I've been struggling lately

Lately I've really had a hard time getting everything done.  I don't remember the last time we did school :(  

I'm so busy with the little ones, and cleaning, laundry and cooking, I just can't seem to fit school in anywhere.  

I'm seriously considering public school next year.  I just don't see how its fair for my children to miss out on so much.  

But then there's the argument that I'm teaching them in different ways.  The girls know how to clean, take care of babies, and are starting to learn to cook.  

I really just need God's guidance in it all.  Please pray for me that we will do what God wants.  Because what He wants will be where they flourish the most, school or not! 

Thanking God for Baths and Oxiclean

I do not know what I would do without Oxiclean!  GG is such a messy eater, and I can never keep food/slobber/boogers/dirt off her clothes!  So that is why I love oxiclean!  It cleans them everytime!

Also bath time! LOL  Malacai and Gloria-Grace have a very unique relationship.  Malacai really doesn't pay attention to her at all unless she takes his toys or we ask him what her name is!  So it was cute to see the two of them in the bath together!  

Beautiful Day!

I enjoy homeschooling, but there are days that I absolutely LOVE it, like today. It was such a gorgeous day outside.  I decided to take them all out, lay a blanket down, and begin reading.  We also are beginning a project on the trees and their bloom cycle.  The girls are photographing as well as drawing its cycle.  

Cai was a bit of a challenge.  He wanted to run in the street, and in order for him to do that, I had to be in the street with him.  But I couldn't be in two places at once! So he had to be buckled in his car for a bit!  

Here are some photos today of our homeschooling.

The results of an 8 year old Doctor

Coco came up to me the other day and I noticed several black marks on his head.  I said, Coco, what happened to your head?  He replied that he had been fixed by Rhema.  I knew I needed to inquire further, so I called to Rhema.  She hid from me when I asked what happened.  Now I knew this was going to be good!  So finally fessed up and said she was playing Doctor with Coco, and that was his medicine.  Too bad it was in permanent marker, and he had to go to church like that!   

Gloria-Grace is 8 months!

I can't believe how fast time has flown by!  Gloria-Grace is 8 months today.  She has quite the personality.  She loves to be held, she loves the cat and the dog, and she loves, LOVES mommy and breastfeeding!  She hates to be put down, she hates being changed, she hates sleeping apart from us, or maybe just sleeping in general...

She's a girl of strong feelings as you can tell.  She is either REALLY happy, or REALLY upset.  Tears flow daily, but so do laughs and smiles.   She has 6 teeth already, and up until now, she is exclusively breast fed.  She does enjoy an occasional cracker, but has no desire for baby food as of yet.  

We all enjoy her so much!

Our Recent Trip To California

We went to California on a ministry trip, Cisco, me and Gloria-Grace. We started in Sacramento, where Cisco preached at Calvary Christian, (our mother church) www.calvarychristian.com Then we went to Stockton where Cisco spoke at the FCMI conference. Then we went to Elk Grove to visit Dad and Mom Goudeaux. We then drove to San Francisco where Cisco preached at Souled Out. Later that day we drove to Montery, and we preached again...Sound tiring yet? LOL Monday and Tuesday we toured San Francisco. We got to see the Golden Gate Bridge, Elcatraz, crooked street, and pier 39. Wednesday we drove to Fresno where Cisco preached at Harvest of Praise, then back to Elk Grove to stay overnight with Mom and Dad Goudeaux, and Cisco preached one final time at Calvary Christian South on Thursday, (me and Mom stayed back and watched a movie together) Friday we finally flew home, and boy was I glad to sleep in my own bed and hug my kids! I missed them so much!

Another Reason We Do NOT Vaccinate

The drug company
http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_.../mmr_ii_pi.pdf

Paragraph 2
M-M-R II is a sterile lyophilized preparation of (1) ATTENUVAX* (Measles Virus Vaccine Live), a more
attenuated line of measles virus, derived from Enders' attenuated Edmonston strain and propagated in
chick embryo cell culture; (2) MUMPSVAX* (Mumps Virus Vaccine Live), the Jeryl Lynn** (B level) strain
of mumps virus propagated in chick embryo cell culture; and (3) MERUVAX* II (Rubella Virus Vaccine
Live), the Wistar RA 27/3 strain of live attenuated rubella virus propagated in WI-38 human diploid lung
fibroblasts.1,2


Reference 1 page 10 (merck website-above)
REFERENCES
1. Plotkin, S.A.; Cornfeld, D.; Ingalls, T.H.: Studies of immunization with living rubella virus: Trials in children with a strain cultured
from an ABORTED FETUS LUNG