State of the Family

Hello! Welcome to my first blog post! I probably should have been doing this for years. I hate that I've not written down so much of my life. And, my counselor always said it would be good for me to journal. =)

So, the current state of the Starr family is basically limbo. Tom has gone up to Virginia, where the Navy sent him. We are planning to join him, but we must sell our home in Georgia first. Unfortunately, we just can't afford to pay rent up there and the mortgage down here.

We are still a homeschooling family. There are days I wonder about my sanity, but I really do believe it's the best thing for our family right now. Of course, we struggle some days, but other days are great, and I love, love, love the flexibility it provides for us. We can vacation when others are in school and things aren't as crowded. We can visit the zoo during the day when we want to study animals. The children can learn at their own pace, taking more time on things that trouble them and moving ahead on things they understand.

Naomi is currently in 4th grade and Gabriel is in 2nd. Silas is 2.5 years old and drives us crazy most of the day. Besides their individual math, reading skills, grammar, and writing, we are studying world history together. We've been doing this for close to 2 years and are nearing the end of our world history adventure. In January 2009, we will begin studying American History, and we're truly looking forward to all the field trip opportunities that will be available to us in Virginia!!!

We also are studying science together. We've been learning about all the things God created during the beginning of the world. We're working on Day 5 right now and have just finished a study on fish. Last week we began studying birds and had a nice trip to the zoo.

Well, speaking of school, I need to go right now and finish up some things with the kids, so this "State of the Family" report will be continued in my next post.