Today is the day we exercise our right to vote.  We live in this wonderful country were we actually get to vote for our leaders.  I think most of us Americans really take that for granted.  I know I do.  It’s hard to imagine living in a place were you can’t pick your leaders, practice your beliefs, say what is on your mind.  I know we are extremely blessed.

I also know that no matter who wins this election, God is in control.  He is our leader and I pray that no matter who wins that he is glorified.

B and I took all three little ones with us to vote.  I’m sure that was a site seeing us rolling up in the church with our big double wide stroller.  I really wanted Carson to go and experience it.  We voted while they ran around and played.  Now we get to sit back and watch as the results roll in tonight.  I am praying for change and for our country.
Update:  Not the outcome I was hoping for 😦  I pray for our leaders that they will have our best interests at heart.  I pray that Gods will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

I’m a little behind on updates so I’m just going to overload this post with pictures of what we have been doing.

He was not in the mood for pictures 🙂

Making “clean mud” to play with

days of creation

Handwriting

the littles destroying the house

We are going to co-op classes on Friday from 8:30-12.  The boys LOVE it!  Co-op allows them to have some experiences that they would only get in a school setting.  He get’s to have “school pictures” and buy a year book.  We will also have a Kindergarten graduation at the end of the year.  They put on plays and have talent shows.  They also do ton’s of field trips.  The co-op is not ran through a specific cover school so we get the opportunity to join in on different field trip’s.

It is also a great opportunity to get to know other homeschooling families.  I’ve met a lot of other homeschooling moms and it’s great to get to learn from their experiences.

Carson has four classes that he takes.  They are boats of the bible, handwriting, PE and a phonics class.  He has made several friends and he looks forward to going each week.  He loves to tell me all about his school day when it’s over.

Camron goes in the preschool class and he loves it.  We bought him a little back pack and he always asks if he can go to “cool.”

I stay in the nursery with Calen.   The rules require parents of babies to stay with them.  I usually take Calen and go visit them during snack time.

Carson:  Mommy, Will there be birthday parties in heaven?
Mom:  I hope so.  I bet we’ll have the best birthday parties in heaven.
He really seems to be fascinated with heaven right now.  He asks lot’s of questions about heaven.
Carson:  We can’t find a star scream anywhere.
Mom:  I’m sorry.  We’ll just keep looking.
Carson:  Just go buy it on ebay 🙂

We went to the zoo with some friends today for Carson’s 5th birthday.  We had his birthday party Saturday and today he wanted to go to the zoo.  We invited my friend Kristen and her three boys, Carter, Camden and Cooper.  I know, that is a lot of little boys with C names.  

Carson had Taekwondo testing tonight. He tested for his brown stripe belt. He has been taking Taekwondo for almost a year and he loves it. I can’t believe he is going to be 5 in a few months. Where has the time gone? He is such a gentle boy, unless he is wrestling his brother :). He has a big heart and a smile that melts me. He is a great helper and actually enjoys helping. I told him I didn’t want him to get too big so he said he would stop eating. LOL! He is also a FUNNY little boy.

A couple of memories from today that I would like to remember. One is a huge army helicopter that kept circling over the house. We’ve seen it before but today it fly by 3 times. It was so low and we were all running around in the yard yelling and waving our hands. They were so excited. Another thing is all the chickens were out in the front yard and the boys kept running around with them. They would bend down and dare the chickens to peck them 🙂 I love just sitting back sometimes and watching them.