Fauxhawks before they were cool!

 

I found this picture today while remonising. It was taken in July of 2006. What a trend setter! LOL!

Day 2 of school!

I have read my share of homeschooling articles, talked to many a woman who school their kids and I have done preschool activities with both kids on a fairly regular basis. No schedule, no plan really, just building memories and having fun.

Then I realize that if my dd was only 3 weeks older, she would be going to school as a kindergartner. AAAAACCCCCKKKKK! Since my sweet dh isn't totally sold on the whole homeschooling experience (he doesn't mind me doing it, just something he doesn't want to do!) I have told myself that this year is my pretend Kindergarten. So school it is and it is for real, kinda.

Now I am remembering all of my friends laments about their children bawking at school, discussing real tricks to get them to buy into school and all of their vents about their day. Day 2 and it is HARD!! LOL! Can't school just be a TV program about letter sounds?? Hey, wait, I used that - Letter Factory!!!

Anyhoo, Kylie is loving her school, it is Luke that is making me chuckle. He sits down and follows along and two minutes in he pronounces that "I am done!" And promptly gets up and walks off. I have some fun things for him to do throughout the morning but his little personality is so different than Kylie's at that age. He just makes me laugh.

Pray that I can make it through day 3 ok??

21 Day Challenge...

They say it takes 21 days to make a habit and I need habits! I have let my eating, sleeping and lack of excercise overtake me! Things have gotta change!

So here is my plan.

- Wake up before 6:30 - have some quiet time and coffee and be out the door at 7
- Run - either at the gym or outside (way too hot!!!)
- Go to bed before 10:30pm

My hope is that by excercising, I will want to eat better and drink my water. Then I will get back down to a healthy weight. I just feel blah right now!

I will edit this post daily for 21 days to keep me accountable in my undertakings! Anyone want to join me??

Day 1
- up and out of the house - ran 2 miles, walked 1
- drank my water and kept it in good point range through weight watchers.
- I am dead tired so I now I will be snoozing way before 10:30!
Day 2
- up and awake by 7 - my ds woke up at the same time so no excercise yet! My plan is to go tonight and walk 3 miles after they go to bed.
- drinking my water and eating well!
- I am sooo ready for bed and it isn't even the evening yet!
Day 3
- up and out - ran 2 miles and walked 1 - just trying to get my groove back.
- drank my water and ate well!
- went to bed at 11:00pm - oh well!

What to do, what to do!

Today my fabulous in-laws took the kids for a day. They are going down to Melbourne to pick up Nana (dc's great-grand-mother!)and are spending the day at the zoo. I know they will have great stories to tell upon their return! Thank you Nonni and Poppy!

So while they are gone, I am going to read, spend some time finishing up my homeschool plan for this year and enjoy the quiet! Wait, I still have 7 boys here so quiet is relative.

Hope...

Please enjoy with an open heart!


Oh The Glory of it All- SD from Northland, A Church Distributed on Vimeo.

Silly kids!

A few months ago, Linda shared a video of her girls singing a beautiful hymn. Their voices blended together so well and it just sounded wonderful. My kids watched it over and over again and really enjoyed it.

So Kylie wanted to sing a song of her own. This was totally made up on the spot as you can tell but we had fun none-the-less!

What is this??

Anyone have a clue??

I guess I should add that it is about an inch long and was found under an oak tree.

 

Lazy days of summer...

It has been such a good summer so far. Long days of swimming, playing outside and listening to the daily thunderstorms from the safety of our porch. I caught these pictures the other day when the kids were outside playing. The grass is so green from all of the rain and our kids cheeks are pink after the day at the pool. I couldn't resist!

 

 

 

What do I want to be when I grow up?

Yesterday my dd and I were driving around in the car. From the backseat, she said to me "mommy, when I get big and am not around you anymore, I think you should be an artist and have your own store."

What?? I am no artist and art isn't a really big deal in my house. I told her that I really don't know how to paint etc. She replied "well then after I am big and not around the house, you can take some classes THEN open an artist store. Or you could be a firegirl, a garbager, or a painter. Whatever you want to be!"

Well ok then. Glad she has my life all figured out.

What do you want to be when your kids are all out of the home? Yikes! What thoughts!

Our church history...

Back in the day when we first moved to Orlando, Jon and I felt led to start our own church. We had a passion and what we felt a call to our lives to go into full time ministry. We moved up to Orlando with no contacts, no friends, no theology degree, no money and a vision.

We rented a home and looked for a church to go to in the meantime. The first church we went to was Northland, A Church Distributed and the rest was history! Jon looked at me and said "this is the church that I wanted to start! We don't need to reinvent the wheel, lets just go here." While I would have loved to be a pastor's wife, I did breathe out a huge sigh of relief.

While my desire at first was to go to a church that was smaller and more community oriented, Northland has been a great fit for us. Pastor Joel Hunter is a remarkable man who is reaching my hearts cry at what the church should be. He has been active in community at the local and national level and it will be exciting to see where God takes him in the years to come. We are blessed as a family to be involved in such a ministry!

A few weeks ago, we went to church and this song was in my head for days afterwards. I was poking around the Internet today and found it! Hope you enjoy it!


Holy God RP from Northland, A Church Distributed on Vimeo.