catching up

I had several things I wanted to blog about..... right now I can only think of two.... we'll see how it goes!!






Meet Gatsby, the newest member of our family! We've had him for about a week and a half now and he's a sweetheart. Housebroke (WOOHOO!), very tolerant of the boys, and well mannered. If I could only get the other menfolk in this house to behave as well as he does we'd be all set!

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Tim Tebow

I read an article on him earlier. He's been on the edge of my radar for a while now just because he was homeschooled and seems to be a decent guy and true success story.

The piece was basically slamming him for appearing in an ad by Focus on the Family that's going to air during the Super Bowl. Apparently it's ok to be a christian as long as you're quiet about it and don't let anyone know what you believe. Seems it was one thing for him to be outspoken about his beliefs in college but if he wants to be a success in pro-football then he's going to have to 'hide his light'.

I say way to go Tebow!! It's great to see someone on his level standing up for what he believes. No, I don't think people need to be slammed over the head with the Gospel, but we also shouldn't be afraid to share our beliefs or testimony. And the idea that he should shut up in order to have worldly success just grates on me. Just goes to show how some people have their priorities so totally messed up that they don't get what's truly important.

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Just bragging on my boys!!!

The last two day of school have been awesome!! Between one thing and another we had almost no school from the week of Thanskgiving until last week. Getting in the groove last week was not easy but this week they have gotten with the program and it's been wonderful!

I'm so proud of how much they've accomplished this year. It's easy to get discouraged because we're not as far along as I'd hoped we'd be, but when I made myself stop and remember how far they've come I realize we've done a lot!