Home and School

I like that our family is all home tonight under one roof. Joel had a great time on the Youth Breakaway Retreat, but I was happy to see him get off the bus last night at 9:30. I like it so much better when all our offspring are in the nest! He came home with lots of great memories, but no voice! He was totally exhausted today so I gave him the day off of school! Besides, it's Presidents Day anyway! Ivy and I went to Homeschool group for classes while he rested at home with Jaden who has a cold.

Tomorrow is a special day of remembrance for our family.... 14 years ago, Mark and I found out we were going to be parents!!! It was such a wonderful happy day of rejoicing! We have since that day taken a picture of our family each year on that day and it's been neat to see those pictures over the years. Maybe I'll post those on here sometime when I get a chance!

Also, tomorrow, it's back to the books as we begin week 22 in Year 1 TOG. We'll be studying the Chaldeans (New Babylonians) and the Babylonian Captivity. Sad tales in the history of Israel. It's been really interesting studying through the Old Testament again this year. I've read through the Bible with our children before, but Tapestry of Grace helps us to really dig deeper and that has been fascinating!! Some weeks are very busy and we sometimes have to just skim the surface, but other weeks we can go more in depth. And I always remind myself that we'll be studying this again in 4 years so it's OK to miss some things this time around!!!!