Crown Athletics Pep Rally...Joel is number 60
Homeschool Day at Turner Field.....we got some Dirt for my sister.....Hello All...
Well sorry for the huge delay in updates. We started back to school and that has absorbed most of my time. I will get in a routine and try and stay current.
So, over the last 3 weeks we have done alot.
Gary, Josiah, Isaiah and I went to Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was a quick 2 day trip. It is only 1 hour and 45 minutes from our house. The boys and I visited Rock City and the Incline RR. We were able to spend time with Gary in the evening walking around downtown Chattanooga. We were also able to visit Ruby Falls (under ground) and the Chattanooga and Chickamauga battle grounds with Gary before coming home. It was great historical field trip. I forgot my camera so I have nothing to show for it but we learned alot and enjoyed being together somewhere new. Joel and Ike stayed behind because they had football practice they couldn't and didn't want to miss. It was a weird not having all four boys with me.
We started school. Joel is an official 11th grader, Ike is in 10th, Josiah is doing 8th and Isaiah is doing 5th. It is rolling along well and they are staying on task. We have finally found some curriculum that is jiving for all of us.
Isaiah, Josiah, and I went to a Braves game. It was "homeschool" day so got to walk around the warning track and meet Logan, a player for the Braves. The boys ate $7.00 hot dogs and we sat up in pigeon heaven. It was a fun day. We did the tomahawk chop. Sorry sister.....
Gary's work rented out the Atlanta Zoo one Saturday evening with catered dinner, snow cones, cotton candy, caricatures (see Isaiah's facebook site). We made a day of it by going downtown and visited the Martin Luther King Memorial and vistor's center. It was very humbling and inspiring and we spent a good deal of time there and had good family dialog on all we saw there and downtown. From there we went to the Cyclorama where there is an oil painting of the Battle of Atlanta that weighs over 10,000 pounds. The painting and diarama are in a circular building and we got a good history lesson on the Sherman's final march. The museum also houses a famous train "The Texas" that is the subject of "The Great Locomotive Chase," one of the South's favorite stories of the "The General" locomotive chasing down "The Texas" that the North attempted to steal.
Joel and Ike had their FIRST official football PEP RALLY...So exciting.....It was at this HUGE mega church and the sanctuary was bigger than anything in SLO county and that was just the sanctuary for the youth group. They had cheer leaders, a marching band, the color guard, music, thematic smoke, loud music, video screens and PRAYER!! It was so cool to see all these athletes honoring God. Two of my favorite things...
That night we went to our boys' first football game. The varsity played a really tough team. At the end of the first half we were up 14-0. By the end of the 4th quarter the score was tied. We had the ball and 5 minutes left on the clock but we couldn't manage to score so we went into overtime. We got to attempt 4 downs from the 25 and we scored after earning a 15 yard penalty. We went for 2 and so we were up by 8 points, 22-14. They got the ball on the 25 yard line. They scored and tried to go for 2. They made an incomplete pass and WE WON!!! WOOOHOOO!! It was a great nail biter of a game. Joel sure looks great in his uniform. He and Ike are looking fit with all this southern football practice.
That is all for now from Georgia....Keep in touch....all 6 of us are on FaceBook....
Worship Jesus!!!
