Well it seems it has been awhile since my last post...hahaha. Life has been busy and full. I will try to briefly post what we have been up to since January.
February - we were busy at our church getting ready for a Church meeting. Makaela was going to be able to work some in the dinning room helping the elderly or families with children getting to the tables to eat. Allen Sr. was over the Hotel accommodations and Ushering. I helped a good friend who was over the Serving line, so we were very busy.
March - school work was winding down and we had Spring Break in there with Dad. We did not do a lot this year, stayed close to home.
April - more school work and Birthday's. We have 3 family birthday's this month, my Mother's, Makaela's and mine. This was a mile stone Birthday for Makaela she turned 13th!! Her and Brooklyn have grown up so much, it seems like just a few years ago they were born. They are both beautiful girls and love the Lord.
May - finishing up school and getting ready for the summer. Lots going on this year.
June - we went to the Campground and took Allen Jr. this time. He had a wonderful time. We stayed with friends in their cabin and it worked out really good. Allen Sr. and I also helped again with the "Snack Bar" at night, we had fun and enjoyed working with the Jarnecke's From the Campground we went to Illinois to see family. We stayed there a week. It was wonderful to see family and spend time with everyone, but it was rough...Allen Jr. had some seizures while we were there, Allen Sr. and Makaela got sick with allergies due to the corn and heat. So we were glad to see family, but also glad to be home.
July - we had our 4th of July gathering at our church. That is always fun to see everyone and spend time with them. After that we went to eat with friends and go watch fireworks. The next week was our VBS. We did the "Ten Commandments" this year and the children all had fun and enjoyed themselves. Allen and I also did not stress out as much this year, we had lots of help. Allen Sr. went back to work right after VBS, so the children and I just did things around the house. Oh, we did the Youth trip to Arkansas with our youth since Makaela officially turned 13th this year. She really enjoyed being there and had a good time. We went so that Allen Jr. could go. We let Makaela be with the youth and under the youth leader, we were just there to help if needed and be there with Allen Jr.
August - Allen Jr. turned 22 this year. He was so excited when we had his party. We went to the Home school conference. We were able to see several friends that we only see at that time. It was a good weekend, I went away with a ton of information to process and review over the school year. Around the 13th we officially started our Home school. Originally I was going to wait until the public school started, but decided to go ahead, that way we can take a day off here and there.
September - well we have officially finished a month and half of this years school. We are getting into a routine. The program that Allen Jr. is in has added a few more therapies to his schedule and we are trying to adjust and get those in each week. Makaela and I are learning how to work around the therapist being here and do what needs to be done and when. This is also a special month for us are school work has been talking about "Mercy" and forgiveness at the same time our Pastor(s) are talking along those line at church and getting us ready to take communion. (well we already took it, this past weekend September 23rd) The last time we (our church) took communion was 22 years ago. I have only done this three times in my life. The Lord really dealt with me on some things to change and thankfully I only had to make two phone calls to make things right with someone. I'm sure there are many things over the next few weeks the Lord will show me that I need to work on and with his grace and mercy I hope that I can.
Well that is what we have been up to this year and I cannot believe it has gone by so fast.
Until next time......Happy Fall - my favorite time of the year!!
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
New Year - Words
I will go ahead and tell you my words. They are not outstanding, just some things I wanted to work on for me and hopefully will benefit my family. They are memorize, create, organize and memories. I want to memorize scripture (I do this, just want to be more faithful with it), I want to be more creative with crafts, etc., I want to learn how to be more organized (in doing that, I'm learning to simplify my life, house, etc), and last I want to make more memories with my children, learn to have fun and enjoy each day the Lord has given me with them. So my four words incorporate other words to work on too....I need to be willing to LEARN. Hopefully with the Lords help I can do that this year.
Monday, January 9, 2012
New Year and Resolutions.
This year our family decided not to make new year resolutions. Allen had read somewhere about choosing three words and working on those during the year instead of resolutions. We talked about it and decided to try it out and we decided to pick four words each. I will not tell you my words but you may think it is easy to pick four words but it took me several days to decide on them. Allen Jr. and Makaela even have their words picked out and we are working on them each day. I will use Allen Jr.'s words for my example, he won't mind. The words are: Shake, Learn, Help, Calm. He is going to "learn" new skills this year, Allen is going to "shake" hands with people instead of hugging them. He is going to "help" around the house more and be "calm." Now if he/we can accomplish that this year then we have done a lot. LOL He is trying and doing good so far, but then we are only in the first few weeks of the year.
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year!!!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
I have not dropped off the face of the earth!!! I'm still here!
