She Reads!!

Well as most of you know our kids all go to a private Christian School. Which is great for us cause they are learning so much and in a Christian environment. However we sometimes wonder if it is worth it to pay $200 a month for Ashlyn to go to pre-school...I mean pre-school...we all remember pre-school...playing with blocks, taking naps, eating snacks, and maybe getting read a book or two and learning our shapes but really not much else. Well to our great surprise she came home from school one day and asked what this word said. So me knowing that they have been teaching her sounds of letters at school asked her to sound it out. So she did and read her first word!! Well kinda she already could read her name! So I tested this out and got a very easy book out for her titled Cat to see if she could read it and she could!! The whole thing and then proceeded to read another book after that! So for any of you wondering if we are crazy to pay that kind of money for pre-school my answer to you is no way!! My pre-schooler can read, she can write and she already knows some cursive (not to mention her colors, shapes and how to play with blocks)! $200 well spent : )

You can take the mama out of Michigan but you can't take the Michigan out of mama's boy!!

In March we packed up our 15 passenger van with luggage for a week, our four kids, our dog, and of course ourselves. Traveled through 7 states over two days and arrived at my best friends house in South Carolina!! Well she had a new little baby boy the end of December and he is one cute boy!! To give you a little background she lived in Michigan her whole life and went to college in SC. She moved back to Michigan when she got married and that is when I met her. Two months after we moved to NM they moved back to SC with there daughter Pheoby and now have Trey too. So now that I have babbled a ton I would love to share some pics with you of our visit but one in particular that I find amusing is the one of Trey in a Pistons jersey. Now hailing from Michigan we are of course Pistons fans....however Trey's daddy hailing from Georgia is not!! So we HAD to dress him up when his daddy was at work!! Here he is...making his big debut....L.C. Hayes III (Trey) a.k.a Trey Billups!! Hee-Hee!!

So do you see what I mean...what a cute boy!! I wanna share a few other pics with you too of our trip to SC. Enjoy!

Here is me and my best friend Sarah!!

The kids at the coolest park in the world! I love SC!!

Everyone at the zoo except for me! (I was taking the pic.)

Sarah said that the ice cream shop was right down the street so we went... and like 20 blocks later (and a bunch of statues) we found it!! Notice Pheoby kissing that guy!!

The Beginning

So here it is!! Our blog!! We have talked about this for quite sometime now and have decided to start blogging! It is a great way to keep in touch with all of the people that we love spread out all over this country! We will try to post often but no promises. Houseparenting is very time consuming! So here is the beginning of our journey here in New Mexico.

We have lived here for the last three years. First as Houseparents-in-training and then since last August as Houseparents. We are in a relief cottage at the moment which means we get different kids every week for a week or two at a time. This makes for an interesting time most of the time! Our four children love it here as there is usually no boring moments ever!! I like to have my days planned so the craziness of day to day life makes me wanna pull out my hair sometimes. However, I would not have it any other way. We truly feel like this is where God has called us for now. He has a plan for our lives and we fully intend to do it His way! We tried our way once and believe me it does not work!! So anyhow we just thought that we would share with anyone who wants to come on this ride with us! More later....
~Jennifer