Our family has been back to school for a few weeks now. We are still working on ironing out some wrinkles. I feel like we are so close to settling into a really good routine. Yaaayy! I thought it would be fun to share our curriculum choices for this year. :) We have 5 school aged kiddos but a few preschoolers tagging along as well.
Victoria is in 9th grade. Our first freshman. EEEEKKK!
English, History and Bible- My Father's World AHL
Science- Apologia Biology
Math- Math U See Algebra 1
Elective- volunteering at a bird rehab once a week or so
The Fallocy Detective
Child Development
Jacquelyn is in 7th grade
Core- My Father's World Exploring Countries and Cultures with 7th/8th grade supplement
Math- MUS Zeta/Pre Algebra
Handwriting-Getty Dubay
Science- Apologia General Science
LA- Writing Strands, Progeny Press lit guides, All About Spelling for review
She also volunteers at the bird rescue.
Andrew is in 5th grade and Garrison is in 3rd
Core- MFW ECC
Math-MUS Epsilon/ Gamma
Handwriting- GD
LA- Writing Strands, AAS, PLL, ILL
Andrew also volunteers with the girls.
Preston is in 1st grade
MFW 1st
LA- AAS
He tags along with a lot of the ECC stuff.
Quinton 4 yrs and Emily is 2 yrs
They are very eager to have school to do with the big kids. :)
Heart of Dakota- Little Hands to Heaven
We are new to HOD. We love MFW but I really needed something between their K and 1st program. LHTH seems to fit the bill. I am very, very excited to be doing this with them.
This will be our 8th year homeschooling. The days are long but the years so quick. It has been a struggle getting into a solid routine for awhile. Something about either being pregnant, recovering from a c-section, or being pregnant again might have something to do with that. :) It has been a lot of work and I am so proud of where we are at. Being a homeschool mom has not been the most natural fit for me. I have often said I feel like God was trying to make circle into a square when He called me to homeschool. I am however so incredibly thankful that He chose this path for us. It often feels like an uphill climb but is worth every step.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Flip flops that renew hope
Over the weekend Paul and I stopped in to spend one of that fantastic little coupons at Kohl's. Oh how our family loves Kohl's. Anyway as we were walking across the parking lot Paul's flip flop broke. Quickly hopping on one foot due to the incredibly hot asphalt he tried to fix it. And he did.....just for it to break again two seconds later. This happened over and over. I finally just told him to go home and get different shoes. He said he would be fine. He is such a trooper and always puts himself last no matter what. I suggested we buy a pair of flip flops when we got inside. As much as I love Kohl's we usually buy our flops at Old Navy. We are a major flip flop family over here. :) You can't beat $2.50 a pair especially when there are 10 pairs of feet needing shoes. :)
When we finally made it inside what was the first thing we see? Yep, flip flops. 60% off too. Wooohooo. :) Paul quickly grabbed a pair and broke 'em in right away after he paid for them. He was so proud of his new flops at a fantastic price of $3.04. Awesome! Now we were ready to resume our shopping trip. I still had my coupon to use. :)
As we walked down the aisle I could hear this quiet but mighty voice speak to me. Telling me that if he was able to provide shoes for Paul when he needed them wouldn't he do the same with a job? I felt this amazing peace just fill my heart. I know everything is going to work out. I don't know how or when. I just know that it will. That little pair of flip flops renewed my hope that has been really struggling. God is so incredibly good.
Over these last 7 months we have many ups and downs. Through it all we have drawn closer to each other and closer to God. God was trying to get our attention I believe. We were just trucking through life doing our own thing. Being in the center of His will was important but it wasn't the most important thing to us. How quickly things change when your world gets turned upside down. To be where we are as a family I wouldn't trade any of it now. I don't know what tomorrow holds but I know Who holds it. That's enough for me.
When we finally made it inside what was the first thing we see? Yep, flip flops. 60% off too. Wooohooo. :) Paul quickly grabbed a pair and broke 'em in right away after he paid for them. He was so proud of his new flops at a fantastic price of $3.04. Awesome! Now we were ready to resume our shopping trip. I still had my coupon to use. :)
As we walked down the aisle I could hear this quiet but mighty voice speak to me. Telling me that if he was able to provide shoes for Paul when he needed them wouldn't he do the same with a job? I felt this amazing peace just fill my heart. I know everything is going to work out. I don't know how or when. I just know that it will. That little pair of flip flops renewed my hope that has been really struggling. God is so incredibly good.
Over these last 7 months we have many ups and downs. Through it all we have drawn closer to each other and closer to God. God was trying to get our attention I believe. We were just trucking through life doing our own thing. Being in the center of His will was important but it wasn't the most important thing to us. How quickly things change when your world gets turned upside down. To be where we are as a family I wouldn't trade any of it now. I don't know what tomorrow holds but I know Who holds it. That's enough for me.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
30 days of being intentional
Years ago we used to always have classical music playing in the kids rooms. I am not sure how or why it started. I am just thankful that it did as it provides a great noise buffer for ....well all of our "noise". :) As the kids got bigger they started listening to klove.com more and more. Then over the last year or so we all switch between KLOVE.com and myflr KFLR really pushes and encourages you to be intentional with your life.
