Happy Birthday to you!!

Just a quick note to say happy birthday to Sharon I pray the Lord blesses you with many more.

viruses and bugs

We've been hit by a virus Kaleb came down with it last week had a high fever for 3-4 days but is doing better he developed an ear infection last night which Lord willing is on the mend. The other two despite a horrible cough have steared clear of the virus.

Despite this virus we've caught my boys are very into bugs right now They've been studying them in science class this semester. Last week they both asked me for containers to collect bugs outside. It was a warm sunny afternoon so sure why not they were very excited at this prospect. After collections were made and Roman helping them both they decided they had enough. Kaleb is my animal lover and will make a "home" for any and all animals he finds and will care for them and play with them to no end. His bugs ended up in his room which Roman promptly found and brought to me with the cover off saying "bugs mom, out"...aaaakkk so I had many bugs loose I managed to round most of them up and told Kaleb the bugs had to stay outside. With a sad little face and a little protesting he brought them outside. I later found them on the front porch with a little water in the bottom you know "for the bugs to drink" he told me and a stick and some grass for them to eat..to cute. The next morning we found the bugs floating in the water as you can guess all were dead. Lucas my science experimenter only collected two bugs of the same species and studied them under the microscope, poked at them, shined a light on them and wrote a paragraph detailing his scientific findings. In the end his bugs died as he studied them but they died donating themselves to a good cause. One little boys learning on a sunny afternoon. We did learn much about bugs that day! There is just something about bugs that fasinates little boys. I hope that we continue collecting these bugs and not the bugs that are circulating our house right now.

I passed!!

Woohoo!!! I ended up having to take three separate tests a core test and then two other tests for what I'll specifically be doing. They were a little harder than I thought they'd be but ah well I passed and I'm certified now according to the state. I'd say 1/2-3/4 of the class failed the core test one kid was taking it for his sixth time I felt kind of sorry for him but he passed today. I was just praying that I would pass and not have to worry about it anymore. So my job starts in two weeks just a half a day a week I'm excited it'll be fun. Today is gorgeous outside just like yesterday we did an easy school day today so the kids can play outside. Were suppose to get some more cold weather coming so we can play catch up than. Were still 4 weeks ahead of the public school so were doing fine. My goal is always to be done the beginning of May some years it's the end but always in May. Then we really read, read, read for the summer. Learning doesn't stop we just read a lot about all kinds of things. On a side note for my run I'm doing in two months I ran 12 1/2 outside on Sat. it was so much fun running outside and not on a treadmill. I only intended to run 11 but I ran out farther. My hubby biked it and clocked it for me and it was 6.2 one way I was geeked. It's usually the other way around I run thinking it's like five miles then I clock it and it's only 4 or so much nicer to have it the other way around. Then run is 15 miles so I probably do a 13-14 mile run for my longest run but it's good to have a 12 ver already done. Well I must go enjoy the beautiful day.

Dad's retirement party

Here is a picture of my dad with my boys it's a rare treat to get a picture of him and the boys or anyone for that matter. I didn't realize my camera was set on the wrong setting taking this pic but it still is really cute. I think it's one of the best pic's I have of my dad and my kids I can't wait to print it out. His party went really good we basically just went out for dinner with a bunch of his friends. I think he's excited to retire and I know he's got plenty to keep him busy. I'm glad he's retiring maybe we can see more of him now. On a side note I have my test tomorrow for my new job wish me luck! My friends husband took it and told Ben that's it's actually a pretty hard test...Great as if I'm not freaked out enough already. I feel prepared yet totally unprepared I'm just so darn nervous. I haven't taken a test since College 12 years ago. They actually call it a state exam and I'm really hoping I pass it the first time. Wish me luck!!

Wed. March 21

This is what I saw when I looked out my window last night before I went to bed. It's the spring soltice and it was just gorgeous. My camera couldn't capture it very well. The moon was just a sliver but that sliver illuminated the rest of the moon as a shadow. The "star" you see is actually venus I learned this on the weather last night. Being the homeschooling mom I woke my kids up to see it. Kaleb didn't make it out of bed but Lucas thought it was pretty cool. We had just read a book on the changing seasons and the soltices so it was very fitting in our school this week. It was so bright and beautiful in the evening sky I wish I had a better camera to capture it.

On another note my hubby made it home safely. I am so glad to have him home. I'm so bad when he's gone sometimes it's worse than others. This time it was really hard on me I don't know why. I told him he couldn't ever die on me becuase my mental state would not be good. From the way I felt on Sat. and Sunday I can only imagine how it would feel if something happened to him. I wanted to just cry all day Sat. and Sunday I was a basketcase I pray the good Lord gives us many more years together. Makes me very grateful for my husband and when I think I don't like him very much or I'm really mad at him I'll remember how I felt last weekend.

Ok so here on a happy note is my conversation with Lucas on the way home from Choir and Drama yesterday.
Lucas, "Mom, there's this girl in both my drama, choir, science and Art class". She's really nice.
Mom, " that's nice"
Lucas, "She's really nice and really pretty and I have a crush on her".
Mom, just trying not to laugh cause it's so darn cute.
Lucas" what's funny mom"
Mom, nothing honey
Lucas " This girl is really nice and she's a Tom...Boy she's a lot better than the other girls because she doens't like horses and likes sports a lot like me. "Besides being cute and liking the same things as me she's really nice and were friends".
Mom: now I'm really trying not to laugh it was just so funny and so cute. I think it's his first real crush. He's told me before he has a crush on this girl but the way he said it was just so cute. He thinks all girls like horses a lot becuase it's all they talk about he says so this girl apparently likes sports better than horses...to funny..gotta love it.

Well we need to get some schoolwork done and then it's off to workout. Have a great week all.

Friday goings on...

Here we are at the circus the other day. The clowns were quite a sight I think they were all old men but they were funny. As you can see Roman wasn't to impressed by them and was terrified of them but he did let me get a quick picture. We had a really good time we went with my cousin and her kids it was a lot of fun. But let me tell you the prices are outragous for "extras" there. They had elephant rides, camel rides, blowup things the kids could play in and face painting. The elephant rides were $8.00 and the camel rides were $6.00 we couldn't believe the prices needless to say I didn't pay $24.00 for my kids to ride the animals. But all in all it was a really fun time. My hubby comes home on Sunday ....yeah!!! I miss him a ton I can't wait for him to come home. Tonight I'm headed to Detroit for a friends birtday party so that will be fun although I'm not looking forward to the drive it will be a lot of fun to see friends i haven't seen for awhile. Well I must go and watch the NCAA tournament I'm such a nerd I love watching these games!! Happy weekend.

Psalm 143:8

Here is a verse I came across yesterday in my Bible reading I thought it was just a beautiful verse to pray each morning to start the day:

"Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning: for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee".