Jess Jones Pictures from Kim's Wedding back in December!!!

check out the one where we are all praying before the wedding begins and esme is snacking....and praying...ahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Thoughts on Homeschooling

I just finished tidying up the kitchen and putting the kids book bags and shoes out for the morning....

it is amazing to think we are almost finished with another year of school....these years i AGONIZE over...to go to school, to homeschool...pass by so quickly that i wonder what was all the worry about!

this will be jack and esme's first full year of school...

and i have to say it has been good....truly so good.

while they have learned SO MUCH, i have also learned some very important things...

that being in school has been so good for them...to become more independent, to trust in the Lord more, to figure out what they like and don't like, to read read read and do all sorts of academic things i honestly would have said they weren't ready for, to succeed and master things, to do wonderful art and learn archery and run races etc etc etc....

and for me, i have found myself again in some ways... i never lost myself ha! but i have started gardening again and i have enjoyed quiet time with titus and walks in the woods and moments with josh to chat during the day when all is quiet...

i think back to my childhood....and i remember my dad driving my brother and i to a private school a long way from our house....i remember getting their extra early on my dad's way to work and i remember staying late for sports or until my mum could pick us up....we spent a lot of time on the school grounds. 

and i remember LOVING my childhood...and not feeling like i didn't have lots of time with my parents and brother...i feel like i had it all honestly.  

i suppose i hope jack and esme feel the same way....that they have a full life that is guiding them towards Jesus, and refining their brains to be able to use it to its potential, and that they are joyful.

at the end of the day, i think children can come to this place in so many ways...in and out of school...and for us, i am happy that this is where ours have landed for now...bc it is good. thank you Jesus.

After school activities

My kids like the rain as much as I do!

Couple of my boys

Working hard mama

Hanging out in kid village

All 3 crawling in the grass in the rain

Where a third takes a nap

Everybody loves cat food

a few shots from the past few days

the kids getting clean with esme's bubble bath

titus checking out a termite swarm before he ate a bunch of them

lego lego lego....creations this weekend

mabry, evy and corinne's visit....the kids LOVE them so much

and titus rambling in the field that is forever too wet to plow!

easter on the lawn!

Josh got off easter morning from the station so we went to church and returned to have lunch with my family...it was such a perfect day...the weather was just beautiful....

the kids hunted a few eggs and hung out ...

i love easter!