Sue's Pumpking Carving Party.

I love traditions!! An old co-worker of mine from my very first teaching job at Valley Oaks Elementary puts on a pumpkin carving party for our whole team (from over 10 years ago). Nicholas was so proud he carved the entire pumpkin all in his own for the first time. It is so nice to see everyone and see how our lives are changing. I am so grateful to Sue for doing this every year!!

Rail road photo shoot

I got the opportunity to take some photos of my boys and neighbors today. Someday I would love to take a photography class. The kids were such good sports! Jackie treated everyone to Sonic for a drink afterwards.

The Wings over Houston

We had a wonderful time at The Wings over Houston air show. What an amazing experience! It was a real eye opener to see some of the the military up close. What an inspirational day as well, we saw the different branches of the military recognized. There was even a reenactment of World War II. You can not leave there with out an feeling of Awe for all of our soldiers that are fighting four our freedom!

7-Acre Woods Field Day

We had an amazing day at 7-acre woods that was put on by Homewood Christian Association. It was a beautiful day!!! We did the zip line, petting zoo, put-put golf and even a pumpkin scavenger hunt. We are truly blessed to be involved with such a wonderful home school group. Days like this remind me how thankful I am for the wonderful flexibility that homeschooling offers.

Play date with the Benetts

We took advantage of this beautiful day and set up a play date with Austin and Mary-Kate! Austin brought over a casting net and Nicholas and Austin fished from 12-5 non stop, well maybe 10 min to scarf down a corndog. Mary-Kate and Matthew helped for awhile and then played their own games and such. Jamie helped me get my overwhelming amount of fall things in order for the next month. She helped me get back on track and reminded me that I do still have time to do the fun things in school along with curriculum! I struggle with this - I loved my theme based curriculums! This year I was getting nervous with a 4th grader. So I changed some things because I was afraid that he was not getting everything he needed. Then I remind myself why I am homeschooling... I question even if the Bible study I am doing on Wed. is too much ? I do know though, if I don't have God the center of my week or my life then the rest does not seem to fall in place. Finding balance and time management is an ongoing prayer of mine!!!!!

Cousins

I was so honored to be able to watch my niece and nephew this past Monday. The boys sure enjoyed Nathan and Sam. They had so much fun together playing outside on the swing set, fishing, watching Barny, playing cars and much more.

Dallas

Tracy and I went to Dallas to celebrate Donny's 40th birthday. We stayed in Lars and Andrea's beautiful bed and breakfast in Uptown Dallas. We went to the State fair and had an amazing dinner with Tiffany, Donny, Lars and their spouses (all high school palls).We are also so thankful for our dear friends, the Moseses that treated our boys like royalty.

Career Fair

The boys participated in a career fair that the Homewood Christian Association put on. Nicholas chose to research what it would take to be a touring golf professional. Matthew researched all he could about being a dog trainer. Aunt Johnna and Uncle Andy from Michigan were able to come.