Thankful Thursday!!!

I am at home with my girls while Dad is meeting with Ben and Wesley is finishing up his summer leadership program with CHOM. Tonight is his awards ceremony and they say nice things about him that make me cry. This is something that embarrasses my family but I can NOT help it the tears flow like a river anytime my kiddos are being honored for anything!

So I am not gonna get all sappy now I will just have a great day enjoying the girls. This picture of them was taken at THE BUTTERFLY PALACE in Branson, Missouri when we were on vacation and don't they look sweet? I love it when they get along and have fun together. IT seems that the older they get the more divided they become which hurts but everyone tells me it is a phase and they will be close when they are adults but I don't care to wait I want it now! I am gonna beef up my prayers that they are close siblings and that they do more than tolerate -they CELEBRATE each other!

OK. so, now here we go to have some girl time. Maybe we will play SKIPBO or WII or maybe we can go and make something...let me see...we can pull out a recipe book and see what we have the ingredients for.

My wheels are turning...they need to slow down!

Alrighty now...it is 1:47 a.m. and I can not sleep. All I think of when I try is school next week! & one unspoken prayer request but I know God has heard my prayers. I am a little anxious about this new school year and honestly I think I do this to myself EVERY year. I am so worried that I have not thought of something that I need to have prepared. I have been over Wesley's transcript information and the graduation requirements a million times and we are on target yet somehow I still worry! O.k. Lord, I am asking ~ praying and standing on scripture here Philippians 4:6...Be anxious for nothing , but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God. So if there is anything I am leaving out Lord he is yours first...so to God be the glory for his education. Now, I think I can sleep. Wow, this blogging which is basically my journal is very therapeutic. So I will try to get here a little earlier tomorrow so I can post all of the fantastic things we have planned!

ready set go...

So...school starts in two weeks~ are we ready? Well I am for sure. I can hardly wait to get into a routine and see us accomplish our days goals. The children could probably wait for another 6 weeks or so [except Bailey-Grace who is very eager] She said today after working on Math for about a half hour that she just has this [speaking of Math] "filled up in her brain". Spoken like a true 7 year old Mathematician. We will begin something very new to us :a full Unit Study program for Wesley and Shelby-Lauren[Blessed is the Man & Far Above Rubies ]and FUNSCHOOLING UNIT STUDIES FOR Bailey-Grace... fun fun! The neat thing about our first day of school is that we will start in Panama City. We will be on the road with Bill and our first day [and week] will be in a hotel lobby. This may sound challenging and while it can be at first we thoroughly enjoy it. For one thing it frees us up from having to incorporate household chores into our already busy schedule, it also allows us to see the sights of the places where Bill is working and most of all it keeps our family together during the week so that we are able to have Bill involved in our lives & us in his. And when you add a walk on the beach to our P.E. time or a free continental breakfast to an already stretched budget ~ everyone is happy. We had to work out the kinks of traveling on a dime and we are probably going to continue to learn ways to save as we do it this year but we are well on our way. We just bring or shop for the groceries we need to make lunch and dinner in the hotel and this keeps us from going out to eat in restaurants. Bill has to eat on the road as he travels to see customers but we are together in the evening. It is neat to see the kids learn to make budget friendly choices that we are able to fix in the room.