The past week or so...
We have all be busy trying to get school work done. Kyle has been doing great, but Beth has been sick since the 3rd with a cold and it was really bad. She was doing her work, but not as well as she usually does. On Thursday last week I stopped at Barnes and Nobles Bookstore and got Beth a new workbook. She did the entire workbook I purchased a few months ago and this book seems like just what she needs and it is 4th grade, so she feels like she is doing well. (Which of course she is!)
We are currently working on the human body. Beth still hates it, but I really think it is something they should learn. So we focused on a little bit of everything last week and then moved to the bones. I want to go through each system; I really like this stuff as I had to learn so much during college for Physical Therapy Assisting. We watched one of the Moody Bible Institutes DVD that we borrowed from the church's home school library and Kyle and I thought it was GREAT! (Beth doesn't like anything that is real when it comes to the body... and there was a real heart...very awesome)
Kyle is still thinking about his science fair project, but Beth already knows (and has known for about 2 weeks) what she wants to do.
I have been getting things done around the house, reading a book and studying my Bible more. It is really strange; right as I started teaching the teen girl's Sunday School class, I started really working on a couple areas myself (you know those kinds of things that are nagging at ya here and there). So, I have really been doing "double studying". Where did that time come from?? I hate to admit it, but the busier I am the more I can get done with my walk with God, my family, and my house. I know I only have so much time, so I am just using it better. Actually, I have very little time for anything else and I know I am actually doing what God wants me to do. I honestly feel like I am completely where I should be and that is a nice feeling.
Also, on top of all that, Jim's schedule COMPLETELY has been changed. It has been quite an adjustment over the past.....week! Oh, I just looked at the date and I really thought it was SO much longer ago. If any of you don't know, Jim is working a 24 hour shift now, plus the management part, and he is still doing the treasury work at church. Bless his heart; he is working so hard. I have been really proud of him, not that I wasn't before, but he just keeps goings without complaints and is just doing what needs to be done.
The kids
really dislike him being gone for 24 hours at a time every third day; Kyle was too little to remember it so many years ago. We know that God is in control of this and has stamped "OK" on it, but we still know that we need His wisdom and prayers to adjust. On that note, please pray that everyone would adjust to this.
Well, tonight is family night and Jim will be home very soon. Have a great evening!!
Kyle's favorite spot for today!
The boys being eaten for lunch! 
How could anyone NOT take pictures of this cute little man! 
Learning about broadcasting. 
Just us.
