February 1, 2009
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Wow – hard to believe the 1st month of 2009 is already at an end, although I can’t say it flew by. It truly seems like ages since Christmas. January was a busy month…
I hardly ever update where we all are — so because I haven’t… here ya go!
Financially, things are tighter than normal, however, God still faithfully gives us exactly what we need, when we need it. I feel so blessed. Steve has these Wachovia jobs that should start next week. Praying they actually do because you never know until you have the work order in your hands! These jobs will last for weeks should offer a good buffer to the current economy. Steve still teaches the 8-12 Sunday school at our church as well as we are on the Youth Leadership Team at our church as well. That takes up a lot of our time!!
Elizabeth is in her last 3 months of homeschooling. She graduates in June!! How exciting is that…. well, exciting and a tad sad, for me, at the same time. There is a new season for her coming and I am excited to see where God takes her! She is excited about the summer and has grand plans of visiting some dear friends of ours in KY, surfing every day, going to the Xgames, etc etc etc. No holding her down!!!
Our friend’s that moved to KY.
Elizabeth has a strong heart for evanglism and is eager to learn more and more about doctine so she can share it and discuss it.
Her best friend from dance started coming to our church a while back and will be baptized soon. So very exciting!!!
Valerie is closing in on her Sophomore year. Her and Elizabeth teach a ballet class to 4 – 12 year olds on Tuesdays.
Their classShe also will be starting a job at the studio where she takes lessons on either Mondays or Fridays. She will teach little ones ballet, tap, jazz, and hula. She still takes Tap and Lyrical at her studio, as well as Ballet and hula at two other studios.
Her and Elizabeth also are taking a Marino Biology class that meets at the US Backbay Science Center in Newport Beach. They are both doing well — the both got A’s last semester!! Valerie’s love for the Lord is apparent to anyone spending more than 30 seconds with her! She loves to talk about Jesus and God with any and everyone!
Julie will be graduating from 8th grade this year! She is taking guitar lessons and is doing really well! She also is taking Tap and Jazz, but is wanting to switch to Karate. So we’re looking into that. I think she would be really good at it – she’s so physical!
Julie also loves to draw and with this warm weather we have been having, has been trying to get an early tan with her sister Grace – ha! Silly girls; they crack me up.
Julie is becoming quite industrious as well as a very good help to me around the house. She loves to cook. Together we enjoy watching the Food Network and all the cooking shows!!!
Gracie is moving into Junior High next year (7th)! Dang! My baby will be out of elementary! Hard to believe.
She wants so bad to learn piano, and we have been trying to find someone to come to the house, but it’s too expensive. So I guess next week I will attempt again to put it into our schedule… cuz it’s not like I can’t teach her, just finding the time consistently to do it is the key.
Gracie has a heart for the elderly and sick. She is our little prayer warrior! The details she remembers to pray for astounds me. No one and their need is ever left out!
I am 1/2 way through my counseling courses. I hope to finish around summer of next year. Then I will go for my NANC certificate, which will take one more year — and then I will be a certified Nouthetic (Christian/Biblical) counselor. I also have several other projects I’m trying to accomplish — I’m putting our Hi8 video tapes on to the computer and then burning them to DVD. Our Hi8 video camera died in 2007 (I borrowed a friend’s to do this), and we hadn’t copied anything off of those tapes since 2000…. so there were a lot of hours of coping off. Made the first DVD yesterday 2000-2001 — I think the kids have watched it twice already! I also have to get our video tapes on to DVD. There again is probably 20 hours of coping to do.
Our Homeschool Group
And we might be getting some carpet from someone that we will put into the girls’ rooms. So, I will need to do some painting in the younger girls’ room before then. Also need to finish painting my entry. And then there is the 100 little things I’d like to do, like rearrange cupboard and put new lining in them, etc etc etc…
Our new cats are endless hours of enjoyment. They are too funny. A great addition to our family!
Well, that’s about it! Hopfully making up for the fact I’m never on here anymore….
~Di
Comments (1)
It was nice to get that update! What a beautiful family you have. It is good to see each of your girls growing up to be lovely young women who are serving the Lord and growing in Him!