Blogging

I had been doing a fairly decent job of making posts and then - wham! summer hit. We have not had a summer this crazy in a LONG time - maybe never. There have been / will be only a few weeks that we are all under the same roof. I took a "Creating a classroom Blog" class as one of my continuing education classes a couple of months ago with the intent of "spicing" up my blog. I guess I just learned for the test because I can't remember any of the changes I was going to make or how! I was also procrastinating because I just didn't really feel like I had anything to say. I had been reading blogs that were purposeful, newsworthy, making a difference and it made my words seem insignificant. Then I did realize that I did have some things I wanted to say - I just needed to process them first. So, I will begin this first post back with just our general goings on.
Ryan and Owen went two weeks ago to Big Creek - a missions trip to KY with our middle school group. They both worked construction. Owen came back with the decision to be nicer to Ian. Ryan came back with the decision to watch less TV. They had a great time and it was a very good bonding experience for them. That same week was Sports Camp at TKD. Emily taught and Alexa went to the evening camp and Ian went to the morning camp. By the end of the week, they had had a great time but were very tired.
Last week we had VBS at our church. I taught 5 year olds, Owen was my youth helper, Emily was a youth helper for the 4 year olds, Ryan taught the 5th graders, Alexa and Ian were helpers. It was the first time in about 5-6 years that we were all involved. It was a great week.
Thursday is our first annual "down and dirty" co-op meeting. I am looking forward to seeing all of the ladies again and making some decisions for this school year. Co-op has been a tremendous blessing to my children and their education. It is definitely worth the effort.
Emily is going to Worldview Academy in VA for a week in July. She is leaving there (we have to pick her up a day early) and is going straight to Del Rio for a TKD mission's trip. She has gone with Ryan to TX for the past two years, this will be the first time for her to go alone.
We pick her up from the airport at 11:00pm on Sat. and Sunday begins our family vacation. Two weeks later - we are back to school! I sure hope to work some planning time in there somewhere and maybe a little blogging...