Yesterday - Wednesday was a great day at our house...

Bug and I started school after breakfast and were able to get through several items. Then we took a break and the boys had some free time to play and watch tv. I talked to my friend Amanda on the phone for a while. We have been missing each other lately. Then the boys and I puzzled in their room for a while and watched Bibleman. We did several puzzles together, that was fun. We figured out we were starving so I headed to the kitchen to whip up some tacos and Bug came along to finish up some school work. We set up a table and chair for him and completed several lessons together as I cooked. He did a great job and worked really hard! After lunch Bug and I played a few games of Clue Jr. He got it as a gift for his birthday and he does love it. He loves to play board games... It is a really cute game and lots of fun. He is starting to get the hang of it. If you have young ones it is a great game to get. We had a great day just hanging out here at the house. We didn't even go to church last night. Tuesday was a really hard afternoon for us, so it was good just to be home. I think we are all having a difficult time adjusting to being back at home and trying to be normal again. Plus I am just exhausted and seem to tire so easily these days.

I didn't get to go and help Aunt Shirley yesterday, but I am hoping to go next week. The boys will go to school up there that day. We shall see how it works. I know Aunt Shirley needs/wants help so I am going to try to be there for her as best I can.

Today was a good day overall...

It began sort of rough though. Our dog, Charlie, (little red's favorite) was hit by a car this morning. I saw him in the road when we were leaving. There was a pool of blood by his head so I called Brian and he came and picked him up. He was dead so BJ buried him in the back behind the building. I haven't told the boys yet, I am waiting until tomorrow when BJ is home so that we can do it together and the boys and BJ can make a cross marker for his grave. I just kept thinking gosh...another death for them to hear about. I am beginning to think something is wrong with us. Charlie was really the dumbest animal on earth. He wouldn't stay in the yard for nothing and if we tied him he broke the chain, if we penned him he would bark and whine constantly. But as annoying as he could be, Kaden loved him. Pray for us to go through yet another loss with out children...

At school it was "Pumpkin Day" - which was lots of fun. We played games like pumpkin in the straw, ring the pumpkin and corn husking race, took lots of pictures, saw animals at the petting zoo and ate lunch with our friends. It was great. And exhausting! LOL.

Well, I better sign off for now....add a blog when you can...

Well, can you believe October is upon us...and a terrible one it has been. It started okay...with a last minute camping trip with Memaw and Papa. Which turned into a week long vigil with Granny in the hospital. Thank goodness for the Montessori school where the boys could go to school while I sat with Granny. Days I can never get back and hours that will forever be etched in my soul. She is at the feet of her Lord, whole and happy and not hurting any more. But I miss her terribly. We made the trip to Pearsall to take her home for the final time...the third trip this year. Wow... It has been a sad year...

We took the boys to visit the Alamo and to see the movie at the IMAX while we were down that way. It was fun. "Davy Crockett" loved it of course! We are now the proud owners of two "toon skin hats" as little man calls them. His rarely leaves his little red head. :) Crazy kid.

Brian and I spent the weekend trying to catch up around the house and get back into a routine. That was harder than we imagined.

He worked on his bird house - it really looks nice. He is so proud. He gets the boys helping him. It should be up soon. We took down the old falling apart ones a few months back to put up my clothes line...Granny's clothes line...

Big praise today - I completed my first teaching class - schools and society. My semester is over on the 31st so it is just in time. Whew! I have completed 25 CU's over the past 6 months - 8 classes so far. I hope to get done with everything I need to begin my student teaching next fall. Although that poses a whole new set of issues. Like where the boys will go during that time. I have checked into many schools in the area. I think we are going to try to get them in at one of the local Christian schools. I have heard such great things about it and the tuition is not out of sight. The classes are small - 12 max. I like that. And they can attend at the same school. I have to sign them up in Feb. Open enrollment begins March 1 - Pray we get a spot for each of them.

Well, all for now I suppose...