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Emma's Senior Cheerleading Pics

Emma's last year as a high school cheerleader . My sunshine is growing up.

Rainy day shopping

Took the big girls shopping. We had fun shopping and Melaina loved being a big girl.

Are we there yet!!

Everyone was so excited to go, the trip down was fun. No pictures of our trip home we were to tired to lift the camera.

my little man

Zachariah James ( Zach, Zachman, Ack (courtesy of Aliyah), Zachy (courtesy of Lydia)

Independence Day

Each and everyday I am more and more grateful for the privilege of freedom in the United States but moreso the freedom I have in Christ. Our personal celebration

July 13, 2009 - Noah's first lost tooth

Noah was so proud!!

my yard this spring

kittens

born july 2nd

My version of workboxes

Workboxes are all the rage among homeschoolers. I think they are fantastic but Don vetoed having multiple shoe racks with plastic bins floating around the house. So I came up with my own version. It is having serious problems as the shoe racks are too heavy and it keeps falling over. Looking for a way to use these without spending big bucks.I am filling boxes for 6 children and two preschoolers and two file folder systems for highschool I have a "plan" I work off. Math always goes in the same slot, Bible always goes in the same slot etc. I set up a schedule and we just do the same thing everyday in the same order. Not terribly creative I know. So I have Bible, Math, SS (which may vary- sometimes work with mom, sometimes a learning center, sometimes just a book but it is always in the same slot. box #1 My worbox schedule has been Bible first - everyone has Bible first. The teens have a personal study to do, my middle age kids a Precept Bible study to do and then my

Ben turned 11

He is such a loving boy. I can't even begin to tell you all the good things about Ben. He loves animals and is very kind to them. He loves to wear his robe all day. Ben has an amazing imagination. He is daily inspired to take on a different career. Ben is sensitive but hides it with a good tough guy act.

Honor

We did a quick tour through the Honor unit and it was great. I hope to get back to dig deeper.

my birthday

My husband blessed me with this awesome cake.

i am a grandmom - wow

Asher Elijah born on May 9, 2009. Asher now

memorial day

Picnic at Muddy Run. We devoured fried chicken, chips, watermelon and gallons of ice tea.

Zach is here and school is NOT

He was born at the end of July and life has not been the same since. He is tiny tiny tiny