I can do ANYTHING they can do.....

Stacia helps Jared lift "weights" - though she chose the bar. ::snort::

An Unlikely Sight in TX

I had to drive back to get a photo! It IS cold here - 32* day time. That is REALLY cold for this area. We haven't had moisture and no other trees or yards are iced over except all the trees in this park. We can only guess that the city's sprinklers came on early this a.m. ::snort::

Trucks, Walls, and Plays

I left the house at 8:30 Tuesday a.m. to go meet the United Truck. It was fun to have FOOD in the house again - you know "real food". ::snort:: I think things went well - and I learned a lot of ways to make our next order more efficient.

Bible study was last night. We had a LOT of material to get through - and we did it. Shew...next week we'll discuss our homework, learn how to do Word studies, and continue to dive into the book of Ephesians.

We did a teeny bit of couch school yesterday. The older boys continue to rush on at their own pace. Our curriculum only had one week scheduled for Ancient China - and that is this week. I've decided that the younger ones we'll do at least two....there is SO much to learn and do - I hate to spend one week on it. We are going at a pace seperate from the older boys. This has advantages and disadvantages!

Zander decided to make the Great Wall of China.
My day today began bright and early with a trip to the doc. UGH. I came home with Synthroid (I've taken that for years so that wasn't a surprise) and Zocor (now THAT was a bummer). He was appalled that I've had high cholesterol numbers for 3 years and have managed to talk them into letting me continue trying diet and exercise. He says if it was going to work it would have by now. He did think our lifestyle changes HAVE been helpful in terms of who knows what would have happened without them...but he thinks I need meds. He spent quite a long time with me discussing all the ins and outs. He's convinced it's time to start meds. I remain unconvinced. I do have the pills and will be discussing with Mike the big topic of "swallow or flush" the Zocor that is. ::snort::

I got home and wanted to do a bit of research on the internet. We didn't get couch school done. BUT we got lots of table school done. THEN the kids decided to prepare a play. It worked.

Nolan was the creator and director

Arielle built sets and acted

Stacia - we don't know what this had to do with anything. LOL

They preformed tonight.

Thanks to Jared for taking photos of the big play!

Speed

Kelly - is it loading quicker? I took off tons of side bar items...and the scrolling verse at the bottom. It loads quick for me. ::snort:: Let me know if you notice a change in speed at all.

Speaking of speed - Jamin moves incredibly fast. He always has. The joke in our small town when he was a toddler is that he never learned how to walk. He began to RUN immediately! He races around here ALL the time.....and evidently he does the same at work. He's been asked twice now if he's on crack - two different occassions. I keep telling him to take a deep breath...this boy is going to RUN to meet his destiny.

Another Monday

I'm so surprised at how much I accomplished today!

I worked out.

I read another 12 pages in "The Bible in 90 Days".

We got school done. We really got school done. The kids all seemed interested in the books we were reading on Ancient China. We only have one week on this area - I think we'll stretch it a bit. We shall see.

We went to speech. Nolan is doing so well.....in fact his READING has sky rocketed. I'm excited. He's a bit "behind" because we focused solely on his speech for his K and 1st grade years. I was surprised that that 3 week break seemed to accelerate his reading! ::snort::

I made more copies for tomorrow night. I did some more work on study.

Tonight was to be our first United co-op. The truck didn't show up. It will come in the morning. I have heard this before about United. TCW/Shop Natural always had the driver call us the day before and give us an appt. say 5:15 p.m. But we'll adjust.
I even cleaned house and did 5 loads of laundry.
Josiah started his new semester. He has two new profs. Instead of 3 long days of classes; he'll be taking 5 shorter days. His plan is to be able to study a couple of hours before work each day at the campus library...rather than studying after work until 1 a.m. (and um...the rumor is we're a bit noisey around here).
Nothing earth shattering, but I feel like I'm starting to get a handle on the new schedule.

Weekends come and Weekends go....

Saturday - Mike went to the office to prep for two services, children's church and Sunday School. I worked on lesson plans. I also put a bunch of 2007 photos on the card for our digital frame. I need to find a few missing months and it will be good to for a time. I'm not sure how often I'll update. I went with a year this time so that I have photos of the girls on it too.

Saturday night our deployed chaplain came home! It was fun to be at the airport to welcome him home.

Today - well Mike was at the chapel from 9:00 - 7:30. I was supposed to be with him but we had a complication. Josiah had a meeting that began at 1:00 p.m. and so I needed to be home with the children. I took advantage of the recaptured afternoon to work on worksheets and such for our Bible Study. I had just clicked print on the lessons when Mike and Jared walked in. What a good feeling.

I got to talk to Krista today. I talked to Bre yesterday. It's been a good weekend!

Friday

I was up bright and early and at the lab by 7:30. This is all in prep for my big yearly check up on the upcoming Wed.

I hurried to HEB after this to pick up produce. I was there early enough to check for various items I've not been able to find since we quit receiving orders from Shop Natural. Julie called to say that I win the prize for being organized United Group Coordinator. ::snort:: She also told me there is a FULL catalog we can order from and what we had was a partial form. That's nice to hear. Our first group order is in and will arrive sometime on Monday.

Mike and I went to lunch.

Last night was our monthly PWOC project night. I did NOT take pictures (some are shy). I finished two of the three aprons that Krista and I had cut out. I really like one of them a lot. I plan to go buy "something" to stitch around the ties because I don't like the fringe look and I wasn't about to pin all those tiny seams under. LOL

I worked on worksheets for next week's Bible Study workshop session.