it's all fun and games: animals/may

they spent the afternoon "piercing their stuffies" the girls bought a piercing kit off temu and have marked all the stuffies....and pete supervised

no harm was done to the live animals. pete was chilling

so! nates sport bike wasn't a good fit for him. it served its purpose....getting him around and teaching him respect for the bike. hes moved on to this bad boy. i actually feel that its safer! im not sure what kind it is, or any of those details. i just know that its faster, more powerful and chris wants it!

and off he goes!

conference 2024! so these are the only pics i took from conference! we were BUSY. this was our last year serving on the HENB board. its been 10 yrs. time to more on to other things. i will stay apart of the conference planning committee. not sure to what compacity. im getting tired and feeling like id kimnd like to just attend conference.

this yr i was in charge of the teen's on friday from 3-9. i had a full program for them, from recruiters, to entrepreneur sale, youth speaker to coffee shop with live jazz....i was busy. saturday i helped with food, cleaning, etc...etc....it was the first time in 12 yrs that i did not buy a simple book! i didnt have time to look. conf was a huge turn out. the highest so far. our speaker was sonya shaffer but due to her illness we had donna jean breckenridge from ambleside online.

conf 2024!

i did attend a few workshops on saturday and it was fantastic to sit with other moms who are where im at in life. its great that i hang around younger moms' it just worked out that i had my girls older and they are younger....but to be with moms who are my age, with an older kid who is graduating next year and understand the struggles of raising a teen and knowing whats coming round the corner in the next few yrs was like coffee to my veins and made me realize that i need to surround myself with mom's who i can journey through this season with. i was able to connect and meet up with a new since conference.

ive felt for awhile that im entering a new season. you know with kids each yr is always different and most of the time i have no clue whats going to happen...it feels like that with the details. but the over all vision i can see....im just not sure how to set myself up to finish this journey...and with that comes changes

ive changed a lot the last 2 years. im not that same person i was (thank jesus) my biggest take away from conference is this "if it doesnt bring value to my life, its gone" im going to be intentional and choosing the next few years in everything we do, where we go, what we read, listen to, who we surround ourselves with, what church we go to, what activities we do and what we do school wise! meaning homeschool wise!

as i close up nate's gr 11 and plan his final year! all the mistakes, messes, tears and planning, trials, hours, many, many hours....i am so very glad i choose to home school. best thing for our family. i have 1 more year with my boy, then im sending him into the world to adult on his own....but not really alone, ill always be here....its scary!