A wonderful evening

Tonight we went to a live Nativity put on by our church. It was so nice. It was held at our youth pastor's home. There was a bonfire, goodies, and lots of fellowship.

The kids had a great time. Zach ran around with some of his friends and Shay bounced from one cluster to the next visiting. What a great way to spend an evening.

It was the perfect weather. Just a bit chilly but a clear night. It was probably around 74 out. Did I mention I had a great time? LOL I love my church. We brought some friends with us and they liked it too. They are kinda searching for a church home. I would love to see them join our church. We have a great youth program that their son loves to visit.

What a great way to start off the Christmas week. May you all be blessed this week.

Linville Falls, NC 11/08

Linville Falls, NC

The kids holding ice from the falls.

Another shot of hte falls from the Gorge outlook.

Zach being the typical boy and breaking the ice puddles. ;-)

Steve & Shay taking pics of the falls from a high outlook.

We had so much fun in North Carolina over Thanksgiving.
This day was cold but fun!! We got to see snow flurries.
The snow was melting as it landed on us and the ground.
The hike was fun. By the time I got to the top I was sweating and taking
off my jacket. We had like three layers on. It was 32 degrees out and the
wind was really blowing.

As you can see the kids had a blast too. Zach had a toy in his pocket
and every time he jumped down from a rock or stepped hard
to would start playing music. It was funny.

Forest City, NC

We are finally on vacation!! My in-laws own a home here in NC. Its in a nice little town called, Forest City. My in-laws live across the street from us in Florida. But we came to NC to have Thanksgiving with them. hehehehe

It is beautiful here. The weather is mild winter weather. It is currently 34 degrees outside. The sun is shining and the wind is blowing. We left at 1 am this moring and got her about 11am.

I will take some pictures tomorrow and get them posted as I can. I am so excited to be here. The kids have already been swimming the pile of leaves in the corner of the yard. Jeannine and I enjoyed a few trips around the block. Now I am ready to crash. Long night of driving.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Green Medows Petting Zoo

On October 16th we went to Green Meadows. I am just getting around to posting the pictures. This was our first homeschooling field trip. We had a GREAT time.

Shay and Zach with the chickens.
The one they are holding is coined the "Easter egg" chicken.
It lays pink & blue eggs.

Zach milking a cow.

Zach sharing a chick with a "chick". LOL

Shay holding a chicken.

Shaylin with a duck.

Zach struggling with his duck.

Zach kissing his duckling.


Shay has the mother's touch.
Her duckling is sleeping.

This is a Zorse.
If you look closely you can see the strips.

A hey ride to end a fun day.

The kids got to go to a pumpkin patch after this but I didn't take pictures of that. Iwas tired by the end of all of this. We had a great time though.

Just a quick note

I know I haven't updated in a few weeks. We have been crazy busy. We have gone to Green Meadows petting zoo, Florida Forever for a photo shoot, and other places on between. I have new pictures I want to post.

I will hopefully get that all up tomorrow. We are enjoying the cooler weather so we haven't been in the house too much these past few days. So check back soon and I promise I will have updated about the fun stuff we have been doing.

Have a wonderful week. We are getting ready for the Fall Festival at church tonight. Unmasking God's Heroes. What a great way to celebrate fall.

Already Finished

Can you believe that it is only October and Zach is already finished with his MUS Gamma book? Shay is finishing her Algebra 1 book Monday. She will continue in the honors book but by November she will be done also.

We started slowing down to Math 3 days a week over a month ago. But they still flew through the books. They are flying through the science books too. We decided to take November and December off and they will still be done with all of their stuff at the end of February!!

I did buy the next set of MUS books for them. Zach will start Delta in January and Shay will start Geometry than also. Until than they will do practice drill and Shay is in a math league. Its called Math Counts and they meet every Tuesday. So she will still have work to do during that time.

We are starting to work on making some warm clothes for our trip to North Carolina. We are going to spend Thanksgiving there. My in-laws own a home up there and they are leaving for vacation the first week of November. And we will be joining them the weekend before the holidays. I am so excited!! I haven't been up in the fall weather in sooo long. I am going to have sooo much fun!!! So are the kids. Steve wants to see if we can find a place to go snow tubing. I hope we can.

Okay, I know this started off as one thing and lead someplace else altogether.... That is how my brain is working lately.......

Back to the school thing. We are making warm pj's for the kids. That was part of their birthday gifts. They each got a tool box full of sewing tools and fabric to make some clothes. They just didn't know for what. So in our free time we will have more sewing time. And even though our mentor is leaving, I just noticed they are offering sewing classes at our church starting next week. That will work out perfectly.

See, if I don't schedule the time for classes, the sewing wont get done and neither will all the gifts I am working on.

I will also have baking classes during the off time but it will centered around Christmas baking. Zach & Shay are excited about this part too. More Zach than Shay. She helps me often with dinners now. But she really enjoys baking. As long as its not bread. Which she has mastered and is tired of making. Speaking of...I just told her to make the bread dough so it can rise. I got a dejected "K" for a response. But she will have fun when I tell her tomorrow we can make sweet roles out of some of the dough.

Well, I better run just in case she needs an extra set of hands. And I hear my book calling me. Have a wonderful weekend.

Rain, Rain Go Away.....

Well, it has been raining here for two days now. Normally that is no big deal. But the sunshine is gone also. So the house is dark and gloomy. I have a high strung kiddo that has the sniffles and is bouncing off the walls.

I am feeling depressed. I had a hard time getting out of bed. I heard the rain again this morning and it flipped the "why bother?" switch. And I fell back asleep. It was like I was drugged and couldn't wake up. Now that I am awake, I have a headache. Not sure if its from the weather or staying in bed too long.

Just call me Eeyore today. Grey and gloomy and I can't find my tail........