More pictures....

Some black and white pictures from today. Julia looks thrilled, lol.

Homeschool day....

Working on schoolwork today....Colton needs to catch up with his electives (Consumer Math & Spanish I). He has been working on history and literature alot. Also need to get busy with math. Carlina loves history and is studying the war of 1812. Julia is working on a report about ballet. She is studying fractions in math.

Oranges...

They are in season now in Florida. The trees are literally dripping with them and trailers are parked outside orchards filled to the brim. They are so tasty fresh off the tree, too. Some older orchards are abandoned and you can pick fruit (not the prettiest) that is extremely tasty. I picked some tangerines yesterday that were so sweet. They were tiny but very easy to peel. Here is a cool website about oranges....
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=37

Budgets

I am really struggling with my budget. We are very tight and I am having a hard time. I pray that God leads me to make the right decisions with my spending. We find that getting our groceries at Super Walmart saves us a lot of money. I have cut out quite a bit but still have a ways to go. Anything extra like eating out, movies, treats have got to go right now. I hope this summer Jesse is able to have good sales and I can put some money away for Fall homeschool supplies. Julia also needs new pointe shoes and is going to try and save for them herself.

New church

We have started going to a new church, a Calvary Chapel plant and really like it. It is very small, but the pastor is good. I love the way Calvary Chapel goes through the Bible, scripture by scripture. We are studying in Phillipians. Such a wonderful message on grace versus works! The pastor said we all need to really know Jesus (the Lord had given him a message that we know Him but don't really Know Him) and after Phillipians will go through the book of John. I can't wait! Here is the website for this church:
http://harvesteastorlando.com/

Colton's research...

When doing research for a paper, Colton found a group of people who actually believe the earth is flat. They are called The Flat Earth Society. They think the Earth is a flat disk surrounded by ice. I thought it was a joke but checked it out and they are sincere (I think). Colton is infiltrating the message board and trying to understand why they think the way that they do....bizarre!!!! This is a picture of him first discovering this strange group of people.

Julia

This is Julia with her pointe shoes one. She is really doing great, but finds the class to be very challenging. She tries to practice alot at home and is also "almost there" with her splits. In the second picture she is posing with Kumquat in her room. Kumquat is a skinny little cat without much fur in the summer but in the winter he grows a huge, fluffy coat.