Carolina Mommy

Well we made it through our first year of Homeschooling. Yes, I know it was only Kindergarten , but still, we were both new at it. I have learned that it doesn't have to be like the public schools, that our school is flexible and is focused on my children's needs. I am looking forward to next year already. Mainly looking forward to giving my children the time that they deserve and not having to cut things short to run off to work. (June 30 th is coming quick.) I am also looking forward to the CHEC Conference next weekend now that I will have a better idea of what I am looking at. Here is a picture of my little graduate. The Saturday before her graduation she had her first ballet recital. Needless to say May was pretty busy.

I have been reading (and re-reading) A Mother's Heart by Jean Fleming. The subtitle is A look at values, vision, and character for the Christian mother . I have really learned a lot from it and have been trying to apply it. It is a little overwhelming, but biblical and practical ~ I keep reminding myself to take it in baby steps (hence why I have to re-read it). Well I am about mid-way through the book and this struck a cord with me. I will be printing and putting up several copies for myself. At the end she challeges readers to meditate on it and rewrite it for themselves. I may or may not get there....but here is her paraphrase. If I keep my house immaculately clean, and am envied by all for my interior decorating, but do not show love in my family~I'm just another housewife. If I'm always producing lovely things~sewing, art; if I always look attractive, and speak intelligently, but am not loving to my family~I am nothing. If I'm busy in community affairs, t

Do you ever wonder "What if?" I do. I don't know if it is right or wrong to wonder, but I confess that I do. What if I had never moved to SC, what if my first "love" had loved me back, what if I had focused on college instead of the guy I met while there? Believe me it keeps going on from there. It seems that one question leads into so many more. But the one big question that I always end up at is would I have come to know my Savior if everything didn't happen as it did. You see, had I not left CA or if it had actually "worked" out with the guy back home then I would have never met my husband. He was/is the guy I met while in college. Needless to say I spent a good bit of my time with him. I may have "met" him from CA, but probably never had made the first date. You see, we actually met online at good 'ole Yahoo! We started chatting in November of 2000. Our first date was Jan 5 th 2001. Engaged March 31st and married N

Not many know, but we don't keep the "normal" kind of pets. We have had goats since our oldest (child) was a baby (~6 years). We started with 2 and had 6 (until last week as our herdsire Phillip passed). Below is our original herd. Chelsea is the momma. Stephen & Briar Rose were born March 2008 and Edward & Lilly were born in October 2008. Chelsea is expecting anytime now. They are Pygmy/Nubian crosses. As we are approaching the day that I will be home full-time ~ my husband is working to find ways to provide (as he has just started his own construction business after he was laid off last fall). So what does this have to do with goats you are asking??? We are going into the Goat Business. Surprisingly there is quite a market for it. This is where our new additions come in. Our Pygmy babies are just not suited for making big babies or good for milking. So here is the start to our "business" herd. Lilly Pie, originally Lilly, but we had a Lilly and didn&#