down and out sick! I had been up since early that morning hanging my head by the royal throne in the bathroom :) NO school that day! Thursday came calling and I still was not feeling well, I thought that I could have the girls work on school and I lay in my bed or sit in the chair and be available to them, but that did not work out too well. Friday morning pops it head out and I am feeling better, but not well enough to deal with school, so I let the girls sleep in . So it comes to is we tried to have school this week but turns out that we did it 2 days, but don't ask me what or if my girls learned anything, cause I was too out of it to care on way or the other!
This coming week we will redo last weeks lessons, so I can make sure they have learned something! I hate it when I am sick! My hubby really came through for me though, he took care of me and tried to help with the girl's school, but he told me on day one (of the 2 days of school) that he did not know what to do to help the girls out.. :) He tried..... all well...

PS: I have the best hubby in the world! :) :) He did a great job of taking care of me this last week when I was sick.... Thanks honey! I love you.