A Busy April...

Joshua and I at the concert.

 This has been an extremely busy month and I haven't blogged nearly enough during it.  I'm using this post as another catch up blog. 

Our Church's Youth Group

We started the month with belt testing on the first Saturday of the month in karate class.  Scott earned his blue belt and I earned an orange belt. We take more pictures of our kids than we do of ourselves. 




That same evening Joshua and I joined 3 other sets of mothers and sons from our homeschool group for a Mother/Son date night.  We took our sons out to eat at a Mexican Restaurant and then went to a Inspirational All Gospel Concert.  It was a really great show and everyone had a good time.

Every year on Easter Sunday we take a picture of the kids in our church. Normally I try to get the picture after the morning service but everyone had scattered so I got this picture after our evening service. Our youth group has sure grown in numbers and in size these past 3 Easters that we've been here. They grow up so fast. Makes the pictures each year fun to look at as they get bigger.



Ruth in home economics at co-op.

Another new activity we were involved in this month was a Homeschool Co-op. For those who do not know what a Homeschool Co-op is it is where a group of homeschool families get together and each parent volunteers to either teach or help out in a class. This was our groups first time to have a co-op and the kids enjoyed it a lot.



Hannah making a bead necklace in her 4-6 year old class.

We had seven classes in this co-op. They were science, home economics, art, music, and a unit study on horses, a 4-6 year old class, and a 0-3 year old "class". Technically the 0-3 year old were more in a nursery setting but we called it a class. I taught the music class and other mothers taught the other classes or helped in the classes. The kids really liked the classes they took and are looking forward to doing co-op again in the fall.

Joshua doing a science experiment at co-op.

Also this month we started a garden.  Which has been growing.  We have already been enjoying some of the herbs out of our herb garden and are looking forward to getting some fruit from our bigger garden. 
 
Last week, Scott and I got our shots in preparation for our trip this summer to Thailand.  We also bought our tickets this week. It has been amazing to watch as God helped us have the money for the tickets as well as taking care of issues that we felt completely helpless on. We have a very small view on our lives.  It's nice to know that God can see what will happen tomorrow. When things may look bleak to us, He knows what's around the corner and that everything will be okay.    

Jonathan and Elijah in their 0-3 year old "class" at co-op.

This has been an incredibly busy month and it's not over yet. We still have a family reunion to attend this week.   

I don't know what all God has in store for us in May.  I'm sure it won't be boring.  I'm just glad He is here with us each step of the way.  Through the easy times and the hard times it's good to know that God is here to help us. 

It's a blessing to be able to look back over the month and despite the hard points in the month, we can still look back at it and say, "This has been a really good month!"

Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."