Be Still, Have Faith, & Teach On!

We have been on Sabbath Week.  We were supposed to go camping this week.  We had it all planned out, groceries bought, camper cleaned and packed...then the rain started! Monday, Shane was off for mid winter break. We cleaned up the yard and finished packing the camper.  We were supposed to have another Nerf Gun War day with our Homeschool friends, but it had rained so much over the weekend our yard was all mud.  Lillian finally found her a couple of mini lop bunnies.  I'm going to post a picture of the rabbit chart so you can see how big mini lops are, I was so surprised! Logan went to music that evening. Tuesday was our day to head to the lake, we were so wanting to go. However, the weather prediction was rain and storms, so we decided to wait another day.  It rained on and off all day.  When it wasn't raining we worked in our butterfly garden. We did find lots of signs that spring is on the way, so that cheered us up a little. We also...

This week we were able to get back to normal and wrap up some loose ends.  This next week will be our Sabbath Week off and we really needed to get some things finished so we can have a restful week. Monday Dad was off and home with us.  We used the day for an agri day.  Logan's baby goats we're finally born.  They are full blood Dwarf Nigerian Goats. Sky gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.  Logan named them Deborah and Barak from the Bible story. We are all so happy they were born healthy with no trouble! We moved the pens so they would have fresh clean ground to lay on. Then the kids had dentist appointments, which didn't go to well.  Two kids had cavities and we found out our very loved dentist moved away.  So we will be changing dentist to someone closer to home. After the dentist we went to music. Tuesday was Dad's birthday, and since he was off on Monday we didn't have time to get anything ready. So we took another home ec day, it was...

To say the very least, this has been an emotional roller coaster week.  We have had both sadness and joy.  I also received some much needed encouragement this week. Monday we decided to take Home Ec. morning out of our school schedule for awhile.  With us starting back with therapy, having Friday group classes, trap meetings, and archery practice, I didn't feel like we were getting enough classroom time.  So we headed down to school first things and worked through our subjects.  Logan went to music in the afternoon, the girls and I stayed home.  I just didn't feel good all day. Tuesday in the early morning hours, we received a call from the nursing home that they were sending my mother in law to the hospital.  She has been sick for awhile, but had begun improving.  She never made it to the hospital, she passed away nearly as soon as they had her loaded in the ambulance.  Shane and I then spent the day making her funeral arrangements. ...