Sunny Saturday

Well my son has one more day of school left of 11th grade then he is off for the summer.... You don't know how sad I feel when I think of him starting his senior year in August! I know most mom's would be happy for their kids but not me, I just feel that the time has just passed WAY to quickly. My mom always said that you wake up one morning and your children are going to kindergarten, you wake up another morning they are teenagers, wake up again they are graduating high school, then getting married, then having their own babies..... she always said that I will not belive how quickly time flies by to not worry about all the little things to just enjoy the children while they are with me! Of course while your going through life it is hard to stop and "See the children", you worry that they aren't speaking yet, when will they be potty trained, walking, then you go through the whole school thing, then first boyfriends/girlfriends, driving a car ect..... It seems a blur when you think of it and it's hard to enjoy it while you are living it. But I so understand what she ment when she said you will wake up one morning and it will be all gone and you won't know where it went - I am at that point with Kristopher, He drives, has a girlriend & will be a senior in highschool! Where did my little man with the big belly laugh go?

He had a football game last night against Mainland, in Daytona Beach. He played alot but not all of the game, He was a bit disappointed about that. I really am not sure why they take him out of the game, he does very well I think.... He loves football - I don't know how he sticks with it though when his football coach tells him he will be playing both sides of the ball and then he doesn't even play the whole game!!!! They do this to him every year, and it looks like it will happen again this up-coming year too! here is the story about the football game: http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Sports/Headlines/sptFBH01051907.htm

~* The Nile River *~

Here are a few pictures of our "Nile River". This is one of the projects from the Story of the World Book #1. We seemed to have a terrible time "overflowing" it.... We couldn't get the water to go over the banks : ( Kelly then really went crazy with the water and we totally flooded it! We haven't had much luck with any of the projects we have done so far..... But we will keep trying : )

Homeschool Horse Field Trip

Kelly & I went with two other families from her Homeschool Horseback Riding Class to see our horse trainer's new baby minature horse. She has the little guy and his mom at a stable over by Cody's Cornor. It was fun to see about 30 horse that were there - two of the females are very pregnant and ready to pop any minute. Most of these horse are only for breeding, It is alittle sad that they look at you with those eyes like they want some lovin....

The trainer's little man is just too cute! He has one blue eye and one brown eye - I took a picture of him with his mom, In the picture is also Kelly's horse back trainer and one of the other gals in the class.

Homeschooling Groove.......

I have been putting alot more time into getting ready for Kelly's school day. I think before I was just to overwhelmed and didn't really have a vision on where we were going. I feel really excited that I might have found something we can run with : )
Of course we have really only been doing http://www.amblesideonline.org/index2.shtml for a few says now but I actually have Kelly's attention...... Yea! We aren't doing the program exactlly like they state but close to it, We are also using "The Story of the World" series http://peacehillpress.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=2 & The Apologia books http://www.jeanniefulbright.com/apologia.html In each of htese programs they have experiments and projects to go with the learning which is soooo Kelly. It really helps keep her motivated to sit and listen if she knows we are going to to a project or experiment in the near future!
I'll keep you posted on how it is going!!!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Since my mom passed away Feb. 5, 2002 - I have hated each "Mother's Day" that has rolled around! I wake up with a saddness each year - I miss her terribly. So many times I hear people talk about "Oh, there mother this and that" they don't know how lucky they are to be able to complain about their moms.... You just can not know the feeling unless you have lived it! I lost my mom in 2002 and then my dad passed away 16 days after we moved down to Florida in Sept. 2003 - I know I have said it before but there is no love like your parents love and when it's gone it is such an adjustment to make.....

Fires & Accidents.....

We have a nasty wild fire here in Flagler County that is getting me a bit nervous! It's not too close yet but when you here how quickly it is eating up acres and acres of land it makes you worried.... It seems that if we aren't worried about hurricanes (Which starts June 1st.) then it's fires here in Florida. It really striks me as ironic because one of the reasons we moved down here was to get away from bad weather (snowstorms & cold). I just pray that this fire or any others that might pop up stay away from our area... With so many animals it would be very gut wrenching having to evacuate without the horse, goats, chickens, turkey's! I pray that my daughter would never have to live through that!!!!!! There are so many things to think about when faced with evacuating - Our main problem is getting all the dogs into the van. I have been very slack this year because when some of the dog crates cracked I didn't replace them which could cause some major issues if we need to leave fast. I really should get on that today - See really what we would be faced with.
Anyway, In other bad news one of the boys who played football with Kris last year was in a terrible car crash. The football coach who went to see him said he had been thrown out of the car during the accident, he said that it looked like the young man had no ears.... and would have major scars on his face. This boy was so handsome and so smart too - It is just such a darn shame this had to happen, he had just lost his father only a short time ago! His mom must be beside herself! It really brings home that you just never know when things like this will happen.... I think we all need to rethink things. I feel so blessed to be able to have Kelly home with me (I just hope I am doing her justice by her learning). Our kids are with us so little time if you really think about it - Then they go off to start their own lives.... Hold them close while you can : )

Where did that month go?

Well a whole month has passed since I last posted! Yikes, Where does the time go...... It seems like the days just run into each other and it is the same day over and over.
It is crazy here, We had a few litters of pups which have been keeping me busy as a beaver. I am finding it harder and harder to balance work with homeschooling - It seems just to easy put off schooling when I am over loaded with the dogs : ( I am working on trying to do the schooling in the morning and then my dog work in the afternoon but when you have puppy families asking for up-dated pictures of their babies it's hard to not to get on it..... This morning I was up at 4:30am - Yikes! That is why I am dragging all day and need a nap or two to make it through the day.
My husband has been out of work pretty much all of April and nothing is in sight. That has me in knots, He always feels things will come through but here in the Flagler Beach area things have really slowed down in the building area. It never seems like we can have a good money year, Something always comes up......
After our episode with Oak Meadow and Kelly not really getting much out of it (Her recall of what we worked on was pretty bad), I cancelled that and we have started http://www.amblesideonline.org/index2.shtml
It is something I had looked at before and decided to give it a go. I am buying all the books necessary for the year because with gas prices going skyrocketing, I don't want to have to go to the library for the books.... (Have you noticed not many people complaining about how high the gas is? I find this so strange. Our gas here is almost at $3.00 a gallon, I can't belive it, I never thought I would see it that high. Here gas keeps going higher and higher but paychecks are going lower and lower). Back to the new program we are using, I am adding a bit here and there with things I think Kelly will get a bit more out of, for example one of the books is inventors - I know she would be bored to death with that. We will see how this works out, I have been spending a ton of time setting up a schedule - I really think that is alot of our problem, we just kinda wing it.....
Well till next time......