Pure Michigan....

It's been 7 months since we have been back home for a visit, so it's about time. It will be nice to have a break from the Memphis heat too. We'll only be in Michigan for 4 days, and hopefully we'll be able to see everyone that we plan to see. Time always goes by pretty fast while we're there... Coney Island is definitely on the must visit list and maybe even a trip to Paradox for Sunday service. I want to visit the fountains at the Warren Civic Center, maybe Metro Beach and George George park. A mani/pedi would be fun too (not that I couldn't do that here in Memphis). Ok, I'm getting a little too ambitous now. We'll see how the days go. And hopefully, we will be coming home with a new pool! Dan's sister and her husband own a pool store in Michigan, and we would like to purchase from them. I'm thinking a pool party is in the near future!!!

I have been praying over whether to homeschool or not. I have made a pros/cons list for both, read through scripture, talked to other people and I *think* I may have my decision. It's funny, so many people think that "I've already got my hands full, so I should just put them in school," or "it will be so much better for them to go to school," and other discouraging phrases indictating that I'm just not cut out to homeschool or that I am weird for even considering it. Maybe I am starting to believe that, who knows but I have decided that my kids will attend public school until at least Christmas break. Not everyone who thinks I should try public school thinks that I cannot homeschool. I know who my critics are. Anyway, I've struggled with the decision greatly and right now public school feels like the right decision for our family. I do have my kids' best interest at heart when I think that they will do better there than at home with me. It will be good for them and for me, and if at any time it isn't, then we will re-evaluate.

I have been feeling the urge to be crafty lately. Yesterday I made hairbows with some friends. They didn't turn out at perfectly as I had hoped, but they're still cute. I need to do it again soon. I also need to cover the tv niche above my fireplace. It looks ghetto right now. I can't decide whether I want shutters there, which would be an easy fix, a mirror (which has been hard to find, because it's a biiiiig hole), or if I want to get all complicated and do a collage of pictures. I need a trip to Hobby Lobby......

So that's all I have time for right now. I need to maximize naptime, Coach Mom style. :)