Busy Day!!

What a busy day!!!!
Brandi & I had 'FRIENDS' class at 9. We had planned on having class until 3 but then had some changes to the schedule and had to end at noon.
The church had a community Easter Egg-stravaganza and that was a lot of fun. Pastor Christina planned the whole thing and it was wonderful! I am not sure how many people were there but it looked like a ton!! We had 1000 eggs out there filled with candy!! Rachel went on the hunt!


Brandi helped with the 'petting zoo' area. Her friend brought a couple of goats and Brandi helped her. There were also rabbits, sheep, and I am not sure what else out there!!



RJ also had his first practice with his hotstove team. He knows 2 boys on the team, which is good. He has not played spring/summer ball in Wadsworth before. He did play fall ball last year in Wadsworth so that helped him a bit. I don't think it bothers him to play with a new group of boys, which is good.

Softball!!! It has begun!!!

Both the girls have gotten their calls about softball. They are both on the same teams they were on last year. Brandi had her first practice tonight and was SO excited!!!

We are going to be spending our time RUNNING the next 3 months!! Baseball, softball - if I am not at home or at church, I will be at one field or another!!!

RJ's second Warrior's game PLUS Proud Momma Moment

RJ had his second game - they played Kingsway Christian school. Once again, they played excellent and they run-ruled them in the 5th inning with a final score of 21 to 3 or something like that.




Each game, the team members & coaches take a professional practice ball and all sign it. It is then given to a team member who exhibits certain qualities. Below is a portion of an email that I got from the set of parents who had to pick the boy to get the ball that night.

<<had the privilege of being asked to choose the player of the night to receive the ball that the players signed. The criteria was: attitude on/off the field, encouragement to others, helpfulness, amongst other qualities. We both were very blessed to watch RJ serve, encourage, and help the other players-even before he went on the field to play!! He really deserved this honor.>>

I am SO proud of RJ!!! It does a mom's heart good to hear comments like this about her child!!

Happy Anniversary to my Parents!!

Happy Anniversary to my parents!!! I hope you have a great day together!!!!

Hard Day

Today was a hard day. Today would have been Justin's 19th birthday. It is so hard to believe he is gone :( I worry about some of the other family. But I continue to remember them in prayer. God can heal their hearts if they will let Him.

State TBQ Meet

We had our state TBQ meet today. The first thing they did was give out league awards. Our team took 2nd place for the season and one of our students took 3rd individual. I am SO proud of them! Even if they didn't answer during the quiz meet itself, I know they are hiding God's word in their hearts and learning!
For state meet placing, our team took 1st and one of our students took 1st individual!! We had a few rough rounds but were able to pull through! They remembered what they studied and learned!
I don't have any pictures yet, but as soon as I get them I will update this blog post and put them on here!!

Far Above Rubies and Passport to Purity

I am excited about some new curriculum I got.
The first is "Far Above Rubies", which is a high school curriculum for girls. Brandi looked at it and wanted to start it NOW! That is always a good sign! HA! This curriculum is based on Proverbs 31:10-31 and each unit is based on 1-2 scriptures. It is designed to train young ladies to be virtuous women. It will train a young lady to be a help meet to her husband, a nurturer to her children and a keeper of her home. It will help build her character in a Godly way! I am excited about it!!
There is also a curriculum for young men that I will be getting for RJ - it is called "Blessed Is The Man". It is not yet ready so I can't buy it yet.
I also got "Passport to Purity" that we will be doing with the older two children (separately of course) in the very near future and then we will do it with Rachel when it is time. :) I like the visual lessons in it that will help with teaching the kids about purity and why it is important. I just now need to figure out what kind of special weekend to plan for each of them!