Nothing major has happened since I last posted...except for Life! I have been busy with our homeschool and keeping the house running smooth.
I did get caught up in some coupon websites that took up way to much time....but for the new year, I have given several of them up and have decided to follow just two. That is two from ten/twelve I was following each day. Very overwhelming. I was trying to save our family some more money, etc. Well it just was not worth the time I was spending each day to justify continuing.
Thanksgiving
The children are doing great with school. We took a week off at Thanksgiving to spend with Dad while he was home. Prior to Thanksgiving(about three weeks), I injured my back. We are still not sure what I did but it put me behind on everything for almost a month. It was not fun. I am doing better with that, I just watch everything now to make sure I don't do it again.
We had friends over during the Thanksgiving week and really enjoyed our visit with them. It was nice to just relax and enjoy the fellowship since we don't see them often. Both couples live in other states and they were here visiting family.
Allen and I sometimes do the "Black Friday" shopping, so for the last few years my Mother comes and stays with us on Thanksgiving night so someone will be here with the children. We did not have major shopping to do, we were going to both Christian Book Stores and that was about it. I think we were getting up around 5:30 or something like that. Well, we woke up to the fire alarm going off and smoke in our house around 3:30 ish. I immediately turned the furnace off and we all started looking around. We could not find the fire or where it was coming from, we checked plugs, Allen walked around the house outside, checked the attic, this went on for almost 30 mins. So Allen finally called the non-emergency number and they told him he had to call 911. He called 911 and told them everything so they said they would send someone out. After awhile a police officer came and he looked everywhere we had and he could not find anything. He said that the fire department could come out and use the infrared but that it would not work unless the source was hot or something to that effect.
As a family we prayed and was asking the Lord to help us find out where the source was and what was going on. I turned the furnace back on just to see if it was involved and as soon as I did the smell and smoke was back very strong. We turned it off, including the breaker. We then decided that it was the furnace and since it was off that there would not be a fire. Mom told us to go on with our shopping, she and the children would be fine. That was a crazy and memorable morning we wont forget soon.
Later in the day Allen got up in the attic to look at the furnace and a possum had gotten in the furnace and was dead, that was the problem. We are all thankful that he found that and was able to take care of the problem, because it would have caught fire and the story could have been a lot different. Thank you Lord.
Christmas - December
We did a different approach to Homeschool in December. We still kept a few basic subjects, but we did a Unit Study about Christmas. It was one I had found on line years ago. We had never done it, so we thought we would try it this year. It turned out real good. We all learned new things and Makaela had fun doing some of the projects.
Our family stayed in town this year for Christmas. We decided to take it easy and enjoy our time together. Now Allen and I did several projects around the house during his time off, we did not get them all done, but we accomplished more than we thought. The children enjoyed spending time with us and Grandparents over Christmas. We ALL had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed our gifts.
I'm really enjoying one of my gifts, actually Allen Sr. and Makaela are too. Allen and the children bought me a clothes steamer. It is wonderful, Makaela has already learned how to use it and does her own clothes. I think that is wonderful. She knows how to iron, but this is so much easier and I personally like it better than ironing.
NEW YEAR!! 2011 - 2012
We went to church like we usually do for New Year's Eve service. We had quite a few visitors that night, but it was a good service. That was the start to our new year!!
I did get caught up in some coupon websites that took up way to much time....but for the new year, I have given several of them up and have decided to follow just two. That is two from ten/twelve I was following each day. Very overwhelming. I was trying to save our family some more money, etc. Well it just was not worth the time I was spending each day to justify continuing.
Thanksgiving
The children are doing great with school. We took a week off at Thanksgiving to spend with Dad while he was home. Prior to Thanksgiving(about three weeks), I injured my back. We are still not sure what I did but it put me behind on everything for almost a month. It was not fun. I am doing better with that, I just watch everything now to make sure I don't do it again.
We had friends over during the Thanksgiving week and really enjoyed our visit with them. It was nice to just relax and enjoy the fellowship since we don't see them often. Both couples live in other states and they were here visiting family.
Allen and I sometimes do the "Black Friday" shopping, so for the last few years my Mother comes and stays with us on Thanksgiving night so someone will be here with the children. We did not have major shopping to do, we were going to both Christian Book Stores and that was about it. I think we were getting up around 5:30 or something like that. Well, we woke up to the fire alarm going off and smoke in our house around 3:30 ish. I immediately turned the furnace off and we all started looking around. We could not find the fire or where it was coming from, we checked plugs, Allen walked around the house outside, checked the attic, this went on for almost 30 mins. So Allen finally called the non-emergency number and they told him he had to call 911. He called 911 and told them everything so they said they would send someone out. After awhile a police officer came and he looked everywhere we had and he could not find anything. He said that the fire department could come out and use the infrared but that it would not work unless the source was hot or something to that effect.
