A new direction and Last day for the school bus!!!

Today is our last day of school and the first official day of our summer!  YAY!!

To make it even more exciting .....  It is the last day of riding the school bus!

On Monday, we turned in a letter to withdraw our children from public school as we are planning to HOMESCHOOL!

Yep.  You read that right!  I can hardly believe it myself!

There was a pit in my stomach after we sent the letters in - more because of the huge weight of responsibility I felt and just feeling unprepared in who I am.  But I feel excited MORE!

I know, for many people, this is fairly controversial.  That is ok! (smile)  I tend to be a fairly controversial person!  (big smile!)  I could tell you all of the reasons that is leading us on this adventure, but only one reason really matters.

THIS IS WHAT GOD IS ASKING OF US.   period.

Yes, I am scared!  No, I don't think I am organized to do this.  God usually doesn't ask us to stay comfortable, does he?  He asks us to do something that only HE can fulfill!  He wants us to have BIG faith and to LIVE BIG because of that faith! :)

But I have faith in the God that will remove my fear as we step out in faith and will equip me (us) as we go!

So, my plan is to get back into blogging more as I share about becoming a homeschooling family and what God is doing!

Last but not least....

see the submarine that they are standing under? :)

Happy Anniversary, Rod!  You make me smile!  Thanks for walking this road with me hand in hand!  God definitely blessed me with you!  I am praying that the next years are even more fun! :)  Love you oodles!  And noodles!

When He Says Nothing At All......

I am sitting here at the computer trying to write this post and no words come.

How do I put into words what you mean to me?  How do I begin to describe what we've been through with each other?

You are my encourager - believing that I can do (with God's great guidance and help) whatever the task is that is in front of me.

You are my best friend and confidant.

You are the one that I would come home from staying at the hospital with Maggie and just weep with.

You are the one that understands how truly funny our children are and loves to hear the goofy stories about their daily antics.

You are the one that I can look at and we know what the other is thinking.

You are the one who likes to stand in the middle of my kitchen - right in the way of everything -  so that I can't do anything.

You are the one that drives me batty.

You are the one that can make me so mad and yet at the end of the day I want to cuddle up with.

You are the one that challenges me to look at things from a different perspective - usually one that I don't want to look at (but know I need to).

You are the one that I love to make laugh and to laugh with.

You have a twinkle in your eye that I absolutely love to see.  Usually it comes out when you are being a little mischievous.

Your arms are the ones I want around me all of the time.

God totally knew what He was doing - I shouldn't be amazed, but I am.  I am in awe how we fit together.  We are opposites in many ways and yet in others we are the same.  We balance each other.

Happy 12 years married!  I love you!  I still choose YOU!


Thank you for who you are to me and what you give to me!

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