There is one thing for sure about life! Change is a part of it! I just look at our header and see the changes in the girls and it brings me great joy. :)
Soooo, what is about to change in our family?
Well, for one.... Our son and daughter in law are moving back to Texas so he can begin his doctoral studies. We are very excited about this change... and it appears Joe will be here this weekend and Becca and the boys will follow after a nice visit with her parents in San Francisco!
Three of the girls are starting high school this year, and one is starting Jr. High.
Anna will be starting Public High School this year. She is very interested in the R.O.T.C. program, and having a career in the military. After much prayer and consideration, interviewing other parents who's children attend the school, soul searching, and wrestling over what is best for our sweetie, we came to our decision.
She was willing to abide by our final decision whether it would be to continue home education, or go to the school.
We are excited to see what the Lord has in store for her as she gets used to being in such a different environment.
Sarah and Alli will also be attending a Co-Op on Fridays where they will each take 3 classes. They are excited about these new changes.
Alli will be taking Texas History at the co- op which will free me from having to teach two separate histories. :)
Sarah will be taking writing, public speaking and American Literature.
Second Semester, they will be taking Multimedia Art.
Erika was not interested in the Public High School OR the Co- Op. She keeps herself quite busy and has so many other things she is already doing, including photography and guitar.
Anna is continuing with her Fencing Lessons and Alli will be taking TKD....at Co-Op, which she is very excited about.
I am excited about this new stage we are entering into. Before we know it, they will be graduating .... it really does happen so quickly!
I never thought we'd be putting any of our children into school.... but here we are, doing exactly that! I pray that the Lord guides and protects our Anna as she goes off to school. This will be her first experience in a school. She even gets to take a school bus!
She already knows a couple of sweet girls who will be attending also.
Soooo! Here's to all the changes about to come our way!
God is Good.
So today, we were hooked up to FIOS TV.... so we could bring our bill DOWN by 30 dollars!
We don't watch TV at all.... so we decided to see what this FIOS thing
would bring into our home.... How about several HUNDRED channels????
I'm lost with the whole button pushing thingy.... and don't really
understand how to find anything.. but we happened upon a channel that
had Little House on the Prairie....THEN....there were the commercials.
The first one showed this couple, OUR AGE, who were HAPPY to have all
the kids gone and they were doing what THEY wanted to do!
Erika was standing next to me and said, "Wow! How sad!"......
I'm so glad she feels that way! I'm so glad that she knows how very
much we love her and cherish each of our children and would never want
them to just be "grown" so we could do whatever WE wanted.
And now, we will let that button pushing thingy rest... and enjoy the cheaper bill.
We don't watch TV at all.... so we decided to see what this FIOS thing would bring into our home.... How about several HUNDRED channels????
I'm lost with the whole button pushing thingy.... and don't really understand how to find anything.. but we happened upon a channel that had Little House on the Prairie....THEN....there were the commercials.
The first one showed this couple, OUR AGE, who were HAPPY to have all the kids gone and they were doing what THEY wanted to do!
Erika was standing next to me and said, "Wow! How sad!"......
I'm so glad she feels that way! I'm so glad that she knows how very much we love her and cherish each of our children and would never want them to just be "grown" so we could do whatever WE wanted.
And now, we will let that button pushing thingy rest... and enjoy the cheaper bill.