Trampoline death

Our trampoline had a very snowy, yellow, steal death.  My husband hit it with the snowplow thinking he had more space and turned out he did not. While the children are disappointed, we will replace it once the snow melts and we find a suitable, cost-effective replacement. God gave us choices and skills and we get to make the choices and maybe use the skills to replace this fun outdoor play equipment.

semi sick/rest day

With the way we all sound I think to day might be a sick day. We will do just math and reading and be done for the day. One child got up with a fever the rest of us got up with quite the cough and sniffles and sneezes.
Also the weather is kind of suckish (from the way it looks and sounds like)... it snowed this morning and now the new snow is drifting bad some drifts are almost all the way across the driveway so it is a good day to have a rest day.
I will work on getting things ready for our trip (hopefully) to the water park tomorrow. I know these children need to be free to run. They are getting cabin fever from the lack of days to get outside due to the wind and cold of the midwest. Thought I was going to be able to send them outside today then the wind kicked up and now the wind chills make it too cold to be out for very long.

First post of 2014

So in this first post of 2014 not much has changed for us. I am still homeschooling the children. I am contributing to a blog which I think I will be doing more posting and actually schedule posts so I keep on top of things. Might even start a blog planner in a notebook so that I know what and when I to post.
I have started a menu planner and it helps knowing what is for supper and knowing what I need for groceries.

Life

Life got busy and this blog got forgotten again.
I got to celebrate with my brother and his new wife this past weekend and Brianna and Avri completed the first summer of playing softball.
I have now started the process of getting things ready for the new school year; which for us starts August 19.
I have been invited to contribute to a blog. I am very excited to do this. Tapestry of Grace is a fun way to learn and we get to read lots of books on the history topic we are studying.

Facebook

So after I add my own mother to be a friend I had to unfriend her and place her on the block list yet again. I really wish she would grow up and get over the fact that I homeschool my children. My own sisters have even got over it and even listen to me when I get excited about the stuff we are learning or going to learn. I will not be criticized in public!

stress release

Since I know most don't read this anymore, I can vent here and the ones I an venting about don't even know this exists.
My family is getting to the point where I don't want to talk to most of them. I still homsechool and there are a few members of the blood/by marriage family that have decided that they are God and they can judge others and even criticize others. Last I knew being a christian is to let God and Jesus do the judging.
Just because someone goes to church does not make them a christian and as well as not going does not make you not christian. These same people are always telling me that I need to do this or that and every once in a while I listen but mostly I do not and it makes them mad. I might not be perfect but neither are they. I am tired of getting told to do things like I am a child!!!! Last I checked I was not a child and I have not been a child in many years.

Well, after a bit of trouble, I have gotten back on here.... not sure why I ever left. Oh, yeah now I know life got hectic. 5 kids and housewife duties had me busy. I will try to update this more. Since my last post we have moved into a bigger house and I am still homeschooling the kids. I have joined a homeschooling group and I am glad that they have welcomed me even though 2 of my kids are in a virtual school.