Homeschooling Joys

Homeschooling has been a rewarding experience so far. I enjoy the time that I get to spend with my son, and I have seen all the ways that he is growing and learning.  Also, I don't have to worry about him coming home from school and asking, "What did you do today?" just to have him respond with, "I don't know."  I already know everything that he did at school! :)

Now, I do have to admit that some days we have a rough day, even a frustrating day.  These days are challenging.

But then some days I listen to my 4 year old READ and I am just so proud!

This is the little book that we read yesterday in homeschool:
Sid Hits
Sid has a bat.
Cam has a mitt.
Sid has a cap. Cam has a cap.
Sid hits. Bam!
Cam is fast.
Cam taps the pad.
Rats! Sid is mad.
Sid sits. Sid is sad.

I enjoy homeschooling (so far!) and I'm a proud mommy!  :)

A Little Scare

Just a testimony to God's faithfulness:

After traveling to the coast, we returned back to our home in the altitude (10,100 feet) on Sunday evening.

Our 2 year old had been congested for the past few days, but nothing abnormal.  When we parked the truck in our driveway, the boys got out and immediately started running around. After 2 minutes, our 2 year said his head hurt as he screamed and cried.

We picked him up and he was turning blue.  We ran in the house to get the oxygen tank, praying every step of the way.  The tank was almost empty, but there was enough for about 1 minute, which allowed him to come to and he was not blue any more.

We kept praying and we saw God answer those prayers and he started to get better.  He was still pretty pale, but he was at least responsive and breathing good again.

As we took him to the ER, we started out to look for a taxi. You have to understand that on a Sunday afternoon, there are usually NO taxis. We have waited quite a while to find one in the past. 

As we walked out the door and down the steps to the road, we prayed that God would quickly send us a taxi.  As soon as we got to the road, there was a taxi there! Praise the Lord!

After seeing the doctor, he was already feeling much better. It seemed like it was just a reaction to the altitude, made worse by already being congested and overly tired.

As we left the hospital, we once again prayed that God would quickly send us a taxi, as it was cold and dark, and the taxis never seem to pass by the hospital.  As soon as I prayed, God sent us another taxi!

Just when we needed it, God responded! He provided just enough oxygen in the tank, health for our son, and even something as small as answering our request for taxis when we needed them.

Real Food Cookout

 Ok, so with all the traveling lately, I've gotten a little bit behind. Now to play catch up...

We had 3 college students working with us here for 6 weeks.  Before they left at the end of June, we wanted to give them a little taste of home and a definite change to all the food that they had been eating (you know--chicken foot soup, sheep's head soup, and lots of rice and potatoes--a normal diet for some people, but a little different than our normal diet).

And so we decided to do a cookout! What's better than hamburgers on the grill as comfort food for when you are missing America?  Well, I then decided to do a Real Food Cookout!

Here's some pictures of how it turned out:

Top: Hamburgers on homemade, whole-wheat hamburger buns, potato salad and popcorn.

Bottom: Home-made, whole-wheat apple pie!  This was the first time that I've tried making a pie crust with the whole wheat flour, and I have to say it tasted amazing!