Category: Catching Up

I’m back!

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Sorry about the long delay in posts. It seems that summers are already so busy and then to add moving to the summer just made it busier. We managed to get moved about 2 months ago. Everyone made it safe and sound. My husband has settled into his new job quite well, and now that he is being reimbursed for his gas mileage we are actually able to start saving up a little bit for clearing a spot and building ourselves a new home to live in. That will include getting electricity run and water hooked up.

My husband has sure been learning a lot about construction. He comes home just about everyday telling me of something new he has learned. Which will be real handy for getting our new home finished.

Since my last posting in May, the baby has been kicking up a storm. He stops and rests of course but he seems to be a night owl at this point because he especially likes to kick when I either sit down to rest or lay down to sleep. Oh yes, and we found out that we are having a boy! We are naming him Jonathan Paul.

We have had a good summer. I started taking a writing course in June. I really have been enjoying it. So far I have turned in two stories to my instructor. I read them to my older two kids, since the stories were written at their age level. They were actually impressed. Joshua told me, “I didn’t know you could write like that. It sounds like a real story.” I’m not sure who they thought wrote the other “real” stories. I guess they just didn’t think that mom could write real stories too.

Our other 3 children have been having fun. I’ll be starting Joshua and Ruth back to homeschooling next week. I found a homeschool group that do activities together in a nearby town and we joined the group. I’m hoping that our kids will be able to have some friends that are also homeschooled and still get to learn a lot in the process. As long as we can keep our vehicles going, I plan to take them on a lot of field trips and activities. Hannah of course won’t be left out.

Hannah, our 2 year old, has finally figured out that baby Jonathan is in my tummy. We had a 3D ultrasound of the baby, and Hannah growled a bunch because she thought that the baby looked like a little monster. She is also putting more and more sentences together. She still has a little trouble pronouncing every word right, but she is so cute in how she says things. I’ll try to keep a post of her new anecdotes on here. I can’t think of many examples right now, but if I were posting more often, I would have plenty to write about.

So I intend to keep up my blogs. I hope no one gives up on me too completely. I’m going to post some links on the side. Since I’m going to be starting the homeschooling again, I thought everyone might like to look at some links to some of the resources I like to use. I’ll probably put more links up as I go along.

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Two more weeks!

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Well, only 2 more weeks, before we move. We have been in our present location for about 5 years or so. However we are looking for to living closer to family and friends. Thankfully my father and brother will be coming down to help us. We will have to move our travel trailer and a trailer with a car on it. I was really dreading that long drive with 3 kids in the back and having to tow a vehicle on the back of our 15 passenger van. But my brother is used to hauling trailers so I really am appreciating his taking time out of his busy schedule to drive all the way down here to help us. Isn’t family a wonderful thing?

We have been getting ready. We plan to take our kids to visit some of the sites around here and kind of get to say “good-bye” to the places we will not be able to visit again. They are looking forward to the move though. Since we homeschool, they will not have to change their routines too much. I’m sure I’ll give them some slack at first, but I’ve already made arrangements for them to start in the Library’s reading program in our new hometown. So they’ll be having fun learning again.

Today, we bought a “fancy” lawnmower. I was tired of our other lawnmower stalling all the time, so I talked to my husband about it and he agreed with my idea of a new lawn mower. We now have a lawnmower that doesn’t require gasoline, no motor, no oil. All we have to do to start it is push it. My son is the most excited, since at almost 9, he is actually able to start this one. All he has to do is push. After plenty of warnings about being careful for the blades, he was able to mow one side of our yard by himself. He was so proud! I’m amazed at how big he’s getting.

Violin lessons are going well for Joshua and Ruth. Our goal is to get them able to hold their violins up without groaning and moaning at their lessons and during practice. Hannah is doing pretty well copying her brother and sister with her little violin. She can groan and moan just like them. They’re getting stronger though. These lessons have been good for them. Our next trick will be to find them a new teacher, once we’ve moved. By the end of this month they should be able to play “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”. That would really make them feel good.

Well, the baby hasn’t kicked yet, despite my coaxing. But who knows any day now maybe I’ll feel something. It still a little early I guess.

We’ve picked names! If we have a boy we plan to name him Jonathan Paul, and if we have a girl we plan to name her Joanna Lynn. So now to wait and see which it will be.

James 1:3-4 “Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”

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I hadn’t written in quite a while. I guess by the end of the day, I would be tired and just felt like reading other’s thoughts, or chatting with my family. But now, I’m back and ready to start back where I left off. My thoughts may not always be as deep as they sometimes had been. I’m not going to be trying to think too hard at the end of the day, as I was before. But I’m sure my deep thoughts will just come out on there own without my having to think about it, right?

Well, some things in our home are the same, and some have changed quite a bit. We are still living in the Travel Trailer. We are still happy with our trailer, although the older our three children are becoming, the more cramped the space seems to get. We are in the market for a futon bunk bed, to hopefully help on our space. So as soon as we find a good one, hopefully that will take care of some of our space issues. Our son will be able to sleep in the top bunk, while the two girls sleep in the bottom bunk. Then we will have a couch by day and bed by night.

One of the changes that have taken place in our happy home, is that we are looking forward to having to find space for a fourth child. I just had an appointment with my Doctor this week and confirmed that I’m expecting a Baby. According to the Doctor, I am at about 8 weeks. We’re so excited! My son, wants us to have a boy, my daughter wants us to have a girl, my 2 year old just thinks we’re talking about baby dolls.

Oh, there is a lot to tell about, and talk about, but that can wait for another blog. My dear husband is home and I want to visit with him. So check back. I intend to be more prompt on writing. I’ll try to keep everyone posted on how our lives are growing and changing.

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I can’t believe it’s been that many months since I’ve blogged. Well, I’m back again, and need to catch everyone up on what’s been happening over the past few months.

Since I’ve last written, the children still know their Bible verses, although we hadn’t been learning one, every day. They still quote a Bible verse before they pray at most meals. I haven’t even begun to teach them Hebrew yet. It’s still in my future plans, I’m just not quite ready for that one yet.

Our baby is now turning into a regular toddler. Complete with mispronounced words and stalling at bedtime. She’ll be turning two before too much longer. The time has sure gone by fast.

One new thing that our family has started is a band. The children and I have been picking up the Ukulele. I never thought that I would like playing Ukulele so much. My husband and I, were talking one day and he was saying how he thought the children were probably old enough to start learning on their ukuleles. They are now 8 and 6 and matured and grown so much. So I told him that if he would get me a cheapy ukulele, I would help teach them to play. We would have regular practice sessions. I was sure with a little bit of encouragement from my learning with them they would probably get it down pretty quick. Well, my husband went out and bought me a fairly cheap ukulele for about $10 more than I was thinking. That’s o.k. I thought, he likes to splurge and by me nicer than what I ask for. I was thinking after I got the kids started on it, that I would just fade into the background and let them learn on their own.

How wrong I was. I had so much fun playing that simple ukulele. It wasn’t very fancy to look at and was quieter than both of the ukuleles that the kids had, but it was fun. So much fun, that I asked my husband for a louder one that was a good one. He was so excited that he found an instrument that I would practice and enjoy, that he ordered me a really nice handmade one from Hawaii. I’m not sure why I like it more than the other instruments I have tried in the past. My husband has tried teaching Guitar, which I know I could learn quickly if I really wanted to, but I usually wasn’t that excited about it. I also tried learning violin, but after a short time of showing a little bit of

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