My Crazy House of Home Schoolers!!!

So I realize my title to this post is a bit....silly....
But, this year of homeschooling so far has been just that...CRAZY!
Lets start with this picture. It really says it all.

I like to title it..."Monkey On My Back"
She is everywhere and on everything.....AND she doesn't like sleep. At least not like I do! ;)

Our home school has definitely changed this year. Teaching Kindergarten, Second, and Third grade have definitely been challenging. I have questioned myself and what in the world I'm doing every day......
We have good days and bad days. Boring days and fun days. Hard days and easy days.

I definitely have to stop my mind from wandering the what if trail...."what if I'm doing it wrong?", "what if they should go to school somewhere else??" " what if I mess them up????"

Oh how I hate those thoughts.

Anyway, God reminded me of what He has called me to do. Not everyone has the same calling. I believe God has unique plans for everyone.

For me it's to  home school my girls. Monkeys on the back and all. It's to go through the easy days and falling on my knees thanking Him for His Grace to make it through the hard ones.....
I'm not perfect. I think I ask my kids for forgiveness at least 20 times a day!!

It's having a messy house and letting it go, having a mound of clean clothes on your bed and in your dryer at all times because for some reason we own like a million pieces of clothing that I can never get put away....whew...I hate laundry!!

It's laughing with my children, crying with them, playing with them, trying to humbly serve my family without complaining and asking for forgiveness when I fail to do that.....which happens daily in this house!  My poor husband!! haha

The life of a mother and wife are not easy. I'm reminded after a hard morning that God has a calling for me and He never said it would be easy.

These are my favorite verse to go to on days like today....



"For I know the plans I have for you, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you future and a hope." Jer 29:11

"For my grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness." 2 Cor 12:9

I really do enjoy home schooling my girls. I'm thankful for the privilege and freedom to do it.

 Here is another picture of the "monkey's work" Yeah, Emma wasn't so happy about it either. :)

 The "Monkey" is at it again....she's cute.

 and she knows it! :)

 So for now we will continue to give her soda because.....it calms her.....right?!?
Who knows. If only I had her energy and ability to climb anything and everything. Oh what I could do in a day!! I would definitely be Super Mom then!! haha

 

Here's a music video from Selah....I love this song..."Faithful One". how true is that!

Catching up on life

We've been busy over this last year and a half since I've blogged!!

One thing I've noticed after looking back is that my older three girls are growing up!! I can't believe how much they've grown! 

 Leah is now in the 3rd grade, Emma 2nd grade, and Madelyn is a Kindergartner!! Wow can't believe I've been homeschooling for 5 years now!! It's only by God's Grace that we've made it this far!! :)

 The future Artist

 The future Teacher

The future Chef... 

I would say that I have it made ;)

We've celebrated lots of birthdays!!!

 Mady turned 5 on January 8th and Lillian turned one!

 Leah celebrated her 8th birthday and Emma her 7th..

Mit turned 36 this year.....I had to remind him of how old he is...

I celebrated my 29th plus 2 birthday this year!! ;)

Sweet Delilah hit double digits this year!! She turned 10 in May! I love this old lady!

 I ran my first 5k back in April with my friends!! It was very interesting.....colorful!! :) Maybe I'll do another one next year with Leah. She loves to run with me at home.

 This girl is so busy!!! She is every where and climbs everything!!! I don't kno how we do all that we do.....we love her!!

We took a family vacation to Boone, NC this year!! We loved it!! the mountains are so beautiful!! I want to move there now!! haha

 Beautiful view from Grandfathers Mountain

 Our Cabin

 Lils...she's so tiny!!

 My sweet older girls

View from our cabin! <3

It's been such a busy season of life for us. I'm hoping to get back into blogging so I can treasure these precious memories when my girls grow up.