New Year and New Beginnings!

We are getting ready for the new year 2011.  We have had a good (very busy, but good) Christmas holiday and we are gearing up for a new year with Church, Family and School.

I have a few changes that we need to do for School.  We are going to revise our Bible study/reading, some of our History (we are still going to use the Mystery of History, just add to it), and penmanship/writing.  I talked to some other homeschool Mom's and met some new friends over the holiday's and they gave me some ideas that I would like to try.

There are some new things that I would like to try for Allen Jr. as well, in hopes they will help us all.  I make lesson plans for Makaela and Allen on the computer, but he cannot read so I'm going to try and use his picture symbols for his plans.  He needs a stable plan for each day and I have not provided that.  Therefore we have had a few upsets over the last few weeks, so now on the revising and improving.

I would also like to do lessons (i.e. Bible, History,etc) that he can be more involved in.  That is the reason for revising and making new plans.

I personally would like to devote more time to read my Bible and in prayer.  Not sure how this is going to work, but I may have to do it at the end of my day instead of the beginning.

Well, that is just a few things planned for our new year.
Happy New Year!  Looking forward to 2011

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We have already had our family Christmas and we are leaving in the morning to go and visit family for the Christmas holiday.    The children are excited and happy to see family we have not seen in two years.   This is the longest we have not gone to see the family since my parents and I moved to Texas in the 70's.
We were not sure about going and have been playing it by ear.  A week ago, Makaela fell down the stairs at my In-Laws and twisted her ankle (or so we thought).  She ended up having dislocated a bone (that had to be reset) and banged it up really good.  She is now having to wear a brace for two weeks.  In addition to that we had a scare with her eyes.  The eye Doctor said she needed to see a pediatric specialist, so this past Thursday we had her at Texas Children's, thankfully they said the pressure and depression with her optical nerve, that her Doctor saw was not a major concern.  The pressure was somewhat normal and the optical nerve, they would just keep an eye on it.  We are to take her back in three months.   That was a blessing.
With all of that going on, we were just not sure and then on Wednesday night, during our Christmas celebration, Allen Jr. had a seizure.  It is his first one in at least 8 years or more.  He has been seizure free for a long time now and has been off his seizure medications for the last 8 - 9 years.   It did not last very long, so we just kept him home.  Called all of his Doctors on Thursday morning to make them aware and would keep them posted if anything changed.
Through all of this we still feel very blessed and we are thankful for all the Lord has done and continues to do.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Makaela's Piano Recital

Makaela's recital was back in October, but I'm just getting around to posting her pictures.  She and all of the girls did wonderful.  We are so thankful that she wants to learn the piano and music. .

This is all of the girls and their teacher.  They all glad it was over.  

Allen wanted to give his sister and the other girls a rose after the recital.  

Another Good Devotion

Okay here is another devotion that I enjoyed.  I  can see myself in this, and with the Lords help, hope to change.   I tend to get unrealistic expectations at different times in my life, not just around the Christmas season.

http://devotions.proverbs31.org/2010/12/unwrapping-his-christmas-presence-2.html

An Interesting Devotion.

I have been getting these devotions for a while and some I enjoy more than others.  I want my "fragrance" to draw people to Christ!

http://devotions.proverbs31.org/2010/12/whats-that-smell.html