They suggest picking one thing to work on over 30 days. This has really hit home for me. I guess I really haven't thought about being intentional with my life before. While there are many, many things I could choose to work on my first is going to be getting up on time.
They suggest picking one thing to work on over 30 days. This has really hit home for me. I guess I really haven't thought about being intentional with my life before. While there are many, many things I could choose to work on my first is going to be getting up on time.
This mama loves her sleep. Truly loves it. I also have a hubby that while not working allows me to sleep in. :) Lately I have really been feeling a tug to start getting up before everyone. That is tricky here as we have some early risers. I just think that early in the morning is such a wonderful time to spend with God, get chores going, and just just be ready for the day. I also have some back problems and it takes some time in the morning to get all stretched out and moving. A lot easier to do when only I am awake and not already chasing toddlers. :)
Well, it has proven to be a much harder challenge than I thought it would be. When my alarm goes off I either turn it off or snooze too many times. Or some nights I don't even set it already letting my desire to sleep in win. I don't think I am an early riser or a night owl. I could go to bed at 11pm and sleep until 7am. That would be nice. However I have kids up at 6am so then I am already behind the bus....homeschool bus of course.
Anyway, so for the next 30 days I am going to try to be intentional about getting up on time in the morning. I know I will miss some much loved sleep but I think the benefits will be worth it. I will probably find myself going to bed a little earlier as time goes on too. So for now I will be ready and waiting for sunrise. :) and in the desert they are so amazing.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Gettin' my groove back :)
A few months ago I had planned on switching our family back to My Father's World. I was going to run the boys through Adventures and start Exploring Countries and Cultures in fall. Then things kept coming up and I really felt a tug on my heart to start ECC now. Our oldest starts high school (insert eeeekk here). This will give us a few months to be all together one more time.
Today was our first day back and it was AMAZING!!!!!!! I could and should kick myself for ever leaving MFW. It is such a perfect fit for our family. We have attempted various years of MFW and always stop for one reason or another. That will not be the case this year.
Even Q(4) and E(2) got in on the fun today. We filled out our passport applications for all 10 of us. We even had a "working lunch" where we did the geography pretest. I can't wait to see the progress each one makes over the year. I have a lot to learn too. P(6) was even pointing out a few countires to the other kids. Awesome!!
Overall, it was a really great day! Paul even had his first formal interview today.
While time to find work seems to be running short in our eyes I know the Lord's timing will be perfect. This has been a challenging few months but we have gained so much as a family that I wouldn't trade it for anything. I think God just wanted to make sure we were listening. We are now. :)
A day where you can take time to smell the flowers.....well it's just a good day.
Today was our first day back and it was AMAZING!!!!!!! I could and should kick myself for ever leaving MFW. It is such a perfect fit for our family. We have attempted various years of MFW and always stop for one reason or another. That will not be the case this year.
Even Q(4) and E(2) got in on the fun today. We filled out our passport applications for all 10 of us. We even had a "working lunch" where we did the geography pretest. I can't wait to see the progress each one makes over the year. I have a lot to learn too. P(6) was even pointing out a few countires to the other kids. Awesome!!
Overall, it was a really great day! Paul even had his first formal interview today.
While time to find work seems to be running short in our eyes I know the Lord's timing will be perfect. This has been a challenging few months but we have gained so much as a family that I wouldn't trade it for anything. I think God just wanted to make sure we were listening. We are now. :)
A day where you can take time to smell the flowers.....well it's just a good day.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Starting a new Adventure
With all of the changes going in our life I figured it was time to shake up our curriculum as well. Actually I am going back to our roots. In 10 days the boys and I will be starting Adventures in US History by mfwbooks.com. We started out using My Father's World 7 years ago. After trying many, many things we are going back or shall I say running back to what works for us. The kids are really excited and so am I.
Our family was so blessed this last year with our little miracle baby, Mia. It has caused me to really stop and evaluate what is most important in my life. So often we get busy with the things that don't matter and lose sight of what truly does. So I am simplifying my life as best as I can to spend time with my kiddos and hubby.
Speaking of family time, the kids had such a blast hanging out at the Brost Compound yesterday. A sweet niece gave ride after ride in the gocart while their favorite uncle gave them dump truck rides. The kids were thrilled to scoop dirt. Too bad scooping Pug doo-doo can't be as fun. ha It was a great time. All the kids went to bed with smiling little faces. I think a certain uncle might have too.
Our family was so blessed this last year with our little miracle baby, Mia. It has caused me to really stop and evaluate what is most important in my life. So often we get busy with the things that don't matter and lose sight of what truly does. So I am simplifying my life as best as I can to spend time with my kiddos and hubby.
Speaking of family time, the kids had such a blast hanging out at the Brost Compound yesterday. A sweet niece gave ride after ride in the gocart while their favorite uncle gave them dump truck rides. The kids were thrilled to scoop dirt. Too bad scooping Pug doo-doo can't be as fun. ha It was a great time. All the kids went to bed with smiling little faces. I think a certain uncle might have too.
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