Summary of the past couple weeks from our family:

I have started successfully homeschooling my 2 daughters. I also have started teaching the three classes at the high school. I'm very thankful for my classes. They are very repectful and fun to teach.

I was talking to the Lord. I asked Him for an opportunity to speak to a public school student about Him. It is one of the prayers, that is prayed more with skeptism than faith--but no matter. Yesterday, one of my former students sought me out. She told me how she was encouraging her friend to pray to God about a matter he was having. He confronted her saying what authority does she have telling him that, since she doesn't even know what she believes. It struck her deeply and so she sought me out. She asked me if I could teach her about God and teach her to pray!! I said, " Would I??!! You're an answer to my prayers!" How faithful is our God and how exciting for the opportunity. I just wonder how many other opportunities I have missed simply because I did not ask.

Josh has been hanging in there. He is our little architect--in fact we have quite a few that enjoy playing with legos. I'm glad that for the most part Josh is able to join us in homeschooling or entertain himself. The latest funny thing is what he says is when he is not happy. "Josh it's time to go to bed" "Oh Man!!"--he replies. The funny thing is I don't know where he picked it up.

I'm so proud of Alisa. She has been working hard all summer in what is called Superbook Olympics. She has to learn 2 memory verses each week as well as completing a 3 page worksheet on a Biblical topic and story. This year they studied I AMs--I am the gift, shepherd, king, doctor, sheep, etc. Alisa earned a gold medal, because she completed 12 weeks of doing the above things. She earned a pool party, and more importantly she is hiding God's word in her heart!!

Krista started kindergarten!!! She is adjusting well to school. She doesn't feel like she has to compete for me like last year when Alisa was the only one in school, demanding more time from me.




My hubby did some MANLY activities: see above

Our Park is being taken over with SPLASH, a water extravaganza. So that is what the background fence is all about. So to try to appease us who go to the park regularly, they have put in two new very nice playgrounds. One is for ages 2-5 and the other (which is part of the above) is the "big" kid playground. The kids LOVE it. So the appeasement worked!

This --below is part of the 2-5 year old play ground. I'll have to get some better pics. It is nice, because it has the canvas canopies above the playground.

We have to enjoy our Last Days of Summer!!!

M&Ms!!
We went to Target to get some school pictures. Plus I had a coupon!!! I was very pleased with the pictures. I always reward/bribe my kids with a treat afterwards. So the girls picked gum and a ring pop and Josh picked a bag of M&Ms. We had been looking at shoes before the pictures, so we had to go back to the shoes before I could pay for goodies. I told Josh that he had to wait. I'm wheeling him in the cart over to the shoes and he starts saying, "Dear Jesus, Thank you for the M&Ms. Amen!" He knew what it took to eat something!!! The girls were laughing =)