Hurting for my son

We just got back from spending 3 days with Paul's dad and family. It was alot of fun. I'll try and post on it tomorrow. But right now my mommy heart is hurting for my son. He had his feelings deeply hurt by a friend. A friend who I'm not sure even realizes that it hurt. It's difficult and it will be a few days before we can even attempt to address it with the friend. Probably a good thing for me, so I can calm down and pray about how/if to proceed. I do have to say, that although upset, Jake handled it pretty well. My boy is growing up! But it still deeply hurts to see him hurt :( Be Blessed!

Xrays?

The last two days have been quite eventful. Yesterday, our homeschool co-op met in the morning. I got there early as I put up room signs and then I teach first hour, so I like to get in and get my room set up. Abby was next door(divided portable room) helping to move tables for her drama class(no teacher was there yet). I ran around to check the thermostat because my room was HOT(they share a thermorstat), just as I walked in the room I saw Abby lift a 6 foot long HEAVY table to tip it thinking her friend had the other side. Nope! And it fell right on her left foot. The angle I was at I wasn't sure it had actually hit her foot at first. I yelled if she was alright and all she could do was look at me and I saw the tears welling up in her eyes. Ran over and lifted the table. Got her to a chair and checked out her foot. Big toe was already swelling, but she could move it though it was painful. I asked her if she wanted me to call daddy and see if he could take her to the doctor. She decided it wasn't hurting too bad and wanted to stay in class. She had stopped crying, so I let her stay and went next door to teach. I don't have a class 2nd hour, so I went to check on her. She wanted to stay, it only hurt alot if she stood on it. So I called the doctor while she was in class. They called back and said since it was her big toe, that it would probably be a good idea to take her in and have xrays. They were concerned it may have hit another part of her foot and affected the growth plates. Class was almost over, so I waited the few minutes then grabbed her and Jacob and headed to Urgent Care. By the time we got there, she was limping pretty bad. They offered her a wheel chair, but she didn't want it. We saw the doctor, the only thing that hurt was her toe, but they went ahead and sent her to xray. They did the whole foot. No broken toe, and we did find out that her growth plate in her foot is fused and done growing :) Her toe is black and blue under the toenail. Really hoping she doesn't lose the nail. She followed doctors orders and was off of it for 24 hours. We went to lunch today, but then she was off of it the rest of the day. She has convention this weekend for Girl's Ministries, she went tonight, but I told her to try to stay off of it as much as possible. She has to hand down her title at pageant tomorrow night, though she may be wearing her converse with her dress instead of her pretty sandals with the heel!

My new phone(Paul and I upgraded to smart phones and handed down our old phones to the kids a couple weeks ago) hasn't been working right, and yesterday I kept missing calls because it wouldn't let me answer. It was also turning itself off mulitple times a day. So went to the TMobile store. They right away said it was defective and would replace it. Then tried to charge me shipping and restocking fees!Um....NO. I was within their 14 day policy and still had to fight to the point of pointing out that we purchased it on 31 of March and it was only 12 of April. He kept trying to say I was a month past the 14 days! I left with a new phone and not owing anything. I do have to go back when the manager is there, because I don't think I should have to purchase a new screen protector when the phone was defective, not damaged because of me.....Argh!

Today, Paul's dad and stepmom and sister were in town for an appt. We were able to all meet them for lunch at TGIFridays. Yum! Haven't been there in a long time. Even Paul was able to take an early lunch and meet us up there :)

Kids finished school when we got home. Got Abby ready and ran her up to the church. Came home and had chicken tacos for dinner. I had put the chicken in the crockpot this morning. LOVE crockpot meals!

Be Blessed!

Egg Salad Anyone?

I love the week after Easter. It seems to start the season of egg salad. LOL! Enjoyed a yummy egg salad sandwich. I'm really loving the new sandwich thins they are selling in place of buns in the stores. So light and yummy :)

Just another regular day around here. Kids finished their schoolwork before lunch. This is getting easier for them to do, as we are starting to finish up some school subjects. Abby has finished Literature and Bible. Jacob has finished his Vocabulary/Spelling/Grammar. They still have things to do after lunch, review for Bible quiz(we have district and regional competitions just around the corner) and music practice.

