Catch up on Life!

I will try to make this short and sweet for everyone J We have had lots of people wondering what is going on in our lives with work, jobs, kids, ect ect… SO to fill ya all in!
Let’s start from May when I was laid off from work… this was a very hard year for our small little Lutheran school. I was laid off due to low enrollment. There were a few things going on at the school that just wasn’t fair, but I took the layoff and knew there was nothing I could do but pray for something to happen for our family. Rob was given his contract the beginning of June and we contemplated on him signing his contract or hitting the road. With this economy we decided it would be best for Rob to keep his job here and start looking for other jobs for me to just “get us through”. Needless to say May and June were very emotional and we had no idea where we were going or what we were going to do. Daycare was going to run me close to $1100/month for both kids. I wasn’t going to find a job that was even going to be worth paying that. So, I settled on the fact that I will be a stay at home mom and I knew that the Lord would provide for us.
July came and let me tell you we were all ready for a break. Off we went to Florida! Middle of July I was receiving phone calls from numerous parents asking if I would consider homeschooling their child… WOW I was in shock! Parents were frustrated with the unfairness going on at our school and wanted to pull their children out and have me school them. Through July a parent and I worked hard to make sure what I was going to do was legal and that we weren’t going to get in any trouble. We found out that I can only have nine kids in my home before it becomes a private school. Many many hours later, I have nine kids coming to my home to begin schooling next Monday! This is a huge adventure for me and I am so excited to take it head on. I will also be schooling Rylie during this time. She will be schooling with the kindergartners as she is very ready academically. Jackson will go to one of the little girls’ parents and play with her little brother and sister. The schedule is perfect half day school Monday-Thursday and no school on Friday. I will be teaching K-2 all from our garage. My amazing husband gave up “his” garage and “his” space to create a classroom. I am so thankful to everyone that has pulled together to help me and my family. Hopefully our garage will be complete this week and I can post some pictures of my new classroom!
That is my job summer search in a nut shell… now another post coming up on Jack!