Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Spend a day with us....

This summer has started off full speed. This year I am babysitting between 3 and 6 kids a day (on top of my three) for a total of ten spirited little ones!! Here are a few ways I keep them busy:

Swimming is always a splash.






Plus it give me some time to catch up on reading *smiles*

Taking the kids for a walk around town helps get out some energy and you never know what you will find while walking through town






My row of ducklings


And here comes the caboose

Activities at the library are a huge hit!!

Each week for the summer reading program our library has wonderful events planned, This week's theme is...
Trekking Across Europe

Chandler after finishing his crafts.
Joseph and Lucas made their own London Bridge

My Gang

I hope everyone is enjoy their summer too! Blessings!!

Ch-ch-ch-ch changes

As David Bowie would say it, are on the way. The first big change is ((((((drum-roll))))))......
I am pulling Maddie out of the Charter School and homeschooling her. This is very,very bitter-sweet. I adore the Charter school. I thank God everyday for giving us the opportunity to put our children in this school and keep them out of public school. Watching Victoria I have seen the power of peer influence, and pressure and it's scary!! I am sure you are wondering about Chandler. Right now Chandler doesn't seem to care what others think of him. He is not one to follow the crowd. In the future if I feel he is starting to succumb to peer pressure, I will pull him out to. So, for now, he is happy and I am happy, cautiously happy.

The next big change I am a bit hesitant to put out here. I haven't discussed it with my close family and friends yet and I know this will be a joyous surprise for some, but, Rodney and I have discussed it in great length for a couple years now. We both agree that he should under go a vasectomy reversal!!! Now, we can't really afford it as of yet but we have found a doctor that will do it for low cost. We are saving money, money to get us the rest of the way there.

When he got the vasectomy we were young, stressed, and sleep deprived. We had three children under five and, Rodney had just deployed for a year. I knew I couldn't use the pill since it is an abortifacient, and NFP didn't seem doable with us only seeing each other sporadically. I ask God to please forgive me, then sent my husband off to end our chances of ever having another child. I have never been happy with this. The more I learned about why we should be open to children they worse I felt. I have confessed my sin, but feel we should go further. Please pray for me and my family on this journey I feel we are in for a long and rocky ride with this one.
In God's love~Christina