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I don't post pics of myself that often but since I just got my hair cut and I'm loving my new do, I thought it was worthy of a blog post. So here I am.

Report Cards, homeschool style

We are in our summer schedule of homeschool right now and then starting July 1st, we will take 6 weeks off of school! We are all pretty excited. Our June schedule has been light, the kids have a specific amount of time they have to read per day, they also have a writing journal where they have to write each day for a set amount of time and then they are reviewing math facts. Pretty easy stuff. By the time they get that done along with daily chores, they have from lunch on to do whatever they want. I've also allowed sleeping in which has been great! So the other day we found this wonderful yogurt shop by our house called Zo-Yo. It has delicious frozen yogurt and they also carry dairy free frozen yogurt, which Camden is thrilled about. They had a special going where if your child brought in their report card and got all A's and B's, they could get $2.50 off frozen yogurt. The only problem is I haven't given report cards to my kids for the past 3 years because we homeschool and I always know where they are at academically so I don't need a piece of paper telling myself how they are doing in school. But, $2.50 off frozen yogurt was motivation! So I printed up a report card template and filled out three report cards. I gave honest grades, and not all of our children got straight A's. However, Anna is amazingly gifted in school and LOVES everything school and actually gets sad when we take breaks so her straight A's were well earned and much deserved. Here she is posing with her report card before heading out for yogurt!

sleepover fun!

I have to say that our kids are totally blessed by some awesome friends! Especially these guys. They have known each other for the past 8 years. It's pretty cool when your kids find another set of siblings who are the same age and have so much in common. And to make it even cooler, some of our dearest friends are their mom and dad. How did we get so lucky? Seriously! We love this family to pieces! So last night the kids had a sleepover at our house and boy did they have fun!
Here are the big boys doing what big boys do best.

And then we have these two clowns, I mean middle children doing what they do best (using their imaginations).
Can you tell they are from the secret service, you better watch out, or feel protected? I'm not sure which one they were going for?

 settling in for the movie and popcorn.

And then there are these two lovies. Anna was born in Feb. 2005, Abigail in June 2005. We brought Anna home from Korea in July 2005 and Abigail joined her forever family in June 2006, from China. Can they get any cuter? I don't think so. These two share such a special bond. In fact as I was telling them to be quiet last night as they were supposed to be falling asleep, they told me it was just so hard to stop talking because "it's like we are sisters, we just can't help it!" I love that they can share the bond of adoption, I think it will do them very well to have each other as they grow up. They just "get" each other through and through. I love that!

And they both LOVE cookies!

And that folks is how you have a fun sleepover!

Camera fun

The other night the kids were being their usual wild happy selves after a swim in the pool. I was laying on the grass and decided to snap some pictures since I found the angle quite interesting. Here are a few of my favorites!

And a few more from a different angle.

NF update

We got the results back on Camden's blood work that was sent out of state to be tested for the NF1 gene. The results were negative which means they did not find the gene for NF1. This is wonderful news but unfortunately it doesn't rule out NF. We were told that these tests are not 100% accurate and even though nothing showed up on the blood work, he could still have NF1. But we are taking the results as a huge praise. So we are pretty much back to where we were before the testing. We will still see the neurologist every year for check ups and do testing every two years to see if anything changes. So it's a hurry up and wait type thing and hope nothing more shows up. So that's where we are at for now. Taking this as a praise and moving onward. I have a way of placing this on the back burner until his next visit so that's what I plan on doing. Thanks to all who have prayed!