My Update...

Well, I need to start taking notes during the week, so I'll remember the funny things the kids say and can share them with you all. I do have a funny thing to share. Grace and I were at Target and she found a costume she really wanted. It was a princess costume, it's a snow queen or something like that. It's very pretty. She begged and pleaded and I stated the usual, it's early and if you buy this now, it's going to be your Halloween costume, there is no changing your mind. She promised, and I bought it. So we get it home and she tries it on and show's everyone, she's very proud of herself. I then tell her it is time to put it up and leave it alone until Halloween. I ask her,"now can I trust you to put this in your closet and not play with it, or do we need to put it in my closet?" She looks at me and thinks about this for a few seconds and says, "you put it in your closet." You gotta love the honesty! It was so cute.

We are getting ready to go to Southern California and are planning to take the kids to Disneyland! I love taking them there and can't wait to see their faces light up at the site of their favorite characters. We make so many memories there.

School is going really well I am really impressed with the k12 program. The kids really seem to love it as well. They are learning a lot and enjoying themselves.

We got some hermit crabs and set up a huge tank with a habit for them. In the first few minutes of putting them in, we watched Grace's crab climb out of her shell and into another one! It was a great moment. The kids were so excited, and I have to admit, I was pretty excited too, it was very neat.

My mom is going to be coming out for a visit next weekend, and we are so excited to see her, and show her around Monterey. It will be really nice to have her here to help out when I go to the hospital for my 2nd hysteroscopy. I really hope it yields results and we get the fourth baby we have been praying for soon.

Oh, I took the kids to see The Wizard of Oz, at a outdoor theater in Carmel. It was a really fun time. Madison loved seeing the "real" Dorthy and toto. Grace and Noah enjoyed it too, and Noah says he wants to audition for a play there. Oliver is coming up and he may try out for it, we'll see.

The photo is from September 1st, Mike's promotion to Lt. Col! I'm so proud of him, and it was great to share it with his family, a lot of them were able to make it up for his promotion and 40th birthday.

I have to get to bed now, that's the update for now.

My Sister Julia

I have been meaning to blog a little about my sister Julia. I haven't been as big of a blogging fool as I had hoped to be, so I am a little behind in my posts. I wanted to post a big congratulations to Julia, as she is pregnant, about 9 weeks along at this point. I think all is going well so far, so God willing we should have a new neice or nephew in April 2009!! I can not wait. We are filling God's ears with a lot of requests to keep this little one safe and growing healthy, so I'm sure all will continue to be fine. Grow little baby, grow! We can't wait to meet you!

I love you Julia and we hope we can see you sometime soon, (hint, hint,) come visit anytime :-)

Why don't you start a blog to update us on your pregnancy?? Then it can morph into a baby update blog, you know we will all need some serious updates!!

Love ya!

PS I need a photo of you to post to my blog post

It's the most wonderful time of the year

It's back to school days! I really am glad. It's kind of ironic, that most people are excited for back to school for a totally different reason than I am. Most moms look forward to the break from the kids and the quiet time it brings. I on the other hand am excited for the good, organized, quality time it brings. My summers are chaotic, good, but chaotic. School is organized and provides a good daily routine. It's a way to have fun and interact with my kids in a educational way. I'm so lucky to be able to have this time with my kids. When I think of how much I would have missed out on, if I sent Noah to school, it's amazing to me. I taught my son to read, I have taught him everything up to this point, and I must say, he's doing well.

The program I'm using this year is www.k12.com and in my case California pays for it. We are using the California Virtual Academy. So far I am thrilled with this new program. It's really the best of both worlds. It's all done for you, so you just administer the program, it's somewhat online based, which is really convenient. The schedule is online, and assessments are taken online too. The kids are exposed to technology and Noah will even be learning some word processing this year. I love the art and music programs, as well as the Spanish that Noah is taking. It's flexible too, allowing you to move through lessons that your child already knows or go slower if the child needs more time.

We took a few pictures of the girls making their princess crowns. We read The Frog Prince together and then made the crowns, later we acted out the story. It really was fun.

Well, I have to run. Time to get ready for tomorrow and go to bed.