Our First Week of School

Phew! We did it! We completed our first week! I am teaching all 3 this year - unlike last year Megan (7th grade) did all of her schooling from a BJU hard drive. Although, for math this year she is using a Saxon Math CD - a teacher introduces/teaches each days lesson, Meg does the work & I check it all and am here if she needs help. She loves English. Caleb (3rd grade) hasn't complained once this week - : ). He really loves learning cursive writing- we tried cursive last year & he just couldn't get the "feel of it". As you can see, Megan complimented him - so he must have done well. He's also learning multiplication! Jacob (1st grade) is really good with numbers. Last year, he made it through 1/2 of the 1st grade Arithmetic book. So he's looking forward to finishing that up & getting into the 2nd grade book. He'll be polishing his reading skills, too. And me - you know where I'll be. : )

Jake made it through!

Yeah, for Jacob! He did it! He started the day out with 3 missing teeth and now he has 7! He was really brave - unlike me. The whole process took less than 45 minutes. Now, Jake's trying to figure out how much money he will after tonight. : ) Thanks to all who prayed for him.

Labor Day '08

Never mind the date on the pictures - it was 9/1/08 when we went to Racine Wi. We love this place. There are so many fun things to do there, but #1 on our list is the beach. It was the hottest day of the summer - 90 degrees! It was a great way to "end" our summer. We also made a stop at our favorite bakery. They make the most delicious Kringles. Yum!

Racine

Prayer . . . and the Lord's leading

I truly am thankful for the Lord's leading in our lives. This past month, has been a month of many decisions. I am grateful for prayer and guidance in planning for a new school year (which curriculum to buy,etc.), direction in finding a new dentist for Jacob, wisdom in a job offer that I was given, and in so many other small areas of life.

Pray for Jacob! I have posted before that Jake has really bad teeth. A year and half ago - Jake had about $3000 worth of work done - 3 silver caps, a few root canals, fillings, etc. YIKES! Poor baby! We didn't have a good experience with the dentist at all. So we never returned. Well, recently Jacob has felt a cavity - so I knew I had to get him in somewhere else. Almost two weeks ago, we were finally able to get him into Dr. Johnson - a really good children's dentist. In my mind, I thought Jake will get his tooth fillled and that'll be all. NOT! He has to have 4 teeth extracted by a oral surgeon, have a root canal, another silver cap, spacers made for the teeth that will be extracted and 2 fillings on the front of 2 teeth. Eeeks! Poor Guy!!! After the extraction, he will have 7 holes in his mouth - because he has lost 3 teeth as well. Thankfully, this time we have insurance that covers a good amount of the cost. Oh, yeah - one of the teeth that will be pulled is one of his silver caps - that's money down the drain. Last year, I even asked if there was anyway we could pull a few of these teeth and the other dentist said, Oh, No they need to be there so the permanent teeth will have room. Someone needs to tell him about spacers.

***Remember, to pray Jake on Tuesday (9/9) at 9:00 AM - and that he will recover quickly.

JURY DUTY

Well, my time has come! I reported to Jury Duty on Tuesday, Sept. 2nd. And of course, I was immediately selected for a civil trial that was expected to last the entire week. : ) My first thought was that I homeschool and where are the kids gonna be all week. My poor mom has not been feeling well (dear old arthritis) but I didn't know what else to do. I really appreciate my folks for keeping our kids. We had delayed our starting school 'til I knew if I was selected or not. The kids were glad to have me serve - they could be at Grandpa & Grandma's and postpone school until next week. : ) Yippeee for them!!! Thankfully, we finished a day early - so I'll have a "long" weekend before school starts. I met a lot of neat people and truly enjoyed my service as a juror.