Wednesdays are guitar lesson days. Abby's best friend takes lessons from the same teacher as well as her brother and sister. So Abby recently switched her lesson time and goes with. So my friend, Sarah, spends two hours at guitar lessons every wed afternoon. Her idea! But such a blessing to me! It also allows the girls to sometimes join their lesson together(they have been playing at various things together quite often) and spend some time together while waiting on her siblings to get done.

Jacob usually tries to fit in some video game time while she's gone. Though more recently he has forgone video game time for some chat time with a friend(who is a girl!). These kids are growing up too quickly for this mama!

Tonight we have church. Paul goes to Pastor Ed's Bible study. Jacob goes to youth group. Once a month he runs the sound system during youth. Tonight is his night to do so. Abby has her Friend's club meeting(Girl's Ministries, used to be Missionettes). I started the year helping in Friend's Club, but my friend, Debbie, is teaching the kindergarten girls in Daisies and the class grew fairly quickly at the beginning of the year. So I now help/co-teach with her. It is so much fun and such a delight to be with those little girls. But it is VERY tiring as well :)

Tomorrow is our co-op day. We are participating in a homeschool co-op that meets at our church twice a month. This semester I've been teaching a literature class to 4th-6th graders. We are doing a unit study with the Narnia books. So I've spent some time today gathering up my supplies. Jacob is taking a high school astronomy class and and economics class. Abby is taking yearbook and drama. We are going to miss our little co-op!

Well, they've been watching for thunderstorms all day and it sounds like they are here. So I will shut down for now.

Be Blessed!

April 10, 2012

In an effort to blog more regularly, I need to put up a post. Nothing exciting going on though. Just our regular days :) Sunday, Easter was great! They served breakfast at church from 8:30-10. Paul and Abby had to be there early for choir practice. Jacob and I got there about 9. They were having special music from 9-10 while "breakfasters" finished eating and came over to wait for service to start. Abby and her friend, Maranda played guitar together for that. They did a great job :) We had a wonderful service, the choir did amazing. I think they should have the choir more often! After church we had lunch and then headed out to the greenbelt along the Boise river. We walked for quite awhile. It was sunny and 75 degrees, just beautiful. The river is running really fast and high right now, it was amazing to watch it. We wanted to take our bikes down, but we have to get a hitch and a bike rack for the van. We sold the truck last month! Paul decided he needed a more efficient car because it looks like he will have a bit of a commute in CA and the gas prices just keep getting higher.

Yesterday, was just a school day, laundry day. Thought we might get outside, but never did. Paul stopped and got new rear tires put on my van.

Today, the kids are working on school. We are anticipating some time outside with friends after lunch. Not sure if we are going to the park or the Nature center.

I'll keep trying to post :) But that's it for now.

Be Blessed!

Revive the Blog?

I really would like to revive my blog. I just seem to have less and less time. Easier to post snippets on Facebook. But I'd like to try.

It's been more than a year since I've written a post. So much changes in that amount of time.

After the new year, we were ready to start our house hunt. Paul only had a little over 3 years left in the AGR program before he retires. He checked and was fairly assured there would be no upcoming moves, that we were here in Idaho to stay. So we found a realtor, who we really liked! If you are in need of one now or in the future check out www.daveramsey.com! They have a list of recommended realtors who have completed the Financial Peace program and promote it. Very cool! Anyways, we started out on our hunt. Within that same week, Paul was notified that he was pcs'ing(permanant change of station) to California! Completely came out of nowhere! He tried to see what he could do to get out of it, but in the end there was nothing. We've come to accept it, and realize that God has this in His plan. So though we are sad to be leaving Idaho, we are excited to see what is in store for us in California.

In the meantime....Jacob has turned 16! Abby just turned 14 :) Paul traded in his truck for a Honda hybrid car in anticipation of his longer commute and gas costs in CA. We really love the car though!

Abby participated in Fine Arts last month. She was in a group drama that received a superior score and an invitation to National Fine Arts in Kentucky. She also sang a solo, and played a guitar solo. She received excellent ratings for both.

Both kids are keeping quite busy. We are starting to finish up some of our school subjects for this school year. Our goal is to be competely done by the end of May.(the last few years we've run into June.)

Easter is tomorrow. We will have church in the morning. Paul and Abby are both singing in the choir. Then a lunch out and hopefully some family time on the greenbelt trail. It is supposed to sunny and warm tomorrow :)

Well that's it for now :)

Be Blessed!