First Day of School

We started school today. Jacob is in 2nd grade, Ellie is in kindergarten, and Emmaline will be working on some preschool stuff. I'm using the same program that I used with Jacob in kindergarten with Ellie (LifePacs). I chose to use the K12 program with Jacob this year. It is mostly online, but has lot of worksheets to reinforce what he learns on the computer. It's also a lot of record keeping for me, but I'm thankful to have someone looking over my shoulder this year to make sure I'm covering everything I need to. Did I mention that this program is FREE?! It is considered a charter school, so our tax dollars pay for it (which I guess doesn't make it truly free, but you get the gist!). They even provide a computer for each student and will pay part of our internet bill.

Pray that this is a good school year for all of us. Jacob is probably the one that needs the most prayer. He is super smart, but doesn't like when he has to do school work. It's not that he isn't capable of doing the work, he just doesn't WANT to do it. We butt heads a lot over this issue, so praying for patience for me would be good as well.

Emmaline likes to color and read books while I work with the older two

My big kindergartener

I told Jacob to wear something nice so I could take his picture.
Didn't he do a great job of picking out his outfit?!

Please Pray

I don't usually post prayer requests on my blog, but thought that this one needed to be prayed about by as many people as possible. Janet, a friend from church, was just diagnosed with invasive breast cancer yesterday. She is a mommy to 5 great kids (ages 15-5 1/2) and has been my personal mentor in regards to homeschooling (she teaches all 5 of her kids) and raising a special needs child (her oldest daughter has a chromosomal disorder and many other special
needs).

If you could pray for the following, I know that their family would greatly appreciate it:

1. That the cancer has not spread to anywhere else besides her breast & surrounding lymph nodes

2. That the daily chemotherapy (starting next week) would kill all of the cancer cells

3. That her husband, Mark, would remain strong and that he won't have to travel as much for work during this trial

4. That all of the needs of the kids (schooling, physical, etc.) would continue to be met while Janet undergoes treatment

5. That Janet would not become discouraged and that friends and family will surround her with the love and support she needs right now

6. That God would choose to miraculously heal Janet from this cancer

Thank you, in advance, for your prayers!