Graduation To Do List....

This is just one part of what I'm having to do for his Homeschool Graduation from our Homeschool Group.  I've already filled out all the information for his diploma, next is choosing 5 pics from birth to now (that took some time to sift through the pics to use), after that is Tim's bio for the program (which I've gotten done) they will be giving out at the door, then there's our speech that has to be done.  I pretty much have it all done although I keep going back and tweaking it.  So excited for Tim to be done with this portion of his life so that he can move on to what's next for him and for now that will be working with his Dad learning/growing the business and continuing to train and do weightlifting Meets.    

Homeschool Bowling Social last Wednesday...

Tim had a great time at the homeschool bowling social last Wednesday. After the ice from the weekend before everyone was ready to get out of their homes for a bit before the next weather system of snow came in. Here's some pictures:

Life Goes On....

I'm so excited for Tim's graduation coming up in May but it also saddens my heart because both his grandparents are gone and will be missed deeply at the ceremony.  When I think of that my heart aches.  My husband's parents were more parents to me than my own ever were.  Even more than that they were absolutely wonderful to Tim.  He loved them so much.  I'm so very thankful for the years that Tim got to have with them making memories that will last him all his life.  They are gone but they are never forgotten.  They are always in our hearts and memories.  

Slideshow Pics for LH Graduation...

 The collage I'm sharing with you are the five pictures that between myself, my husband and Tim have been chosen for the slideshow at graduation.  You might be wondering why I'm getting things done so early?  Because once January hits we will be busy with weightlifting events as well as my mom possibly having knee surgery.  I need to have all my ducks in a row so to speak so I don't have to think about taking care of the graduation stuff because it will already be done.

I still can't believe he's actually graduating High School in May.  It seems like he has grown up so fast even though we have taken the time to cherish all the moments with him along the way.

Coming Out of The Homeschooling Fog...

I'm coming out of the Homeschool Fog that I've been in for 14 years now.  I've been an MIA Friend to many of the friends that I was extremely close to prior to marriage and having Tim.  I want to go on record and apologize for having been MIA for so many years.  I was just starting out in marriage and having a baby when most of you had been married and in the throws of raising kids for quite some time.  We were in two different times in our lives.  I was in M.O.P.S when you were doing middle school, if not, high school with your kids.  Not excusing not having stayed in touched better just pointing out that the roads we were traveling on were very different at the time.  

Now, all these years later, my journey of being a homeschool mom is coming to an end.  As Tim graduates I'm hoping and praying that these old friendships that I've held near and dear to my heart all these years will meet me on a new journey in life where we can reconnect. A journey that will allow us to grow together as we navigate these later years in our lives.  Where we can share our lives and all we've learned on the journey that we've been on while apart.  Where God can enrich our lives even more deeply as we spend time together.   

I've been more intentional recently about making connections again.  I'm sure some have been scratching their heads & wondering why now and the change in my journey in life is the why now.  

It's actually weird to be on this side of things now.  It seems wild to me that Tim will be 18 in May and just 5 short days later a High School Graduate.  

I take solace in the knowledge that even though Scot & I missed the mark at times, all parents do, while raising Tim that we have taken our job as parents and his teachers seriously.  We've poured into him to overflowing.  And now we pray as we release him fully into God's hands who gave him to us to raise.  We pray that God will be 1st in Tim's life above everything and everyone else as he goes out into this world and lives his life.   

I pray as a mom that Tim lives a life worthy of God.  That his is a life that represents the Kingdom of God well.  

I pray as I seek to reconnect with friends that God opens doors and that our reconnection will be even better than our initial connection years ago.

Above all I pray that God is Glorified in all of our lives in a Mighty way!!! 

God Bless!!!  

10th Grade Report Card...

Here's Tim's 10th Grade Report Card.  His 11th will be posted by the end of the summer.