Isabelle Accepted Jesus into Her Heart

Jason and I are so excited that Isabelle accepted Jesus into her heart. She and Jason were talking on their way home from Awanas and she decided to accept Christ. It is so funny to watch how excited she was and how nearly a week later she is still excited. This morning she was talking to Eve and told her about Jesus and about Heaven. She asked me to pray for Evie. It is so amazing. The verse I have for her on her spiritual birthday of 3-23-2011 is 1 Corinthians 3:23 "You are Christ's, and Christ is God's."

Homeschooling Curriculum Thoughts

I recently signed up for the local homeschooling conference- It is the CHEC (Chrisitian Home Educators of Colorado). Best part...It was free because my oldest is not 5 yet. I am super excited as R.C. Sproul Jr. is the keynote on a couple of the days. Recently with my extra time I have been contemplating curriculum for next year and here is where I am...

Isabelle- Kindergarten 4/5

• Handwriting-Handwriting Without Tears
• Phonics and Literature- Mommy Teach Me to Read---I never thought I would look at a Montessori approach but the more I know about it, the more the myths about it have been debunked and I love it. They have great literature and activity ideas. On the other side for I will be doing a bit of Mommy Teach Me with Eve who will be 2/3 next school year.
• Phonics and Literature-All About Reading Pre-1 (Just looking into it)
• Science- I have thought about doing My Father's World but I am starting to stray away. I am not sure an umbrella curriculum fits my style or needs. I think I may end up doing theme based kindergarten and developing it based on Usborne and a couple of Science Explore books I have.
• Math-Right Start Math
• Writing because Writing and Handwriting are NOT the same thing :)- Just pushing my pet peeve.- Journalling 
• Bible-
• Memory Verse- AWANAS ???- We have been doing it this year and Isabelle loves it but we will have to see if it fits in with our family needs next year.
• Character Development- Accountable Kids (I am going to take a look at it, at the conference
• PE-Family Time Fitness ???? We want to do something as Isabelle loves to be active.

Well there is a glance at my brain in regards to homeschooling curriculum. 

What's New With You?

I figured that I would give a little update of what is new with us and then extend a promise to work a little bit harder at blogging. Currently I am 38 weeks pregnant with our son Christopher Reed. He is due April 4 and for those of you who don't know me well, I have never been pregnant past 38.5 weeks so I am getting a LITTLE anxious to meet him. I do have to say it is wonderful to be "on maternity leave." This year has been a hard one for me at work as I chose to over commit myself and work 3 full days a week. I think I was trying to provide for us and lacking a lot of trust in God and although it was a good experience, I found that the things that mattered most took a hit. The peace at home was nearlly absent and my daughters were growing up so much. I found that I was spending a lot of time with other people's kids and missing my own. With that being said, Jason and I decided with much prayer for me to cut down to only working one day a week next fall. Isabelle will be able to come to work with me and take Kindergarten classes and my mom will be able to be a grandma again and not the "babysitter." With the extra time on my hands and the desire to do a bit of blogging (not feeling like I have to or need to) I am hoping to become a regular blogger, updating you on our family, our homeschooling adventure, our walk with the Lord, yummy recipes, and all the good stuff that the popular blogs have :)