Happy Birthday Makaela!

Eleven years ago on a Sunday morning...a lot like this one, you were born.   What a blessing, the Lord gave your  Dad and I that day, well really the whole family.  We have enjoyed watching you grow up into a young lady.  Through all of the ups and downs of your (our) medical journey, the Lord has kept you.   I know he has a special plan for your life and as you mature, you are realizing this.  You have been reading your devotionals and your Bible, that makes me thankful you have a desire to learn more about God.  When you were a baby, your Dad and I dedicated you to the Lord, he gave you to us to help raise and guide, but ultimatly you belong to him.  I pray that as you continue to grow, that I can lead you closer to the Lord and his ways.  Just wanted to let you know, how much I love you and I'm thankful for you.  Happy Birthday Makaela!

A Little Overwhelmed....Allen Jr. Graduating and finishing up Homeschooling.

Well, I have been busy with getting Allen Jr.'s Graduation pictures, and everything graduation together.  I did not realize what all is involved.  It has seem to take more of my time than I thought would be needed, but thank goodness for my list.  Each day, I'm getting more and more done and can check that item off my list.   On the up side, Makaela and I are almost done with this year's curriculum(s) and that is a good feeling.  Just a few more chapter's in English, a few other loose ends to tie up and we can take a break.  I have been looking into what has been working for us and what has not, so that we can make wise decisions about what we are doing for next year.  With Allen Jr. being home with us, we are looking into some different options.  It will be a new journey for us all.

Looking forward to our weekend.  Special Olympics Horses in Madisonville on Saturday, (I will be scrapbooking, trying to get things together for Allen's graduation reception).  Makaela's birthday on Sunday...a fun, filled and packed weekend.

These are a few of  the Graduation pictures we had taken.  Allen loves his Bibles and telephone books.

Mosaic Art

One of Makaela's Friday classes is on Mosaic.  They learn how to cut the glass, apply it, grout, etc.  She also works on this project at home so that it can be done before classes are out for the semester.   Here is what she has done so far.   She is doing a zebra print heart in the middle and black tiles around the outside. Her room is being redone with zebra print with the black and white, with some colors to accent.

She is almost done.  She will be grouting it this Friday.  Yea!

My Mother

Mom's Birthday and her Wonderful Friends (and Granddaughter)

My Mother's birthday is today, she is 65.    I'm so thankful to have my Mother and that she loves the Lord.  It is a blessing to know that she follows his leading and I can talk with her about anything.

I had thought about trying to plan her a party or do something special for her, but could not figure out what to do that she would not find out.  Well, Donna Mofley, one of the ladies in our church (close family friend) said that if I did not have anything planned, she wanted to have a luncheon at her house for Mom with some of the ladies she travels with.  I told her that would be great.  So Donna planned a nice soup and salad lunch for Mom's Birthday.  Mom was so surprised and had a wonderful time.  One of the ladies baked her the butterfly cake and her son helped her decorate it.  Some of the Ladies shared different things Mom had done over the years to help them or memories they had of her.  Of course, some of them had known Mom since before she married my Dad, they shared those memories, some of when I was little, etc.  We all had a relaxing and wonderful time.

Garden in and everything planted! YEA!!! - Part Three

Well, the other two loads of dirt are in (we did them on Thursday, Allen Sr. had to work late, so we decided to surprise him and have both truckloads unloaded.  We almost had the second one done when he showed up.)  and on Friday, we planted.  We did a row each of the following:

Zucchini, Squash, Onions, Eggplant, Green Beans, and Green Peas.  We also planted in pots, two kinds of bell peppers, jalapeño peppers, cilantro, rosemary, lavender, and tomato's.  Our blueberry bushes we planted in the ground.  Our family is so excited and we had fun doing this project together.  The children loved helping to plant the seeds, and getting dirty.  This is definitely a learning experience for our family and we hope to learn more as we go along.  We are going to watch God nature at work.

The white is eggshells (for fertilizing) not seeds. :o)

Book Report Fun - Makaela's English

Makaela has been reading a book and it was time for us to do a book report in her BJ English.  We were going through the lessons and I remembered that a friend had sent me a website with fun Book Reports on it.  I decided we are going to put the lessons(worksheets) away and do something fun with her book report this time.   We made a sandwich book report.

After she finished, we put it in a Sandwich baggie and presented it to her Dad after dinner.  He loved it.
Here is the website where these are.  http://teacherweb.com/CA/EspartoElementary/Pitner/photo4.aspx