Pointe Shoes

Julia finally turned 12 and was able to buy her long awaited pointe shoes. She has been working for a friend, once a week, helping take care of her two toddlers and do some housework to earn money. She endured a 45 minute long fitting and tried on about 20 pairs of shoes before the right ones were chosen by the dance shoe specialist. Julia has bunyons so it is essential that her shoes fit just right. She got to dance with them on Thurs for the first time, but only at barre. Eventually she will be able to do floor work when she gets more experienced. Julia didn't become interested in dance until she was 10 years old and I am very proud that she has worked so hard to reach this level! I will post a picture of Julia and her shoes as soon as I can.

I'm back...

and will try and do better!!! November is here and we are getting ready for our Homeschool Co-op's Thanksgiving Feast on Monday. We are having a lunch at Red Bug Lake Park, along with some fun games. I am the one facilitating this event, so hopefully all will go well. Plus, cooler weather is here!! YAY! Jesse lit a big bonfire in the backyard (which I think is illegal!). Hopefully we won't wake up to our house burning down in the night. Katie and Garrett have had so much fun playing outside since it has turned cooler. They are having mud fights and building mud castles...resulting in multiple baths in a day. My camera is out now so as soon as I get it going I will post more pictures.

Grandmas...

We have had a Grandma staying with us now for 3 weeks. My mom (from Washington) left yesterday, she was here for a week. Jesse's mom (from Iowa) stayed for 2 weeks. The kids have loved having them here and both have helped so much with the move and getting settled into our new place. Garrett was really sad to see them both leave. After my mom left he said "When is the next Grandma coming?". Thank God for wonderful mothers/grandmothers who are so loving, kind and giving. We are so blessed.

My mountain....

The Bible says in Mark 11:22 that we must speak to our mountains in faith....this means saying to our barriers, our doubts, whatever stands in our way things from the Word of God and believe. What is your particular mountain today? I have many things that seem to block my path lately. Instead of feeling discouraged and wanting to hide, I need to make sure that I pray, forgive, am obedient, and constantly have faith. Then nothing can block my way in Jesus. I can ask Him what he wants me to accomplish and trust that no mountain will block me from doing so.

We've moved!!!

Not to Washington like we initially thought. We are living close to where dh works, about 20 miles from where we were before. It is an old farmhouse with 4 bedrooms and 1 bathroom!!!! Also, Katie and Alicia are now enrolled in elementary school!! Katie decided that she wanted to go and Alicia decided to join her. I am still homeschooling Colton, Carlina & Julia. So lots of big changes for all of us! Here are some first day of school pictures of Alicia (9) and Katie (6).

Moving??!!

We are ready to get out of the Sunshine state and head for quieter and more rural territory:) Hopefully we will be moving out by my mom in Washington State at the end of the summer/early Fall! Yay! So much to do, moving is such a pain, but it will be so nice to be close to my mom again. Hopefully we will eventually be able to get some land and have some animals in the near future. I am not really looking forward to winters again, but will be nice to have the seasons, esp. Autumn.