After giving up blogging for quite some time, due to the craziness of our lives at this moment, I decided that there is too much swirling through my head that just has to come out.
I clicked on the blog to find that the last post I wrote was when we were getting ready to leave for FL last February. Funny because we JUST got our tickets again for this coming February and are all really psyched!
Michael and Ryan's soccer season just finished yesterday. They went undefeated only allowing three goals to be scored on them this season. Pretty good since Michael was our goalie and it was his first year in that position!
Dallas has the opportunity to play on a home school soccer team in Schroon Lake. It has been a great experience for him so far. We still have a few more weeks until that one is over, but we are really enjoying watching the kids play.
Our biggest news this year has been the adoption (FINALLY!) of our daughter! Girly is now ours and her name is Sabrina! I couldn't post that while she was only foster. June 22, 2010, God chose to make us the proud parents of an 8 year old beautiful little girl.
Anyone who has followed some of my past posts (most of which I deleted so I could make this public) knows it hasn't been an easy journey. We still have struggles and trials, but God is good and she is moving along and doing great!
My baby is turning 7 tomorrow. Hard to believe. Still home schooling him. He is doing great.
I will be adding more posts soon!
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Well...
Lots going on here. Counting down the days until we leave for FL! I don't even care how hot/cold it is there. We are going away! Haven't done a vacation like this with the kids, EVER. Such a blessing.
Meanwhile...
We are spending as much time as possible with very close friends of ours who are leaving as soon as we return from FL. They live at our house (almost!) and are such a part of our family that it will be super hard to see them off. We know that they are doing what they feel God wants them to do, but we are still gonna miss them!
Dallas and Michael finished their b-ball season. Now I have my hubby and two older boys home by 3:30 each day. We just invested in really nice hockey skates for all so now the last few days have been spent playing hockey with their dad and friends at the town rink. Although the skates were expensive, we are learning that some things are worth investing in JUST so we can do something with our kids that they love (it helps that we actually love it too). So much more to say about this, but...another time.
Dallas finished the season with 130 points!
Michael did great in b-ball too for his first year. He had several baskets! He continues to "wow" us with his beautiful photos. Here are a few samples:
Ethan continues to want to do whatEVER his brothers are doing. He has been skating too. He and Sabrina are taking ski lessons through the town and doing great. They can both ski independently and Ethan was skiing down the big trails even last year. It will be so fun to all ski together. Sabrina is almost there.
I just started Ethan in 1st grade Math. It looks like that is what he was already doing so we are doing some jumping to figure out where he should be. He is so easy to teach. He is reading everything he can...including things that are just laying on the table....papers, bills, etc. So funny.
Here is a sample of him playing something on the piano. He is so cute.
Meanwhile...
We are spending as much time as possible with very close friends of ours who are leaving as soon as we return from FL. They live at our house (almost!) and are such a part of our family that it will be super hard to see them off. We know that they are doing what they feel God wants them to do, but we are still gonna miss them!
Dallas and Michael finished their b-ball season. Now I have my hubby and two older boys home by 3:30 each day. We just invested in really nice hockey skates for all so now the last few days have been spent playing hockey with their dad and friends at the town rink. Although the skates were expensive, we are learning that some things are worth investing in JUST so we can do something with our kids that they love (it helps that we actually love it too). So much more to say about this, but...another time.
Dallas finished the season with 130 points!
Michael did great in b-ball too for his first year. He had several baskets! He continues to "wow" us with his beautiful photos. Here are a few samples:
Ethan continues to want to do whatEVER his brothers are doing. He has been skating too. He and Sabrina are taking ski lessons through the town and doing great. They can both ski independently and Ethan was skiing down the big trails even last year. It will be so fun to all ski together. Sabrina is almost there.
I just started Ethan in 1st grade Math. It looks like that is what he was already doing so we are doing some jumping to figure out where he should be. He is so easy to teach. He is reading everything he can...including things that are just laying on the table....papers, bills, etc. So funny.
Here is a sample of him playing something on the piano. He is so cute.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Teenage Blessings...
Dallas, age 14, 9th grade
Michael, age 13, 7th gradeThe two older boys are more of a blessing than I can express here. Last night I was reading (yes, you read that right...I was reading) and Dallas came into the living room and started chatting with me. Michael followed a minute later and it turned into one of those conversations you want to always remember.
Laughing, teasing...then serious. Issues going on at school. How they are dealing with them. What some of their friends are doing and how it bothers them.
I love these boys. Can't wait to have them back home with me, but SO thankful for what I see the LORD teaching them through their experience at school.
