I'm baaaack!!!

My blog!!!  It once was lost, and now is found!  Just like me!  As most of my readers know, I am mother to seven wonderful young people (mother-in-law to three), grandmother to eight beautiful grandchildren (2 yet to be born), and homeschooling teacher to three of those seven children.  But I'm also a teacher to at least 6 other young people through our homeschooling co-op, SCC (Shoal Creek Co-op).  I've taught a variety of subjects over the years, but this year I'm teaching history to four middle schoolers, and government and a Writing for Life class to four high schoolers. For their writing class, I have assigned my high schoolers to each begin their own blog and post to it at least twice a week.  I thought that I should set a good example in this, and post to my own blog.  But therein lay the problem.  I had lost my blog!!  I couldn't find my blog cheat sheet (ya know, the piece of paper with my blog address, sign-in info, etc. written down).   And I couldn't find my blog anywhere...and I looked all over the web!  But I have finally found my blog, and I'm so happy to be here again.  I even changed it around some to reflect a new season!  So, I am committed to posting on my blog at least twice a week, whether or not I have anything interesting to say.  Please feel free to leave comments; I love reading them.  If you don't leave me a comment, I'll feel like I'm out here in the woods, sittin' on a log, talkin' to myself.  And believe me, with seven kids, I've spent plenty of time talkin' to myself!  So...welcome!  Every once in a while, come and sit a spell, and see what we've been up to!

For the most important part:  in all things, may all glory be unto God!
Blessings!

God bless.

Hi friends,
Well, our oldest daughter is getting married this Saturday. That's why you haven't heard much from me lately. We've been busy as bees. Please keep us in your prayers as we try to pull this whole wedding thing together. I will probably drop off of the blogging thing. I've tried twice now to keep a blog going, but I just can't seem to make it happen. I just have so many other things going on. Thank you to my followers, all 3 of you, for being encouraging. You all three know me in real life, I think, so I'll see you there.
May God bless you each and every one, and give you the desire to follow and please Him.
Blessings.

Hello friends,

I'm sorry I haven't written in a while. Been caught up in real life. We've started school; have been going at it for a week now. I miss the lazy days of summer already!! It's soooo hard to get up and get moving in the morning when all I really wanna do is dig in, nestle down among my 40 million pillows (as my husband would say). I can't help it. I love my pillows. Always have, even as a little girl of 6 or 7, I would snuggle in amongst at least 3 pillows, more if I could abscond with them to my bed. I think I like the feel of being in a cocoon. Maybe I'm hoping I'll emerge a beautiful butterfly!! But every morning I wake up, it's the same old (older by the day) me I see in the mirror!! Maybe my metamorphosis is just gonna take a bit more time. But I pray, day by day, that the Lord will change me to be more like Him. I want to be like Jesus. Every day, when I react to the children in anger, or don't love my husband like I should, or get angry at a stranger for moving too slow, slowing me down, I pray that I might be more like Jesus. Help me, Lord, to walk in your path, to love and forgive others as you have loved and forgiven me. Thank you, Lord, for all of your many blessings, and for the fact that some day, I will be just like you, in a glorified body, perfect in your righteousness, washed in your blood, standing before the throne of God, and loved all the while. Thank you Lord, for the gift of your love. Go with me this day, and help me to be more like you.

Blessings!

Singing School

Hello friends!! Boy, am I tired, but filled with thankfulness!! Last week, our family attended a Shape Note Singing School at Shoal Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Newborn, GA. It was absolutely wonderful!! My kids had a great time fellowshipping and worshipping with old and new friends, all while learning how to sing shape notes. Shape note singing is an old-fashioned form of singing in which the notes in the hymnal have different shapes, which give you the note's pitch. It is based on do (long o sound) re mi fa so la ti do (like from the Sound of Music, "Do a Deer"). Our church hymnals have shaped notes. Here is an example of what shape note music looks like:

And here are some pictures from the singing school we attended:

Elder Tim Cannon was our instructor. Elder Tim has many years of experience in teaching shaped note singing, and the kids just love him!! We had about 175 folks attend the singing school, with close to 75% being young people. What a blessing to see so many young folks devoted to learning to sing praises to their Lord and Saviour. The biggest challenge was feeding that many people 3 meals a day!! But it was a success, thanks to the volunteers who cooked, cleaned, shopped, and sweated! I thank the Lord that He put His hand of blessing upon us this week. Thank you, Lord.

Blessings.

Lazy Days!!

Hello all,
I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. Life sorta gets in the way, sometimes. I'm struggling right now with motivation. I just can't seem to get motivated to do anything but just be. And there's nothing wrong with "being", but I've got tons of stuff to do. At this very minute, I have 7 squishy bananas sitting on my kitchen counter. Gotta do something with them!! Banana bread? Banana milkshakes? Homemade banana ice cream? Hmmm. I think I'll think about it. Of course, by the time I'm through thinking about it, I won't have time to actually DO anything!! I also bought some peaches because the kids want to make homemade peach ice cream. Yummy!! I'll try to do a better job of blogging over the summer. I think I'll go rock in our hammock on the back porch. Yeah, that's what I'll do.
Blessings!!

Here are some wedding pics!!

Here are some of the pictures from Jonathan and Meagan's wedding:

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Moseley!!!!

How sweet!!!

First dance!!

Get that garter, Jonathan!!

Congratulations to Meagan and Jonathan!! Welcome to the family (officially), Meagan!! I love you both!!

Blessings!!

What blessings God doth bestow upon us!!

Hello friends,

I know many of you are wondering where I am. I'm here!! I've just been busier than a one-armed wallpaper hanger!!! The wedding was wonderful, our family has gone home (we miss them so!), and I'm trying to tie up loose ends. I'm still washing towels!! I have some pics of the wedding, but in order to get them from the camera to my computer, I have to have some kind of adaptor, which was last seen in the possession of my 16-year-old. I'll get to that asap. But I do have some other pictures of family and the bride and groom, so here goes:

Me holding my granddaughter little Charlotte.

Our granddaughter Laura. Isn't she a cutie?

My nephew Cade feeding my granddaughter Laura a grape.

Laura with the grape in her mouth. She bit Cade's finger twice during the grape feeding, and after that, he ran from her!!

Aint God good?

Blessings.