Life Update

Everything has happened so fast I figure I should start with an update...We purchased a home in town in May of this year.  It's a small farmhouse style home with three bedrooms and only a single bathroom!  We moved in shortly after June 1st after we refinished the floors and painted and did other small repairs.  The house is within walking distance to the library, the park, the store and the ice cream shop!  The back yard is large and fenced which is a relief to me.  It's such a cozy little spot and I truly love it.  This is a picture of our dining room.  We do most of our homeschooling in this room.  It's comfortable and feels very homey to me.
In July I surprised everyone (again) by going into labor on my own and having my baby quickly... something I have never done!  i was only in labor for a total of seven hours and was only in the hospital for about 4 1/2 before our baby bo arrived!

Joseph Boaz

Joseph Boaz was born six days early on July 16th shortly after 9am.  He was 8 pounds, 5 ounces and 21 inches long.  He did great from the start and is continuing to grow in leaps and bounds.  At two months he had already gained about five and a half pounds and grown four inches!  He's happy and smiley and he fits in really well with the rest of the rowdies that live here!
I am homeschooling all of the children full time this year and, I have to say, for my family this is the only way to go!  Mine and Mitchell's relationship has really grown and God provided us with a schedule that has been beneficial to us all.  We are really involved with other families doing co-ops and we're involved with the local homeschool group, too.  Janie sees a friend once a week to learn Spanish and my friend Jackie teaches her Geology while I do a craft and playdate with her kids.  Tomorrow my friend Jenni starts a cooking class that my kids will attend.  There are once a week field trips with the homeschool group and we're trying to wrap up our second unit study of the year!
The trial for my friend Lisa's murder will be held this month... 14 months after her death.  Jury selection starts next week and trial is scheduled for November 15-19th.  We'll see if it happens in that time frame.  It would be good to put this part of the trauma behind us so I'm praying that everything will happen swiftly.