My favorite kiddos

Here are a few pic of my favorite kiddos. I took these inte back yard at Nanny's.

These 2 were easy. Just cought them while they were playing.

These 2 had to pose a little more.

This one was the toughest. But it is a really goo one of all of them.

Back to school back to planning.

"Big Guy" sporting his new mohawk.
"Little guy" hanging on to summer w/ his tye die.

Here's our 1st day of school pics. We started our school year later than usual this year. I was really trying to give us a chance to get settled. We're still working out the scheduling kinks that come with homschooling & me working outside the home. So far our weeks have went really well. The days still don't look like I pictured them. (Not that I thought they would.) But it always helps me to have a picture in my head. One thing is that I have yet to have a week where I feel like I've really developed my lesson plans. We're still using FIAR. One of the things I love about FIAR is it's simplicity. I know that I can just pick up my manual and go. So much of our learning has been conversational this year. Their notebooks look kinda bare. I also like to plan and have lots of hands on activites for them. This stuff provides a visual reassurance of what we're doing each day for me and built in review for them. So I 've been wanting to get more of that in. Next week I'm going branch out a little. I've been in the mood to do something w/ a fall theme.

We've done leaf units before and my pumpkin books haven't come in yet. So I decided to do a unit on trees. We'll be using the book, The Big Tree and this lapbook from HSS. We'll start our thankful tree. I'm looking forward to this project this year because I'm intrested to see how what we've been through this year will effect the guys responses. Plus I want to do some fall crafts. I like this wreath . Crayola has some great printables. Mabe make a nature print shirt. Then Round out the week w/ a hike at on of the state parks.

Football time in TN

It's a week late but here's my guys before big guy's 1st game.

To this....

Here's a little tour of our new home.

Comming in the frnt door.

Our Kitchen.

School room

Play room

Boys room.

The Boys are so proud of their fishing bathroom.

I've still got to get some outside shots of the house. But as you can see God has been so Good!!

We are so thankful & I can't wait to see how God will use the home he has provided.

From this

March 7th started like any other typical Saturday morning. Boys watching cartoons in the den and Big C & I fixing breakfast in the kitchen. We were really excited because this was the 1st breakfast on our new stove. Big C loves fried "taters" & has always fixed them on the stove top. I remember looking at the pan & thinking something doesn't look right. I said something to Big C & he reached across the stove to turn off the eye. He was reaching back to move the pot when a fire ball shot up lighting the cabinets. In a flash we were out of the house & Big C called 911. He was at himself enough to to back & grab a few things before the living room filled w/ smoke. (Because of this I've promised never tease him about his OCD again) My family came to get the boys. From there all I couild do for the next several hours is watch my house burn. Thankfully our fire fighters were really on the ball. They realized they couldn't save our house because it had spread to the attic. So while one group cut holes in the roof another group began to pull things from the house. I'll never forget the sight of a firefighter coming out my front door w/ a laundry basket full of pictures that had been removed from the walls. Another group started passing clothes from the boys colset out the front window. I'm so thankful for all they did. When the holes were done they soaked the house to contain the fire. The structure was gone but we had the most import things (all of us unharmed) & many things that couldn't be replaced(pictures).

Moving

If you''re still looking for me. I've moved to myworldaccordingtomi.blogger.com

Fresh start

So many crazy things have happened over the last few months. I couldn't access my blog for awhile and then when I could I felt compelled to catch up from where I left off. This just totally overwhelmed me. So I decide that it was time for a fresh start. I went back to the original title of my first blog because I think it fits me better. This is just a place for me to ramble about what's going on in my little world. I like to use it to plan hs lessons and share pics with friends & family. Also from time to time I'll share what I'm learning about me along the way.