July 14th-20th

WOW-

God threw me a curve ball this week-

in a GOOD way...

Saturday:

Today was Baby Girl's 8th birthday!

After picking her up

from a friend's sleepover birthday party,

I took baby Girl home,

where she found the breakfast table decorated

in honor of her birthday.

There were smiley face balloons

and a smiley face banner,

and paint-your-own bobble head dolls

for all the kiddos.

Later in the evening,

we headed over to the church to help out

at a movie night for the families at 

The Restoration House.

I was SO HAPPY to watch my kiddos 

helping out with the other kiddos-

it was a great opportunity to let them serve

along side me.

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Sunday:

Church,

Nap,

and 

lounging around the house...

...and talking to Super Dad about

our tough financial situation.

 I will not be watching all the extra kiddos I thought

I would be this year,

and we are a bit anxious.

So,

we began praying that God would

open up an opportunity for me to make some 

extra cash while still being able to homeschool...

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Monday:

After completing school,

our little toddler,

Girlie V,

came over to play for her weekly visit.

Then we headed to church for a 

Children's Ministry Team Meeting.

I shared with the ministry team

 our family's need to make a little extra money

while I homeschool,

and they prayed for me at the meeting.

Also during the meeting

I got a call from my very dear friend Bernie.

(I was one of the bridesmaids

in her November wedding.)

I already knew she was three months pregnant,

which really is a miracle within itself,

but then she shared with me that she was pregnant

WITH TWINS!!!!

Oh,

with all of her past health issues,

this is ONLY a blessing form God!

I am SO happy, happy, HAPPY

for her and her husband Tim...

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Tuesday:

We did school,
(in which Little Wild Man and I played a fun
ABC Race game),

and then Little Wild Man

went over to a friend's house for a sleepover,

and the girls went to another friend's house

for a sleepover.

While Super Dad and I were catching up

on some DVR TV,

I received a phone call.

A phone call that left me

with my head spinning a bit.

It was from the Assistant Administrator

at Rivers Edge Christian Academy.

(I put in an application there

LAST SUMMER when my husband

was out of a permanent job,

and I thought I would need to find some work.

They never called me in for an interview,

so I didn't think anything about it,

especially after my husband got a job...)

The Assistant Administrator wanted me

to come in and interview for a 

2nd grade position.

So,
I scheduled an interview...

My head was spinning...

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Wednesday:

I got up and ready
for my 11:00am interview with
Rivers Edge Christian Academy.

The academy is a hybrid school-
part classroom, part homeschool.

If I am offered the position,
I would teach about 12 kiddos,
3 times a week,
and send home lesson plans for the parents
to teach their kiddos the other two days.

I think the interview went well,
and I am TRULY seeing this as a God sighting...

In the evening,
our sweet friend Marie came over for dinner
and taught Jungle Girl
(and re-taught me!)
how to crochet.

Jungle Girl is gonna open her own
Etsy store one day,
I just know it... ;0)

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Thursday:

 Our sweet little Girlie V came over
in the morning for a couple of hours in the morning,
and I let her play in our new
Olympic Explorer Box.

Then the kiddos crafted away
the rest of the day
until 3:30,
when we headed to the Farmer's Market
and learned all about the difference between
Insects and Spiders.

An educator from
Ijams Nature Center
was there to host the little workshop,
and she brought a couple of
creepy crawly friends with her-
a Tarantula and a giant Millipede.

After the workshop,
the kiddos played at the park's Splash Pad
and we grabbed Icees on the way home.

In the evening,
Super Dad and I discussed our options more
when it came to me and the possibility of working at
River's Edge...

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Friday:

This morning,
as I thought about the possibility of change,
I am feeling a peace.

A peace that only comes form the Spirit.

I am hoping now that the job is offered to me,
because it would really help us out financially.

Yes,
it will change how I will be homeschooling the kiddos
this year.

BUT,
I will still get to homeschool them
AND
make some needed income for our family.

Man,
you just never know what God
has in store for you,
so...

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways submit to him

 and he will make your paths straight."

Proverbs 3:5-6

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