As a family we prayed and was asking the Lord to help us find out where the source was and what was going on. I turned the furnace back on just to see if it was involved and as soon as I did the smell and smoke was back very strong. We turned it off, including the breaker. We then decided that it was the furnace and since it was off that there would not be a fire. Mom told us to go on with our shopping, she and the children would be fine. That was a crazy and memorable morning we wont forget soon.
Later in the day Allen got up in the attic to look at the furnace and a possum had gotten in the furnace and was dead, that was the problem. We are all thankful that he found that and was able to take care of the problem, because it would have caught fire and the story could have been a lot different. Thank you Lord.
Christmas - December
We did a different approach to Homeschool in December. We still kept a few basic subjects, but we did a Unit Study about Christmas. It was one I had found on line years ago. We had never done it, so we thought we would try it this year. It turned out real good. We all learned new things and Makaela had fun doing some of the projects.
Our family stayed in town this year for Christmas. We decided to take it easy and enjoy our time together. Now Allen and I did several projects around the house during his time off, we did not get them all done, but we accomplished more than we thought. The children enjoyed spending time with us and Grandparents over Christmas. We ALL had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed our gifts.
I'm really enjoying one of my gifts, actually Allen Sr. and Makaela are too. Allen and the children bought me a clothes steamer. It is wonderful, Makaela has already learned how to use it and does her own clothes. I think that is wonderful. She knows how to iron, but this is so much easier and I personally like it better than ironing.
NEW YEAR!! 2011 - 2012
We went to church like we usually do for New Year's Eve service. We had quite a few visitors that night, but it was a good service. That was the start to our new year!!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
I'm finally up to date! and other misc.
Whew! I feel like that I have not written in forever. I know it has been a long time, but life has flown by so fast these last few months. I'm glad that school has started and so hopefully it will slow down long enough for me to blog.
I have been busy cleaning (still have tons to do, or at least is seems that way) out closests, cabinets, etc. It seems like when I get one area done I need to start back at the beginning. Or I stop on a project, because I need to buy an item or move some items and another area is not ready...well you get the idea.
Last week we had some relief to our triple digit weather that we have had most of the summer. But it did not last long. :( We are now back in the triple digits and praying for rain. I love fall weather (even though it is the shortest season we have here) and hope it will come soon.
My Mother, has been gone since the last week in August. She went to Ohio to my cousin Raelynn's wedding over Labor Day weekend. Before the wedding my Aunt Darlene, Raelynn's mother, had a heart attack. Long story short, her son-in-law, had to preform CPR on her. They (Raelynn and Paul) went ahead with the wedding while Steve (the son-in-law), Doug (her oldest son) and a family friend went with her to the hospital. The rest of the family went immediatly following the vows. Aunt Darlene is now home and is recovering, it was touch and go at first, but the Lord touched her and we are so very thankful.
Mom is not sure how long she will be staying in Ohio, but hopefully it won't be too much longer, she is leaving at the end of the month for Fall Campground with her traveling friends. :o)
I have been busy cleaning (still have tons to do, or at least is seems that way) out closests, cabinets, etc. It seems like when I get one area done I need to start back at the beginning. Or I stop on a project, because I need to buy an item or move some items and another area is not ready...well you get the idea.
Last week we had some relief to our triple digit weather that we have had most of the summer. But it did not last long. :( We are now back in the triple digits and praying for rain. I love fall weather (even though it is the shortest season we have here) and hope it will come soon.
My Mother, has been gone since the last week in August. She went to Ohio to my cousin Raelynn's wedding over Labor Day weekend. Before the wedding my Aunt Darlene, Raelynn's mother, had a heart attack. Long story short, her son-in-law, had to preform CPR on her. They (Raelynn and Paul) went ahead with the wedding while Steve (the son-in-law), Doug (her oldest son) and a family friend went with her to the hospital. The rest of the family went immediatly following the vows. Aunt Darlene is now home and is recovering, it was touch and go at first, but the Lord touched her and we are so very thankful.
Mom is not sure how long she will be staying in Ohio, but hopefully it won't be too much longer, she is leaving at the end of the month for Fall Campground with her traveling friends. :o)
School Time!!
This post is mainly for me to remember what we are doing and what we have started our school year off with. :o)
Well, it is that time of year again, School Time!! We officially started on August 29th. On Friday, August 26th, Makaela's classes started. We are also went on a field trip to our Museum of Natural Science to see the "Texas" exhibit.
This is what we will be using for our school this year.
Makaela will be using Teaching Textbooks for Math again this year, along with Sheppard Software (Allen Jr. will be using this too). I'm adding Easy Grammar and using it with our Spelling Power for her English. We also bought the Vocabulary Cartoons book for her Vocabulary. Bible Truths from BJU Press, Wisdom Booklets (as a family) and of course the Bible. We are doing Texas History again this year along with our Mystery of History. Hopefully adding the audio part to our MOH this year to help out and Allen Jr. will enjoy that as well. One thing Allen Sr. bought at the Homeschool Conference was Makaela a Science program....Exploring Creation with General Science by Apologia. This book is a little overwhelming for me, so not sure how it will go, thankfully we have the audio and a companion cd as well, so that should help. For Geography we are using the Trail Guide to World Geography. We have decided to do something different for writing/penmanship this year...we have writing prompts, silly starters, etc. that Makaela will use for writing. She also will be doing outlines and drafts in writing, but then all Final copy work on the computer. Makaela and I will be doing a book study together using the "Beautiful Girlhood" and Companion guide. I have several other I'm looking at, but wanted to start with this one.
For Allen Jr., I'm going to let him do some of the same things as Makaela...Texas History and Mystery of History, but on his level. He will continue to have Before the Code books, some Critical Thinking pages and I bought him some books from Rod and Staff at the Conference. Allen has some preschool ABeka curriculum that we will do as well. In addition to some work pages, Allen will have several activities he can do each day or sometime during the week. Those are: Dry Erase board (he loves this), File folder activities/games, matching (cards) , lacing beads/boards, puzzles, Geo Safari Learning card system, Leap Frog learning items, sorting items, unifix cubes, play dough, learning games. Allen also has some learning computer games that he likes to do. So hopefully that will be enough to keep him busy. Lol
Well, I pray everyone has a blessed school year!
Well, it is that time of year again, School Time!! We officially started on August 29th. On Friday, August 26th, Makaela's classes started. We are also went on a field trip to our Museum of Natural Science to see the "Texas" exhibit.
This is what we will be using for our school this year.
Makaela will be using Teaching Textbooks for Math again this year, along with Sheppard Software (Allen Jr. will be using this too). I'm adding Easy Grammar and using it with our Spelling Power for her English. We also bought the Vocabulary Cartoons book for her Vocabulary. Bible Truths from BJU Press, Wisdom Booklets (as a family) and of course the Bible. We are doing Texas History again this year along with our Mystery of History. Hopefully adding the audio part to our MOH this year to help out and Allen Jr. will enjoy that as well. One thing Allen Sr. bought at the Homeschool Conference was Makaela a Science program....Exploring Creation with General Science by Apologia. This book is a little overwhelming for me, so not sure how it will go, thankfully we have the audio and a companion cd as well, so that should help. For Geography we are using the Trail Guide to World Geography. We have decided to do something different for writing/penmanship this year...we have writing prompts, silly starters, etc. that Makaela will use for writing. She also will be doing outlines and drafts in writing, but then all Final copy work on the computer. Makaela and I will be doing a book study together using the "Beautiful Girlhood" and Companion guide. I have several other I'm looking at, but wanted to start with this one.
For Allen Jr., I'm going to let him do some of the same things as Makaela...Texas History and Mystery of History, but on his level. He will continue to have Before the Code books, some Critical Thinking pages and I bought him some books from Rod and Staff at the Conference. Allen has some preschool ABeka curriculum that we will do as well. In addition to some work pages, Allen will have several activities he can do each day or sometime during the week. Those are: Dry Erase board (he loves this), File folder activities/games, matching (cards) , lacing beads/boards, puzzles, Geo Safari Learning card system, Leap Frog learning items, sorting items, unifix cubes, play dough, learning games. Allen also has some learning computer games that he likes to do. So hopefully that will be enough to keep him busy. Lol
Well, I pray everyone has a blessed school year!
Happy21st Birthday Allen Jr.!
Happy Birthday to my little man! I cannot believe he is already 21. Allen is so happy about his birthday and birthday party. We are having a few family and friends at one of his favorite restaurants.....Spring Creek Barbeque. We have also decided to redo part of his room and make it a little more grown up. He will still have horses and the western look, which he loves, so we don't want to take that away. We love you Allen and hope you have a blessed day.
Love ,
Mom, Dad and Makaela
** This post was done on August 2, 2011 ** I know a month late, etc... :o)
Love ,
Mom, Dad and Makaela
** This post was done on August 2, 2011 ** I know a month late, etc... :o)
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