One Day Academy

Ryen 3rd grade!

All ready for Math class at  ODA.

Ryen's 3rd grade Math class!

Ms. Hannah and Ryen on the first day of school.

Cami doing Pre K and Amaris 1st grade.

Nasa

After Kat's wedding we took the girls to Nasa and they loved it! Michael and I have not been in years. It was really fun. We have learned that Ryen LOVES science and really enjoyed Nasa.

We had to go through tough security to get on this tram. Thank you 911!


Looking at the training center!
Wow! This is really BIG!

Dippin Dots!

Headed home from a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

A new room for 2009-10

We are ready for the new school year! It has taken me over two weeks to reorganize and clean up this room from last year. I even cleaned it up at Christmas time last year. We just have so much stuff! We are really excited and will start slowly tomorrow. I really do not have room for that table in the middle, but I just cannot get rid of it! The girls wrote and colored all underneath it the first year and I love what they drew on it! So, I will just keep it!

Camille and Ryen's desk!



My desk near the window. I have to be able to look outside or I will go nuts!

See all of our new Sonlight books! Yippeee..we have already started on these books!

We are BUSY!

Today Ryen's 2nd tooth fell out! She would not pull it, but waited for it to fall out on it's own! She is so adorable!

In other news: Ryen broke her ankle bone on Labor Day! Yes, she had to get a cast. She is not happy about it and would rather not discuss it at all. She got a hot pink one and black shoe to be able to walk. It took her 3 days for her to be able to walk on it! I hate it for her!

The same day we got an email posting free kittens. So, we packed up in the truck and went way out in the country and Pixie! She is a long hair Calico 7 week old kitten. She is adorable. She loves the girls and is very gentle with them. Now.....the girls are not very gentle with her, but she deals. Cami and Amaris fight over holding her. Ryen is not that close to her. She does not want her to scratch her at all. I need to post some pictures!

We started the Homeschool Co-op classes last Friday! The girls are thrilled about it! I am happy with it too. All the homeschool moms do the classes. I really like having a place for my children to interact with other kids, but I am STILL in charge and there with them. I like seeing how my children interact with other kids and adults. It is good for me to be able to where we need to work on these areas of respect towards others. We have several friends that we love and trust already going.

I am gathering my thoughts on this next school year. It is going to be full schedule. I can not wait to get it finalized and going. I still need to order school books and get their classroom totally set up! I feel behind, but then again we homeschool...I can do what I want on my time line!

Monday is Ryen's 6th birthday! She has chosen to go to Build -A - Bear with her sisters and then have cake and ice cream with the rest of the family at home! RYEN IS 6 Years OLD! Whoo!
Well, that is it for now! It is Friday Family Fun Night tonight.

Our New Business

Michael and I have a new business called American Porta Can of Texas. It is a portable toilet company. We took over for the previous owners July 1st. Our dear friends built this business in 9 years and it is very successful. It has been pretty busy for us since July1st. The 4th of July was crazy with new deliveries and a family reunion in the mix. We have enjoyed it so far! The business itself is not hard. The hardest part for us has been juggling a 2, 4, and 5 year in the middle of it all. For Michael the hardest part is learning a routine and mentally switching gears from a corporate job to a blue collar job. I answer the phones and run errands and Michael is operating it all. We feel like God has opened this door for us and we are excited to see where He will take this company. We know that it is going to expand quickly with God's favor!
Michael is still working at Riata Technologies in Austin and is not planning on leaving. We will be doing this on the side and then we will hire people to help us when it gets too big for us!

This is a very busy time of the year for me. Awana starts in a month. I am working on getting plans made for teachers and Directors. Ryen will be a Spark and Amaris will be a Cubbie.

Homeschooling plans are also in full swing! Whoo! Pray for good time management for me in Jesus Name!

Come See Me @The Homeschool Lounge

I am so excited to share with you The Homeschool Lounge! Tiany from Live Love & Learn has opened up this online place for home educators to meet each other. There are some really neat groups you can join and gather ideas or give advice on specific topics. I just signed up and so I am not sure of all of the features. But I can hardly wait to grab a cup of tea and put the kids to bed and explore this really neat site! If you are a homeschooling mom.....join us! It is FREE.

Also, another great site is The Heart of the Matter! Check it out!

Tiany is also having a contest for everyone who passes on this info on their blogs! So, pass on the info on your blog or website!

I pray that everyone is having a great Monday!!

Fall Fun 2007

Sorry I have been lacking on blogging! We have been very busy around here! There have been so many kids at my house in the past month. We have a new neighbor from England, Jack. He is 5. He lives here! The day he moved in across the street, he came over and asked if we had kids. Well, of course he knew that we had kids, but he wanted to play. Have you ever seen the movie, What about Bob? Well, Jack is Bob!! I send him home and he comes back every 5 minutes! Yes, he is driving me nuts! I know that I should talk to his mom, but you know what, I should not have too. She is his mother and only child and she should keep up with her son! Even little Cami hears the doorbell and says, "Go away Jack"!!! It is so funny! I am sure there will be more Jack stories.
This past weekend we went to the Macy's Christmas Party hosted by The Domain. The Domain is a new upscale shopping center that is so nice. It feels like you are downtown New York. It is so beautiful. If you are ever in Austin, go to the Domain. It is worth it!
They had the best fireworks we have ever seen. I had tears in my eyes! They were gorgeous!
Cami saying "Cheese"
In homeschool we have been doing our Thanksgiving lessons. One day we baked Pumpkin Pies from the fresh pumpkins from the patch. The girls made one and then the Isaac who is homeschooled made his own.
Isaac, Kailyn, Ryen and Amaris
The girls so proud! Amaris cracks me up...She got her Pj's on!!
R= Ryen, A=Amari, and K=Kailyn
End of the day picture! Amaris is almost alseep!! Cami is a mess!!
Cami has a new friend! Austin comes to our house everyday while his mommy works! Austin is 2 and is a great kid. He calls Cami, MiMi. They are so sweet to each other! We are really excited to get to watch him and his sister, Kailyn after school! You know, once you have 3 kids, 2 more around the house really does not change much. If you can handle 3, you can handle 5 or more!!!! ;)
Are they trying to say I am a "Loser" or "Longhorns"? :)

Our visit to the Pumpkin Patch

Last week, we met Grammy in Elgin at the Pumpkin Patch. We LOVE going there. We took a picnic lunch and ate under the pavilion with a million children under 5 and SHAMs.

We spent most of the day playing and running. We went on a hayride through the Christmas trees to the playground. Amaris led us through a corn and hay bale maze. We decorated a pumpkins and took a ton of pictures. Cami loved all the farm animals . It was a fun time with Grammy. We love Fall!! It is so lovely and refreshing!!




I love this one of Cami!!

Waiting for Grammy!

We made It!!
What are we doing??
Keep up Grammy!!