Well its official...they have arrived here at our home...just one of the gang has them so far....and me, my DH and Kevin has had them soo..just 3 more to go..LOL.

I noticed yesterday that my daughter had some type of rash on her leg then she showed me it on her arms too. Her arms looked like it could me Chicken Pox but not the legs...so with all this hype about MRSA going aroun I paniced and called the DR and they reassured me it sounds like Chicken Pox..so 24 hours later the rash is still there and they are making her itchy. I would not mind of all the kids got it done and over with now but Halloween is 10 days away and I owuld hate to see one of them have to miss trick or treating...

To do or not to do......

Well over the last few weeks..months and even years I have prayed, researched and deeply thought about homeschooling and having more children. Have I come with a final decision..NO!

I will say I am more ready to make these decisions then I was a year ago. There is still some things holding me back though but I have decided that I have to get through them to make my final decision.

With homeschooling I just dont feel enough confidence in myself yet....I get them jitters that I hear is common but they go away after the first year...my kids are for it and I am for it and I am still working on DH...he was totally against it a year ago but now he listens a little more to the reasons...

Now with having more kids.......well one thing is our last 4 were born in 5 years and I did need that break...mentally and physically...my health needed to improve. Then $$$$ plays a factor for us..no I am not a SAHM..long story but I need to work and will always need to work at least 10 hours a week for extra income. We are just starting to get out of a financial disaster we were in and I think it scares us to get into that again but I am sure our faith will get us through that.

So now the tie-in...I really need to be more organized and consistent with my house and family before I make the final decisions...if I could do that then I know that my answer will be yes and yes and I believe my DH will be the same...so now my goal is set...new year coming so new me coming....I will start now to put some of the pieces together but by the 1st of the year I want to be in full swing of running my household more efficient so please pray for my strength to do this....I need to be committed and confident so wish me well!

I do see myself having more babies and going the homeschool route but I have to set my priorities straight first.

Have a blessed day!

Last details of our trip

We went back to epcot on Thursday....we had a better day than we had our first day there except for at night..I'll get there in a moment. Today I got to ride the Test Track...and the others rode it again..we did Soarin again and Mark came on with us but he was a little nervous because he is a scared of heights but he enjoyed it. We did all the countries today but for some reason we just kind of hurried through them..i guess with little ones in tow its hard to see all the stuff the countries have to offer...we did the two rides there and they saw the American movie which I have not seen yet after 4 times of being there...maybe next time. So now to the end................After eating in Canada at the Steakhouse we went and got ready for Illuminations....like an hour and a half before it started..so there was lighting in the distance and it did look bad so we were debating what to do. Of course it did not seem to faze anybody else there...so here we are all comfy..the kids have suckers and sitting on the ground withRyan in the stroller. We realize my DS 3 lost his Pluto hat so DH and Bil went back to the place where we ate to see if it was there...then my DS 12 had to go the bathroom and of course could not wait so off he went across the way. well about 5 minutes later a bolt of lighting strikes pretty close with a big boom and rain pelted down with hail and the winds were really bad..and out of nowhere...so I alone with all 4 little ones who at this point are starting to cry..we run into the shop which was next to us and it was wall to wall people in there...my kids are scared and my 12 year old is out there somewhere and my DH and Bil never came back...I am a nervous wreck more thinking of my 12 year old and it seemed like an hour but probally about 5 minutes later I see him looking in the window..relief....but he could not make it to me but I had sight of him and of course he is smiling because he is soaked! Then a few minutes later I see the glare from my DH looking through the window(he hates being wet at all) so the rain stopped but lighting everywhere and off we went..as we laid in bed we watched the local news only to see that a bad tornado hit not to far North from us...

Friday we went to MGM...I do like this park but its hard to see alot because of the times of the shows you have to work around. My kids did mange to get me on the Tower of Terror so there I was with Kevin Brittney and Alyssa and Brandon who are 3 and 5 and I am scared..turned out to be not that bad. I would even do it again. We ended the night with there night show which I would say was the best....would suggest not to miss that one...so off back to our hotel for our last night there....

We left on sat and headed towards Daytona Beach first..Just wanted to let our kids play at the beach for a little bit..they have never been to a beach and they loved it..messy after but they had a good time..so then off we left for our long journey home which we arrived home Sunday morning at about 11 am.

Planning our next trip to DW!!!

our trip part three

So I noticed on my last post I made a boo boo..we went to Epcot on Monday...now on Tues we went to A. Kingdom. the first thing we did was saw its a Bugs Life in a the Big Tree..I always like that one...we did get to go to the Rainforest's Cafe for Lunch..we love that Restaurant. We left the park as 5 when it closed and headed towards the rest where are reservations were. We ate at Chef Mickeys at the Cont Hotel and I think besides the Breakfast with the Princess that was our kids favorite....Goofy, Donald, Mickey and Minnie all came around to our tables and it was a buffet so of course we liked it.LOL

On Weds we went back to the Magic Kingdom...finished up what we missed and then rode our favorites. We stayed for their night show...not as impressed as I thought I would be with that but thats Ok...and yes it rained that morning which was a pain in the butt...we all had our ponchos on...and Ryan did not want it on and it was raining pretty hard for about 3 hours in the morning and then never rained again after noon which it was supposed to rain all day..praise!

OUR TRIP PART TWO

Our first day we went to the magic Kingdom and got there very early..around 8 am and there were hardly anyone there! We went on like 6-7 things in 45 minutes..its was so hot that day too so we cut out early to shower for our dinner at the Fort Wilderness Lodge. The restaurant we went to was awesome and I cant remember then name right now.

On Tuesday we went to Epcot and that was one of our worst days. Ryan would not behave...with him being 2 he was bored there and just did not want to sit through anything or wait in any lines and the heat did not help so my DH took him back to our room while me and the gang rode Soarin the new ride which is awesome! That morning we did have Breakfast at Norway wit the Princesses and it was really nice..my girls loved it.

trip details part one

So after saving for about 3 years we have finally made our trip to Disney World come true! We satyed there for a week and my Bil came along with us and we DROVE...yes brave!

We left at about 10 pm(after Kevins school dance) the kids were all sleeping by about 2 hours in to the trip if even that long. My DH and Bil took turns driving and I sat i nthe back drifting in and out of sleep. By 5 am we were already in South Carolina so we just kept driving(that was like our mid-point to stop for the day) Around 8 am the kids started getting up so we drove a little further and stopped in Georgia for Breakfast. Then on we went..by 1 we were in Jacksonville Fl. SO I called the Disney Resort we were staying in and saw if we could ass another night since we were way ahead of schedule and we did. SO we arrived at the resort at about 5 pm and we relaxed the rest of the night.