Catching up on September Happenings:

In September we continued plugging along with school (James second grade year which is focused on United States History is so interesting! I am learning so much too!),  James raised over $80 at a lemonade stand for Hurricane Harvey (project for school) and we also had a Mama/Son date to watch the sunrise as part of a school unit, we got to go to the beach with my Dad and Step-Mom for a weekend which we didn't think was going to happen due to Hurricane Irma and the boys had a wonderful time with them,  James got brave enough to ride his bike without his training wheels and took off immediately, Awana started back, and we had lots of outdoor time at the park. The food pictures in the last few posts are any non-dairy recipes that I've discovered. Joah eats no dairy at all now and when we introduce it he immediately throws up again usually within the hour. We pray he will eventually grow out of it but I think it will be later rather than sooner. Here are some september happenings:

Catching up on July and August Happenings

I'm very behind on the blog but I like to post the best pictures throughout the year here on the blog because it makes it easy to come back and find them whenever I need to for photo gifts, scrapbooks, etc. We are taking a fall break this week from homeschooling after completing the first 8 weeks of the year. I had scheduled to go ahead and complete two more weeks before our fall break, but we were all needing one so that's the beauty of homeschooling. Adapt! We've been enjoying the park and went to the bouncy place today and had it all to ourselves. Here are some pictures from our life in July and August of 2017 from swim lessons, to Cow Appreciation Day, to my 33rd birthday weekend at the beach, to Joah's unexpected surgery (periotonsillar abscess) and hospital stay, to the start of school (our third official year of homeschooling, and everything in between: