On the road again...

We have been traveling this week and are home long enough to wash clothes and start again. Friends of ours invited us on vacation with them. Totally cool way to vacation - everyone pitching in on the food and cooking and eating and talking. And talking and laughing until we were crying. Did I mention the cooking and talking and eating and talking? ;) Oh and we knit a bit too. My friend who just learned to knit in January is doing a sweater for her daughter now. Started it on vacation.

We've done this for years with our dear friends in WV. We plan a menu, each family picks a couple of things for each meal and then we put it all together when we're cooking. Totally works and we eat WAY better camping/vacationing than we do at home. Plus it's just more fun to cook and clean up together.

The girls did not want to leave their friends and cried a bit coming home. We're hoping to see them again soon. It is amazing the number of blessing we've had simply because we home school.

The fact that we can go off season for much cheaper rates, see friends we don't often get to see other times of the year, meet people we would never get to meet otherwise. The fact that my beloved can take time off from work when most people don't even have vacation on their radar is a huge blessing. There are many things we have been blessed with since we started home schooling. God is so good all the time.

Hope everyone is having a good time. And looking for those blessing each and every day. We sure are. Out the door we go again.

In the midst of God's blessings,

Peg

I am loved and so blessed or

Look what my beloved did for me this week!

My beloved Michael had a couple of days off from work and he came home to work for us. He and my sweet Em worked so very hard. I have to say I love it when he says "We need to do this." and he really means him. Of course I had a ton of shifting and moving in order to make his work possible. ;)

Here it is in progress:




And of course one of all three of my workers:



I'll post a few more in a day or so to show you the final product. I'm still putting things back and it's a disaster.

In Christ's Amazing Love,
Peg

Blessings ....

We are blessed in many ways. In the last week we have had 6 dentists appointments with only two requiring any followup. One of our daughters needs some braces. We'll see how the Lord provides there. And I have a couple of teeny tiny cavities. But the rest of the crew is healthy and have great teeth! YEA! We have Dental insurance for part of it. PTL!

We are blessed in our choice to home school. This week that has afforded us several opportunities we would not normally be able to participate in. Wednesday the girls went with their Pop-Pop to the State Fair. The big girls that is. They came home around 4:30 and made it to ballet by the squeak of their ballet shoes. They had the best time and were totally worn out last night.

Today and tomorrow we are having life skill days at La Geron. That means they get to help me bake a slew of different breads for our local Carnival. Our church women's group has a booth there every year. All our ladies bake a ton of great stuff and we sell it there. It is a fun day for everyone. And my specialty is, of course, Pepperoni Rolls. And wheat rolls. I will bake 24 dozen pepperoni rolls by this time tomorrow night. And probably a lot of wheat bread too. We'll see how that goes. I'll try to remember to take a picture to share.

Anyway, I am praising the Lord tonight for my many blessings. God is good all the time. All the time God is good.

In Christ's Love,
Peg