I Am So Proud and Excited . . . . .

Oh My Gosh............I can't believe how much work Kiddo has completed these past two days. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU! Now mind you, it did not come without a couple of crying and whining bouts, but in the end, he pulled it off. Soooooo on Friday, Steven, David, and I, (The girls are not going because Goose has to work and Bean would rather be anywhere else!) will be taking a field trip to the American Museum of Frontier Culture in Staunton.

The Frontier Culture Museum is an outdoor, living-history museum and educational institution of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Museum currently features six permanent, outdoor exhibits comprised of original farm buildings from Britain, Germany, and Virginia. These buildings have been carefully documented, dismantled, transported to Virginia, and restored. The Museum's exhibits serve as the settings for interpretative and educational programs designed to increase public knowledge of the diverse Old World origins of early immigrants to America, of how these immigrants lived in their homelands, how they came to America, and how the way-of-life they created together on the American frontier has shaped the success of the United States. The Museum's plans for the future include the expansion of its exhibits and programs to include an American Indian and West African exhibits, a working grist mill, and mid-1800s American village. I CAN'T WAIT! I think I am more excited than Kiddo is.

Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. The homesteading way of life has always fascinated me and I have always wished I could have lived back in that time. My family thinks I am a little crazy though because I am trying to live like that now. It is not only because I enjoy making my own laundry detergent, hanging out the clothes, and cooking a weeks worth of meat at one time out on the fire to save using the electric, etc that I do these things, it is out of necessity. Going back to being a one-income family is not an easy task.

When Skippy and I decided to homeschool Kiddo, I resigned from my Sign Language Interpreter/Special Education Teaching Assistant position after 11 years. It has been a big adjustment for ALL of us, but it has been an extremely rewarding experience. Not only that I get to be home with Steven, but I am also getting to spend more time with our girls as well. That is something I did not expect since they both had working hours that were, for the most part, opposite of what mine were, but a job for Bean and a shift change for Goose, brought us all closer together. Now if we could just get Skippy home a little more!!!! The poor man is working three jobs so I can be here with Kiddo. However, once the weather turns colder, he should be home a little bit more. YEAH!!!

We have a long journey ahead of us, that we know. Everyday we are learning to trust God more and more, and know that he will provide for us. All we need to do is........................... HAVE FAITH AND BELIEVE!!