Are they perfect? HA!
Are they going to mess up? Of course.
Do I stand over them EVERY night and ask God for wisdom? Protection? A love for Truth and A love for HIS word? YES!
I pray so many things for these boys. I feel that I tend to focus on Ethan on this blog because I am with him so much and because he is stinkin' adorable...
...these two are stinkin' adorable too. I LOVE the age the are at right now. So fun. Watching everything we do and imitating how we handle situations. *gulp*
They each have different issues they are dealing with. Weaknesses and areas the LORD is using in their lives, but they are one of the biggest blessings God has given to us.
Michael read through the entire bible last year. Quite an accomplishment for a (then) 12 year old. I knew he was doing it and prayed Eph 1 for him every night. That the LORD would give him the spirit of "wisdom and revelation"...that he might know HIM better!
Both boys are on honor roll. Dallas struggles with Math and Michael with homework in general (he would MUCH rather be playing) :). BUT they are both pressing on. Helps when your dad is a teacher there and knows EVERYTHING that goes on at school. Including all the grades you get!
Dallas is graduation from LPCS this Spring. Can't believe that. Home with me next year. Michael is doing better and better now that he is getting the hang of "school" and what is expected. He has jumped up to the top of his class and is learning that one of his gifts is public speaking. Who knew.
Sorry, braggin' on them a little. Just wanted to. Going to go watch them play b-ball now. Can't wait. Love these boys.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Ethan's Question...ANSWERED!
After talking to my mother-in-law and getting an e-mail from my sister-in-law who both thought the same thing I did (the book was wrong)...I looked it up on Wikipedia and question...answered!
It IS One for the little boy who lived in the lane.
Typing error in the book? Don't know, but I loved that my boy was so bothered by this. He is so sweet.
It IS One for the little boy who lived in the lane.
Typing error in the book? Don't know, but I loved that my boy was so bothered by this. He is so sweet.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Ethan's Question...
Ethan is learning Baa! Baa! Black Sheep on the piano. He is obsessed with the words to the song. Here are the words...
Baa! Baa! Black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full,
One for my master
And one for my dame,
But none for the little boy
That lives in the lane,
Baa! Baa! Black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
The first day we were playing it he just sat staring at me while I sang and played. When I got done he said, "He's mean."
I paused. "Why is he mean?'
"Because he didn't give any to the little boy."
"Oh," I said, "I guess you are right, that doesn't seem very nice."
End of discussion.
Next day...
Ethan says, "Why won't he give one to the little boy? He must still have one bag left over. I mean, where did the third bag go? He said he gave (and now he is reading the words to me) one to his master and one to the dame. He must have one bag still. Why can't he share it with the little boy?"
"Sorry, Ethan. That is a good question but I have no idea." At this point I am laughing because he actually did the math and figured out that he had a bag left over. This is really bothering him.
Today he says, "I still don't like that he won't share with that little boy. Where is the last bag of wool?"
Good question.
I have a question too. Different subject. How in the world does Ethan know how to read contractions without reading it as a contraction. For example...when he sees "it's" he reads "it is" when he sees "they're" he reads "they are". When he sees "haven't" he reads "have not". Do kids just know this? He WON'T read it as a contraction. How does he know that "haven't" is the same as "have not". I never taught him this. He scares me sometimes.
Baa! Baa! Black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full,
One for my master
And one for my dame,
But none for the little boy
That lives in the lane,
Baa! Baa! Black sheep have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
The first day we were playing it he just sat staring at me while I sang and played. When I got done he said, "He's mean."
I paused. "Why is he mean?'
"Because he didn't give any to the little boy."
"Oh," I said, "I guess you are right, that doesn't seem very nice."
End of discussion.
Next day...
Ethan says, "Why won't he give one to the little boy? He must still have one bag left over. I mean, where did the third bag go? He said he gave (and now he is reading the words to me) one to his master and one to the dame. He must have one bag still. Why can't he share it with the little boy?"
"Sorry, Ethan. That is a good question but I have no idea." At this point I am laughing because he actually did the math and figured out that he had a bag left over. This is really bothering him.
Today he says, "I still don't like that he won't share with that little boy. Where is the last bag of wool?"
Good question.
I have a question too. Different subject. How in the world does Ethan know how to read contractions without reading it as a contraction. For example...when he sees "it's" he reads "it is" when he sees "they're" he reads "they are". When he sees "haven't" he reads "have not". Do kids just know this? He WON'T read it as a contraction. How does he know that "haven't" is the same as "have not". I never taught him this. He scares me sometimes.
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