Summers Here!

We are truly enjoying the benefits of summer! Sleeping late, eating ice cream and snow cones, watching movies, and just an all around unorganized schedule seem to top the list for our week so far. The kids enjoy a more relaxed schedule and their bedtime gets pushed back. Sarah and Zech read the Lord of the Ring Trilogy this year and we promised them movie time to watch the Lord of the Rings. We viewed the 3 hour long movie this Monday. They are ready to watch the next one, but I told them next week (not sure I can sit that long again for a while).

One of the things I enjoy so much about summer is how organized I get. I clean the school room, make a list of all the curriculum I have to sell and a list of curriculum that I would love to buy, get all the deep cleaning chores done that I don't have time for during the regular school year and so much more. I also usually get to enjoy sitting down and reading many books during the summer (Is there a contest for me to enter as I read? Braums Buddies maybe! I'll read for ice cream!).

Of course there are many things about summer we don't enjoy. The heat, the bugs, the high electric bills, the children saying "I'm bored", and the ultimate one for me is having to retrain us all back to the school schedule when summer ends! We try not to focus on the negatives, but enjoy all the positives. Most importantly though, throughout it all we still must glorify God in all we do!

So what are you doing this summer!

(Sarah, Zech, and Isabella have been having some water gun fights and a puzzling good time!)