Joyfully at Home

Joyfully at Home


i have followed a blog by the daughter of voddie baucham called joyfully at home. and now jasmine has written a book! i couldn't be more excited. order it! and i challenge you ladies to break the mold that society has forced us into. stay home with your children and encourage your daughters to do the same. nothing! nothing compares.

Destin

We had our family vacation to Destin this summer.  It was so amazing and we had a blast.

Dolphin watching!

Family date night! We found this great Irish pub, the steaks were so delicious!  This place had dollars stapled to the walls, doors, and even the ceiling!  There were more that 100,000 dollars in this place from what they tell us. 

 

Guess who's playin flag football?!

This fall Isaac chose to play football instead of baseball.  What a relief!  Being team mom for his baseball team was so overwhelming, but now I have a break. He is playing with a church league so there is almost NO yelling from the parents so we definitely stand out like a sore thumb.  Tino paces the sidelines yelling instructions to Isaac.  He loves sports and so do our kids.  I snapped a few shots of his first game. None of Tino since he doesn't stay still. 

8/9/10

8/9/10 was the date on Monday and the Girl Scouts of NETX ( north east Texas) partnered with a great cause.  Each Girl Scout collected 8 cans of food, 9 gently used or new books and each girl had to come up with their own perfect 10 for the community.  I took the girls to this event close to our house to make a drop off of our goods.  The Fox 4 news crew was there to interview a few girls and feature the project on Clarice Tinsley's home town heroes.  This will air Monday August 16 at 5:30, I hope Avery makes the cut.  The girls perfect 10 was to donate 10 of their toys to the Good Will. 

Really?!

I saw this and couldn't help but to pray for our nation as a whole.  My heart aches for the next generation.  I know God gave us children to raise.  Public schools are government run and some children are there for up to 8 hours a day! Can you just imagine what they are subject to?  We homeschool our kids not only for this reason but because I know I'm training up an army of four here and I don't want to miss anything I am supposed to teach them not with my words but also by my actions.  I don't want to shelter my children to but inform them of millions of hurting people that one day they will reach. I'm tired of the enemy coming to steal our children.

Mini family vacation

we took a mini vacation this year.  i say mini because this year has been the first full year tino has had his business.  God has blessed him in providing for our family.  tino had a big move job and was in florida for about a week and we promised the kids when he returned we would take a mini vacation together.  the littles had a hard time with him gone but when he returned we went to glen rose.  this is the cabin we stayed in. 

 this is the view from our front porch! what do ya think he's thinkin about? i'm quite sure he's thinkin how lucky he is to have me! i know honey your one lucky guy! :)

fossil rim baby!

see that zebra with her baby! i almost died when i saw them together.  after that baby finished drinking her milk she had a milk mustache, and my heart skipped a beat. i want a baby zebra!

oh and the baby giraffes!!! i better stop now.

Guitar Recital

Lexy took a guitar class this year at our co-op.  This was her favorite class.  She learned so much and is doing so well, I can't wait to hear what else she learns.  At the end of the year all the music classes had a recital, it was very impressive to hear all ages play.

Science Museum

this year we had a night in the museum adventure.  we are connected to a homeschool group that does lots of activities through out the year and we have done lots of them.  the two big girls and i had a blast. we slept in an electricity room.    

Zoo

this past weekend we went to the zoo! our sweet friend gave us free tickets to a special event there.  we played games.

the kids had their faces painted.

the new exhibit, giants of the savanna, is so amazing.  you can see the elephants and giraffes up close. 

before we left we took a ride on the merry go round.  i think it was a little loud for isaac.

fishing

this year we also went fishing with our troop.  i'm so thankful that we are in girl scouts, we have such a great time together.