The Looking Back on 2008/Christmas Blog
At the Armond Bayou Nature Center in Houston, TX
The first part of 2008 went by, it seems like a flash. In January we returned to Houston from Kirkland, WA after Brian was working off and on in Anchorage, AK and the boys and I lived with his parents in Kirkland, WA. February and March we spent playing with friends, enjoying a very warm Texas spring, digging in the dirt, planting and spending time with our neighbors. August was on a YMCA soccer team and we were busy with "doing homeschool". In April Ocean turned two! April was also the Spring Board for our next big adventure - moving to Maryland! Brian was pretty stoked to be working with NWS/NOAA/OPC!
Brian enfrentede The World Weather Building in Camp Springs, Md
Brandon took this pic of us after our first visit to the National ZooMay and June we spent as "tourists" getting to know the D.C. area. We've had a blast getting to know the National Mall and the Metro Line. It is still strange that the zoo and almost all the museums are FREE! July and August we found a church family and the boys and I "joined" a homeschool group. We have been enjoying fellowship with them. We did "summer-homeschool" and began the bulk of our work in August. August also marked ten years of marriage for Brian and I. Wow, that is totally crazy!
A game of checkers with the neighborhood kids"Recess" involves great fun with the neighborhood kids. Even when school began for them in September, we still had lots of time to play together. We even had a BBQ for the kids (BBQ in the general sense, not the detailed Texas definition - just a bunch of hot dogs on the grill)!
Our first Science experiment: seed germinationSeptember Brian celebrated a birthday and October so did I and in November - August turned 5! We had our first Portfolio review with the Prince George Country School District and it went extremely well! I also made friends with another homeschooling Christian Mama at our local library. In December August began Judo through the Huio-Judo club here in Beltsville, Md. He has just completed the beginning course and is now Rokkyu rank. He has been invited to join the club with the other Rokkyu ranked students.
Now we are just enjoying having some of our family with us for Christmas. We are looking forward to 2009 to see what God has planned for us. I am using Googledocs to put together our January homeschool planner. As soon as January 1st is on the scene I will be applying for Financial Aid via FAFSA to begin the adventure of going back to school - new school - online.
Thank You Jesus for the crazy year of 2008, thank you for how you saw us through it!
We thank you in advance for how you will provide in 2009!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Family & Friends!
As it is impossible by the way.
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