Getting Back into the Groove

Catching up a bit on some of my scrappy posting. I love these pics that Ashley took of Jon & Alli while taking a walk one day. They can fuss & squabble & carry on, but yet it's moments like these right here that I really love most of all. 'Be ye kind to one another.' Eph.4:32

Just a quick, fun layout of Miss Ashley with this ginormous coffee mug that she found one day at Cracker Barrel. It says 'With enough coffee I can do anything'

This one is kind of blurry because of those little turquoise brads in the flowers.......they are really lumpy & made it scan wonky. Oh well....these are the pictures that I captured the night that Ashley C. surprised Chris at Maw's house. The title reads 'Reunited....& it feels so good!'

 

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As far as school goes....we're trying to get back into our groove after being off  last week. Finishing up the loose ends from their Labor Day unit, math & Pest Control. Yes, I said PEST CONTROL. LOL! Clay has been studying to take his certification test for work & on Monday he had everyone helping him. Taking turns reading out loud & asking him questions at the end of each chapter. Jon was a huge help here & actually learned quite a bit himself. Clay called me yesterday to say that he had passed his test & is now 'Armed & Dangerous'......so, you pests....you'd better watch out!!  He's dubbed himself  'Leslie, the Exterminator'. Ha!Ha! I told him that I was going to give Jon an 'A+' in Pest Control too since he learned so much himself. Seriously....these books are from Virginia Tech/Virginia Cooperative Extension/General Pest Control & Applying Pesticides Correctly. It's got to fit somewhere in the Science/Biology area, right. ;-) Next week we will be adding some writing activities into the mix. I'm learning right along with Ashley as to what I need to be teaching these guys here at home to better prepare them for college. Poor Chris & Ashley....I feel like they were/are my 'Guinea Pigs' in my Homeschooling. I just pray for them all the time, that God will make up for my short-comings in those areas!!!