It's Wednesday, July 1, 2009. It's hard to believe that more than 1/2 of 2009 is over. It's almost the 4th of July and we'll be heading up to Kingsport this weekend for the holiday. I'm really looking forward to it as it'll give us a chance to spend some time together as a family and with our extended family. Work has been somewhat trying, but getting better. I'm starting to catch up on projects...definitely looking forward to the long weekend.
Lucas is working at Food City and I'm really happy about it. It gets him working with his hands and I think it helps him to just do something that's not too stressful (even if he doesn't think it does, hehe) since he'll be entering his last year of college in the fall. It's hard to believe he has one more year left. I know I'm excited.
The boys are the growing so fast that I find myself wanting to hold them and play with them any chance I get because I know it will be a short before they're all grown up. Also, the fall semester is going to be tough on all of us. I find that I want to just go to sleep with Felix while he's still small enough to want to cuddle and it's so nice. I love our boys so much. I can't imagine our lives without them.
I'll be taking an educational psychology class and a weight lifting class in the fall. I'm hoping the ed psych class will help me better prepare in basic ways to home school Brandt and Felix. (Yes, home school. hehe) I want to understand how best to approach teaching them so they can get the best possible education from me. With so many schools systems caught up in red tape and the teachers not able to focus on teaching Lucas and I decided that we wanted to teach our kids at home. Even though I know it's going to be tough I'm getting more excited about it, especially as Lucas finishes his schooling because after he's done it will give me more time to focus on this part of our lives and gradually, or immiediately, get out of the working-out-of-the-home life and get into being a stay-at-home mom.
We're also growing a garden, or should I say, Lucas is growing a garden, because he's in it more than the rest of us. He's done a fabulous job on the garden, designing it, taking care of it. I'm learning a lot from him. We have canned, and will continue to can, beans (turkey craw, 1/2 runners, pole beans, etc.). We will also freeze corn when it comes in. It's so exciting to see the fruits of our labor. Brandt has even helped work in the garden a little bit. I'm hoping to get him out there more so he can learn how to work a little. He loves working with his daddy.
We also made some strawberry freezer jam as well as butchered, froze and canned chicken. We will definitely do this next year.
We are so blessed. We have had some challenges and still more to come I'm sure. The one constant in all of this has always been the Lord's spirit constantly whispering to us that everything is going to be ok, to have faith and persevere. I know as long as we put our trust in Him, and continue to say our prayers together and go to church to learn what He would have learn, we will be great. I'm so thankful for our little family and to Heavenly Father for bringing s all together. I'm so thankful for all of our extended family and their love and support. There's no way we could've made it without them.
So long until next time!! Have a great 4th of July!
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