Game

Yea!  We won the basketball game.  Well at least the JV squad did.  I am not sure how the other two teams faired.  We did not stay until the end as it is a long night when we do that.  We were hungry and needed to go get some food.  One of the Moms spoke with a bbq place across from where we were playing and they agreed to give a portion of all the purchases that were brought in back to the team.  My family was very excited as we looooove bbq.  I was hoping for something like City BBQ (for all you Ohioans).  I made the mistake of getting the pulled chicken... more like chunk chicken.  The flavor was good but I would opt for a different meal if we were to go again.

Tebow's pro-life ad set for Super Bowl - Washington Times

Tebow's pro-life ad set for Super Bowl - Washington Times

Here's a plus for CBS let's hope and pray that it really does get aired!

It is also so refreshing seeing an athlete really talking his walk.  This is a guy I don't mind my children looking up to because he is making and taking a stand for his faith and beliefs.  Amen to Tim!

Ouch!

Extraction.  A word we are becoming very familiar with in this household.  I was back at the dentist today and while assessing one of my teeth the doctor informed me that my wisdom tooth needs to come out in order to not lose the tooth right in front of it.  Sounds odd that we must remove one to save one but since my wisdom tooth is at an angle it butts up against the tooth that we could lose.  Mind you it is a tooth that had root canal done to it but due to the positioning of the wisdom tooth, there is more decay there.  YUCK!  I went in the office today thinking it would be an easy visit.  Not only was the information a little more than I thought but the tooth that was worked on needed a crown.  So I need to go back to have the permanent one put on.   Remember my earlier post about the dentist?  He did say he would start me easy but as we got further along in the mouth it would become more complicated.  Wow was he correct.  I must say that with all that is going on I sure do hope and pray my kids are really seeing the benefits of taking care of your teeth.  Let me also say that I make sure they get it!!!  I don't let them slide in that department.  I have even gotten them out of bed to brush.  There have been times when they had to brush twice because they took a little drink of something before bed and had already brushed.  I am not letting them develop any bad habits.  Some of my problem is that I do have poor teeth to begin with but some of it is improper care.  And some of it is normal wear and tear for silver fillings.  Its just if we caught all this earlier, it would have gone a lot simpler.  I can't stress enough to make sure you have a great dentist!!!   One that knows what should be done with teeth to keep them healthy so you can have them later in years.

I must say that I am not boring for any of my doctors that I visit.  I am due for an eye exam.  I can't imagine what will be found when I go there.  Oh boy! The joys of growing old.  (Come, Lord Jesus, come!)

I will keep you posted when I go back to find out what the oral surgeon says about the xrays!  I am sure it is coming out, it really needs to.  Then I will be looking at scheduling an appointment for that.  It is then that I will have some time off from the dentist for my mouth to heal.  

Something New

All week I have been working on helping the homeschool sports team with the website.  Well mostly I have been updating it so that we can generate business a.k.a. money for the team.  One Mom worked hard at getting the information from the affiliates and then asked for someone to put it out there for people to see.  So I volunteered.  It is not hard work to do but it is time consuming as each affiliate has different procedures and such when placing the links on the website.   I actually enjoy doing it!  It has been a lot of fun trying to figure out what to use and where to place it for the best traffic and such.  This is a way for the team to make money.  What do we need money for you ask?  Well the fee is high and we are trying to minimize the cost.  The rental fees are high too.  You see we don't have a gym that we call our own so we get charged money!   The uniforms cost money.   The plus side is that baseball is run by the same organization so my hope is to be able to cut that cost too!!   While we are very excited about Stephen playing in this league, it has been a challenge due to all the driving (and the cost).  So I too decided to see if there was a way to add it here.    As you can see by the Amazon link off to the side, I was able to do just that.  You just need to click from here and you get on the Amazon site.  It just has the teams special code imbedded to earn the moneys from your purchases.   You do nothing different.   I have also spent some time emailing lots so people are aware of this.  So my apologies if this information is redundant.  But saving money is what I like to do.
Just a warning there will be more as we get closer to Stephen going to Belize as that too costs money.  I would like to say that we love all of you and understand completely if you are unable to help financially. Another way to help is by praying!   We covet those prayers!  This new stage in our life is a change that we were unaware of but walking in faith that the Lord will honor and bless us!

Gonna be a looooong season!

Well Stephen officially was in his first basketball game with the team he is playing for this year.  And let me just say.... it didn't go well.  The lost by over 20 points.   It was very discouraging for the guys.  You could see by half time the dejected looks on their collective faces.

On our way home Stephen was beating himself up.  I quickly reminded him that NOBODY played well and that this is a team sport and he needs to give himself a break.  Our boys only get to practice 2X a week and not everyone shows up.  We are playing schools that practice everyday and are required to show up.   This makes for a very different starting ground amongst the teams.  Plus they schools are playing more games than we can.

From the looks of it I would be surprised if we won any game.  I hope and pray that I am wrong!!!  Next week is game two.

Abigail's Reading Choices

Abigail Loves this series and I thought I would post it for anyone who has some young ones they know that love horses.  She has read several and has to take a break in order to complete her novel requirement for school.  She is eager to get back to reading them.

One of her reads for school was Little House on the Prairie.  She is hooked on these and can't wait to read more. 

Her read for today was Sarah, Plain and Tall.  She enjoyed this book and was able to read it all day today.

Dentist - for Abigail

This morning I was only the driver and loving Mom for the dentist visit. Abigail is beginning the work that needs to get done for her braces. Today she had to have 3 teeth pulled. Ouch!! The pulling of course did not hurt as she was shot with novocaine. It was the shot that bothered her. She was a trooper. I felt bad as I have never had any teeth pulled (yet) so I was unable to help her through this process. The doctor said she gets an A+. I was very proud and considering how uncomfortable she looked I decided to be a good Mom/teacher and require very easy school work to be done. We sat together and worked on some language arts. She got to finish one of her novels for school. All easy things. Especially because she looooves to read!

The pictures below are ones she took of herself with the computer camera. (She also got to keep the teeth that were pulled and the bottom two had some big roots!!!!)