Oh my! I cannot believe how long it's taken me to post!! Well, without further adieu, here are the happenings around our house:



We finished up math for the year yesterday, although we will continue working on +, - , x and division (is there a symbol on the keyboard for that?) anyways. We will be finishing our other classes here and there in the next 4 weeks. Are you all wrapping up as well?
DH still doesn't have a job. We do have food stamps now, which is a huge blessing! And God has been blessing us through generous people at our church. We know He will reveal to us the perfect job in His timing! :)
I started reading a wonderful book yesterday. Its a daily devotional that you may be interested in. Its called 'Sparkling Gems from the Greek' by Rick Renner. Its '365 Greek Word Studies for Every Day of the Year to Sharpen Your Understanding of God's Word.' I have learned a lot in two days. It is very eye-opening when you understand the complete definition of certain words. But it is a HUGE book!!! Well over 900 pages (actually, if you count the English to Greek, Greek to English Dictionary plus the index, its over 1000 pages.) And its like 3 and 1/2 pages per day. The book is hardcover, and about the size of a dictionary! But it is so worth it! I got it as a gift from a mentor/friend from church.
Curt says the book is crazy big, but he just finished reading his first book in 20 years. (besides the Bible) He is involved in men's ministry at church and is taking a class on how to be a better husband and father,and for the class, they have to read a total of 10 or 12 books in one year. He is going crazy just trying to complete the required 4 chapters each week! LOL! I know its a big challenge for him, but when he completed the first one, he was so proud of himself! He hates reading, so it's a big sacrifice for him to tackle this challenge.
The boys are busy being boys. Eli is doing much better with the calcium problem, and it appears we have a pretty good handle on things in that arena. The doctor was concerned about his Vitamin D level being very high, but decided to watch that for the time being.
We planted part of our garden last weekend, as we had green bean sproutlings that were bursting out of their bags. It's a little early, but they seem to have transplanted well. We will be planting more veggies in the next month or so.
We have had an exciting spring so far. We have a nest of 4 Robins on our porch that are hatched and just about to take flight. We have been watching and studying them. On the other side of the porch, we have a pair of House Finches that should be having hatchlings any day now. We have decided that any day it is not raining this summer, we will be doinng something outside. And, we found out our DNR has tons of resources available to homeschoolers that they are sending us, so you might want to check into yours, if you haven't already. How is the Fenner time going?