Moving

We are moving! About a month ago Brian accepted a job as a Student Minister in Jay, OK.  So pretty much to our 10 year anniversary of living in North Texas we are packing up again.  I am definitely more nervous about this move than when we moved from Northwest Arkansas 10 years ago.  Back then I moved from family with 2 babies but now I have 3 children and we are moving them away from pretty much everything they have know.  We all grew up here.
Anyway, we will be hitting the road on Saturday the 21st.  We will still have our house in Howe, TX until we can sell it. I don't expect it to sell until the summer but we can pray it will happen sooner.

It is a big month at our house.  Brice and Zyla-Bell both have a birthday and this is all we talk about.  We also start soccer practices and games for all 3 children.  And this is year we have allowed Cadence and Brice to play fall baseball and softball.  In addition to this, we are continuing our involvemnt with one of our local Homechool Co-ops.  So we are are almost NEVER home.

As soon as the kids get out of school we rush home to have dinner and do homework.  We will leave the house sometime around 5:30  and return about 8:30.  Then it's baths, snack, and bedtime.  Believe it or not the kids are usually asleep by 10 if not earlier.  We get up at 6:30 and start all over pretty much 7 days a week.

School has been going good for kids.  Cadence is age group does most of their school work on the computer so she is struggling some with sitting in front of a computer a good portion of the day.  Brice is whizzing through his school day and rarely has much homework.  Zyla-Bell seems to be outsmarting everybody and is possibly getting kicked out of Kindergarten.

We probably should have put Zyla-Bell in 1st grade but we didn't.  Her birthdate is 9-19 and she only missed the cut off day by 19 days.  We had worked with her on  several things but we had not push her to get too far ahead.  She did not have constant sit down work like Brice and Cadence has had over the past 5 years.  So we decided to stick with Kindergarten in case there is a few things she could learn or improve on. Well I guess GOD could have other plans.  Her teacher informed us on Friday that they would test her to see if she could go to the 1st grade.

   

Hmm! What a difference a week makes. I spent most of my free time at home on the phone with the college I am attending.  For some reason getting financial aid to be approved before school starts should take all summer. Luckily one person in the whole business office understood my pain and had the financial aid office eating out of my hand by Friday.

I told a friend this week that I hold people to a certain standard depending on their status in life.  A lot of people with higher statuses....like college degrees disappoint me greatly.  It truly makes me wonder if going to college is really worth it.  It is one thing if you do not know better, but those who do, better set an example.

Anyway, we ended the week with Cadence becoming sick.  Just out of the blue she had a fever on Thursday afternoon.  Her fever became higher over night to 104.3 so I called the Dr. promptly at 7:30 Friday morning.  We took her in and she has pneumonia.  PNEUMONIA!!!??? How or why I don't know.  What I read about pneumonia doesn't make sense has to why Cadence has it. It has pretty much wiped her out.  We did go out for a few hours today, as she thought she felt up to it, but as soon as we got home  she went back to bed. Her head hurt. So she may not get to go to school her first day of school.

Of course, I am stuck here all weekend to deal with the sick child and trying to figure how I am going to do all the other things I was suppose to do this weekend.  Church, grocery shopping, last minute school shopping, my school work, packing bags for school, lunches packed, laundry, ironing, etc. all while Brian does not use a sick days to help.

WOW! Last post was over 3 years ago. Life has been busy but yet so much has been accomplished. At the end of June we completed our 5th year of homeschooling. I finished my 3rd year of college and 1 year of returning back to the working world. Brian is halfway to working at Best Buy for 13 years. As the summer has rolled right past us, we enjoyed 2 small vacations up in Arkansas and church camp. Kayleigh (my step sister) graduated high school and few weeks later my brother came home (from Florida living)for a visit. The kids also attended a soccer camp and 2 local VBSs. We are now getting ready for the school year. The kids will be attending a private christian school this year. Even though we will probably eat beans and rice for every meal, we do feel this is the best option at this point. Zyla-Bell will be in Kindergarten, Brice will be in 3rd, and Cadence will go into 5th. We are all looking forward to this change and praying for the best.

Today

Today is so crazy!! Minus the snow making things worse, my stepdad is having surgery. Shawn slipped on ice Monday night and broke is femur bone is several places. He previously has had two knee replacements and recently stints put in his heart. Both not helping out is situation.



At first, we did not know if we could find a ortho. to perform the surgery. His regular ortho. could not perform the surgery and thought we might have to find a trauma doctor in another city. Luckily, Dr. Hanby said he could do the surgery. I hope he can.



My mom and sister(Amanda) are at the hospital. Thanks to the 2 ft of snow they received, they are there without any support that was going to be there. Shawn's daughter (Kayleigh,14) and his mother can not be there. We can not be there. Folks from Church can not be there. At this point, if anythings goes wrong it could be a very bad situation.



I do not want to think the worse but I am. For the past 15 yrs., it has been one death after another and I am really hoping this is not going to continue. Since each have been a close relative or friend, they have each messed with my emotions. I have stress to many people that spending time with family and friends is more important than money, possesions, anything but God.



I have not done much since 6pm last night, except sit on the couch. I am so stressed, my head and chaw/cheeks hurt. Brian was suppose to be home today but went to work. Possible he will be there until they close. The kids of course are climbing the walls. Nothing I suggest is good enough. We have books we need to practice reading, DSs and Leapsters to play, computer to play, barbies, cars, etc. But no, they want this, they want that.



I hope getting all this down helps me have a better time with this.

2011 is here!!

So basically I have not post anything in almost a year. I had few post drafted but never completed them. With Facebook it is almost not as important but I would like to start posting again.
A lot of things ended 2010 for us. Some good, some not so good. We are thankful that 2010 is over and we are able to start 2011 off with a new beginning.
Spring Soccer season is on its way and Softball/Baseball will start shortly after. We will be balled out by the end of May. All kids are excited to get the ball rolling!
Homeschool has started off great this second semester. We added piano lessons to our afternoon activities. Cadence still struggles with reading but within the next week, I believe, it will get better for her. She will have reading glasses by Wednesday!! We will also start our 10 week classes that we attend with other homeschoolers this Friday.
Springs is going to be busy for us! We hope you enjoy yours.

 

Cadence turn 6 on May 16th. We can not hardly believe it but time is flying. In her six years she has become a very bright girl. Artistic, Athletic, Godly, and Strong Willed all describe Cadence. She has help me out so much with both of her siblings.

We celebrated her birthday with a friend party and a family party. She was very gratefull for all the friends who made it to her nail party. Even more grateful for the gifts she received from everyone.